10/06/2026
Join us for the "SLEEP FOR OPTIMAL PERFORMANCE" session at PASIC this year; and we have a bonus session directly following the main session where you can ask questions and participate in a more informal discussion. Come to both, or come to one. We're very excited about helping the percussive arts field with the prevalent issue of not enough sleep.
Percussionists, we also need your help. Please fill out this survey so we can learn more about sleep issues in our field and provide you with the best presentation possible: https://forms.gle/3qRuEy7KnJQcYxs6A
Sleep for Optimal Performance: Balance, Anxiety, Stress, Rest, and Solutions by Dr. Melissa Milanak and Dr. Matthew Coley
SESSION DAY: Thursday, November 12, 2026
SESSION TIME: 2:00 PM
ASSIGNED ROOM: Room 201 (Indiana Convention Center)
Q&A/OVERFLOW DISCUSSION: 3:00-3:50 PM
ASSIGNED ROOM: Room 209
"As busy professionals, most of us have less-than-ideal sleep habits. Performance and tour schedules, teaching demands, gathering together a portfolio career to meet financial needs, and the long hours needed to plan and practice so we can participate in our dream work. This can be a detrimental spiral, especially if we're dealing with injury and fatigue in our hands, wrists, and arms. Sleep, rest, and exercise are the solutions to healing from injury, anxiety, stress overload/burnout, but oftentimes we use other coping vices that actually exacerbate the issues in the long term and just keep pushing through, trying not to be perceived as weak or uncommitted..."
