Professor Judith Kleinman AGSM MSTAT, trained as a musician at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama going on to play the double bass with the LSO, English National Opera and CLS. She went on to train to be an Alexander teacher with Patrick Macdonald and Shoshanna Kaminitz qualifying in 1989. Judith is one of the Alexander team at the Royal College of Music and head of department at the Junior Royal Academy of Music. She is also Assistant Head of Training at the London Centre for Alexander Technique and Training (LCATT). Judith wrote Alexander in Secondary and Tertiary Education, co-wrote The Alexander Technique for Musicians with Peter Buckoke, published by Bloomsbury 2014, and recently co-wrote The Alexander Technique for Young Musicians, a handbook for 11–13-year-olds.
Judith has sat on the Society of Teachers of Alexander Technique (STAT) council and coordinated the STAT Education Special Interest group. She regularly writes articles, gives workshops and talks on Alexander in Education in Europe, USA and the UK. Judith also teaches Yoga and Tai Chi and lives in London with her partner Peter Buckoke.