Performance Strategies To Manage Performance Anxiety Lessons Into Two Phases Of Preparation

Six Lessons on how to deal with performance anxiety. The guide is two parts Phase 1: Recital Music Practice Unit, Practice Strategies, How do musicians fix Mistakes for a Recital Performance?Practice Plan Lesson, Group Performance Preparation for Keyboard Classes; and Phase 2: Recital Preparation Unit Presentation & Concert Etiquette, Recital Class Preparations for Keyboard Classes, Concert Etiquette When Presenting a Prepared Piece, and additional resources: RUBRICS with emoji's, differentiated instruction list and a sample program template.

The authors present relevant and noteworthy research and insight into many therapies, including holistic, exposure, cognitive and behavioral therapies, and medicinal treatments. Each chapter features self-guided activities and journaling exercises, words of wisdom from established performing artists and athletes, and suggestions for music teachers.

The focus of this book is on stressful experiences and emotional reactions. The common perspective is that self-related cognitions play an important role in describing and explaining the subjective experience of stress, anxiety and depression and the impact on academic performance and social interactions. The assumption of self-related cognitions as mediators in the regulation of one's behavior has a variety of consequences for different fields of applications in psychology.

"The guide offers strategies for achieving performance confidence, emphasizing the relevance of mental health in teaching and performing. Through the practices of self-awareness outlined in the book, Nagel demonstrates that it is possible and desirable for teachers to assist students in developing the coping skills and attitudes that will allow them to not feel overwhelmed and powerless when they experience strong anxiety. Each chapter contains insights that help teachers recognize the symptoms-obvious, subtle, and puzzling-of the emotional grip of stage fright, while offering practical guidelines that empower teachers to empower their students."--Provided by publisher.

Why are some performers exhilarated and energized about performing in public, while others feel a crushing sense of fear and dread, and experience public performance as an overwhelming challenge that must be endured? These are the questions addressed in this book, the first rigorous exposition of this complex phenomenon.