Performance Anxiety Strategies

Music performance anxiety has long frustrated the artistic community and while tricks and folk remedies abound a comprehensive plan to solve this problem has remained elusive. Accomplished violinist Casey McGrath combines her experiences with the research of Karin S. Hendricks and Tawnya D. Smith to provide a resource guide to the most current solutions and therapies as well as educational applications for both individual and classroom use.<BR /><BR />Divided by area of therapeutic interest Performance Anxiety Strategies presents relevant and noteworthy research and insight into some of the most popular and many lesser-known therapies—including holistic exposure cognitive behavioral and medicinal treatments. Each chapter also features self-guided activities and exercises words of wisdom from established performing artists and athletes and suggestions for music teachers as well as first-person narratives about the authors’ personal journeys with music performance anxiety both onstage and in the classroom.<BR /><BR />Including a wealth of offerings and approaches this book is an invaluable resource for anyone who has ever experienced performance anxiety from the aspiring classical musician to the garage band guitarist.