Managing musical performance anxiety.

American Music Teacher | December 1, 2004| | Copyright

Their palms sweat; their hearts race; their hands shake. Eighty percent of all people experience anxiety when they become the center of attention. (1) Many musicians are not able to perform their best as a result of an increased anxiety level. While many believe it is important, and even necessary, to experience some performance anxiety to play their best, anxiety should not take over and debilitate the performer. The effects of performance anxiety may appear when a discrepancy exists between what has occurred in practice and the actual performance. When anxiety prevents an ...

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