stage fright – Piano-ology

Performance Anxiety: Micro-Lessons

Enjoy these short and sweet insights into taming the stage fright monster… Advertisements

You cannot “try” to relax. You cannot command yourself to relax.

One of the most unsettling, but valuable, discoveries you will make on stage is that you will suddenly start asking

Welcome to a lesson in how to exploit our practical knowledge of working memory in order to help tame the

The most absolutely worthless and destructive advice regarding anything unpleasant or undesirable is this: “Try not to think about it.”

To a larger extent than we care to admit, we do not have direct control over our thoughts. One thought

Anyone who suffers from stage fright knows that anxiety is not just something you merely think in your brain. Anxiety

One way to tame the stage fright monster is to laugh at it!

Before continuing our exploration of the many cognitive-behavioral antidotes to stage fright, I feel compelled to share my perspective on

Who would suggest that a mispronounced word or two or occasional hesitation ruins an otherwise articulate and eloquent speech?