Managing Stage Fright: A Guide for Musicians and Music Teachers
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Rating | : | 4.47 (611 Votes) |
Asin | : | 0190632038 |
Format Type | : | paperback |
Number of Pages | : | 216 Pages |
Publish Date | : | 2016-06-18 |
Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
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. Examining the topic from her interdisciplinary educational, theoretical, clinical, and personal perspectives, Nagel uses the music teacher/student relationship as a model for understanding the performance anxiety that affects musicians and non-musicians alike. Shedding new light on how the performer's emotional life is connected to every other facet of their life, Managing Stage Fright encourages a deeper understanding of anxiety when 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. Why is it that well-prepared, talented, hardworking, and intelligent perf
The critically acclaimed author of Melodies of the Mind, she has drawn from over twenty years of multidisciplinary experience to shed light on performance anxiety as well as the important role of music in understanding a wide range of human emotions. She is in private practice in Ann Arbor, Michigan.. is a graduate of The Juilliard School, The University of Michigan and The Michigan Psychoanalytic Institute. About the AuthorJulie Jaffee Nagel, Ph.D
The critically acclaimed author of Melodies of the Mind, she has drawn from over twenty years of multidisciplinary experience to shed light on performance anxiety as well as the important role of music in understanding a wide range of human emotions. Julie Jaffee Nagel, Ph.D. is a graduate of The Juilliard School, The University of Michigan and The Michigan Psychoanalytic Institute. She is in private practice in Ann Arbor, Michigan.