Notes from the Green Room: Coping With Stress and Anxiety in Musical Performance

Paul G. Salmon, Robert G. Meyer
Publisher: Jossey-Bass Inc Pub
October 1992

EAN: 9780669250107
ISBN: 0669250104

Synopsis: This work explains the causes of musical performance anxiety and suggests ways of dealing with it effectively. The authors draw on cognitive and behavioural psychology to show how proper preparation, learning experiments, tension management and relaxation training can relieve anxiety which often accompanies an individual's musical performance.