By Carolyn Walter
While speaking with a friend several years ago, I mentioned that like so many other people, I wished I was never anxious while performing. Insecure about my ability to do well at high-pressure performances and auditions, I yearned for a magic bullet that would make me supremely confident and impervious to self-doubt. I will always remember my colleague’s response: A dancer and classical bassist by trade, she shrugged her elegant shoulders and replied, “Yes, but I am always a little bit glad when I am nervous at a performance, because it means that I actually care.”
In that moment, I began to Continue reading ‘Managing Musical Performance Anxiety’
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