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7 Deep-Practice Strategies

7 Deep-Practice Strategies

by Gerald Klickstein | Dec 21, 2016 | music performance, music practice, performance anxiety

“Deep practice entails achieving mastery, integration, and transcendence with everything that you play or sing.” –The Musician’s Way, p. 20 For budding and veteran performers alike, the fundamental source of confidence on stage is thorough preparation. And although...
Reinforcing Performance Habits in Practice

Reinforcing Performance Habits in Practice

by Gerald Klickstein | Sep 14, 2015 | music performance, music practice, performance anxiety

“The habits that enable you to perform expressively in public can only be instilled through practice.” –The Musician’s Way, p. 149 When you’re onstage, do you feel secure and creative? If not, the reasons probably stem from the habits you reinforce in practice....
Benefiting from Auditions and Competitions

Benefiting from Auditions and Competitions

by Gerald Klickstein | Aug 23, 2015 | music performance, performance anxiety

“You can control your performance but not the result of an audition or a competition.” –The Musician’s Way, p. 221 Whenever you audition or compete, you offer yourself up for criticism. That criticism may be overt, as when judges provide comments, or it may be...
Learning the Art of Performance

Learning the Art of Performance

by Gerald Klickstein | Oct 5, 2014 | music performance, performance anxiety

“Music is a performing art. . . . It isn’t there in the score.” -Michael Tippett, composer The Musician’s Way, p. 152 When you think about all that goes into preparing for a concert, music performance can seem like a delicate skill, something akin to tightrope...
The Fight-or-Flight Response

The Fight-or-Flight Response

by Gerald Klickstein | Jun 19, 2014 | music performance, performance anxiety

“The fight-or-flight response works wonders when you’re standing on a sidewalk and a piano is falling from a building above.” –The Musician’s Way, p. 135 Shaky hands, racing heartbeat, queasy stomach – all manifestations of a nervousness that...
The Peak-Performance Myth

The Peak-Performance Myth

by Gerald Klickstein | Feb 23, 2014 | music performance, performance anxiety, The Musician's Way

“When I play, I make love – it is the same thing.” -Arthur Rubinstein, pianist The Musician’s Way, p. 207 If you’ve read much about performing, then you’ve probably run into the terms “peak performance,” “flow,” and “being in the zone.” Those synonymous...
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