“For you to achieve your promise as a performing artist, you need a profound understanding of performance preparation.” The Musician’s Way, p. 154 We music educators know how rewarding it is to teach instrumental or vocal performance. We also know that teaching can be...
“Beyond personal fulfillment, the decisive aim of practice is to prepare performances because, as an art form, music centers on the interaction between performer and listener.” -The Musician’s Way, p. 4 For vocalists and instrumentalists alike, music making cycles...
“When you project a centered presence from the stage, your audience becomes attentive and relaxed.” –The Musician’s Way, p. 180 The Winter 2025 issue of The Musician’s Way Newsletter has landed in subscribers’ inboxes. It features more than 20 articles of...
“Performance anxiety doesn’t yield to band-aid solutions, nor does it abate on its own.” -The Musician’s Way, p. 146 Camille was a 19-year-old amateur pianist who excelled in school but was petrified to play in public.* Her anxiety had surfaced in...
“With intelligent effort, performance anxiety and all of its effects can cease to be an inhibiting factor in your life.” –The Musician’s Way, p. 151 The Fall 2024 issue of The Musician’s Way Newsletter has landed in subscribers’ inboxes. This new edition...
“The performers who connect from the stage establish emotional relationships with their audiences.” –The Musician’s Way, p. 188 The Summer 2024 issue of The Musician’s Way Newsletter has arrived in subscribers’ inboxes and is being enthusiastically shared....
“We get messed up because we don’t have a clear image . . . and thereby give ourselves too many conflicting messages about how to play.” -Eloise Ristad, A Soprano on Her Head, p. 116-117 The first stages of working on a piece set the foundation upon...
“Confidence doesn’t hinge on eliminating all nervous interference; rather, it results from knowing that you’re able to perform well whether you deal with interference or not.” –The Musician’s Way, p. 182 The Spring 2024 issue of The Musician’s Way...
“ Confident performance is not a fluke, but the product of imaginative and consistent synthesis of technical and emotional work. ” -Frank R. Wilson The Musician’s Way, p. 146 In a highlight of the 2024 Grammy Awards ceremony, singer-songwriter Tracy Chapman sang her...
