Well it's been a fun ride with our "easing your nerves before a performance" week. Quick recap:
1. "You're already doing more than what the audience is
doing....you're going up on stage."
2. Eat honey
3. Be prepared. The more you know your music, the less you have to worry about.
4. Perform more often. The more you perform, the more you'll get used to it.
5. Stop with the "what-if's!
6. Visualize yourself doing well.
7. View those nerves as "adrenaline." In fact, replace it with that word.
8. Realize that the majority of the audience likely won't even know if you make a mistake
9. Breathe before the performance, during the performance, and after!!!
10. HAVE FUN!
2. Eat honey
3. Be prepared. The more you know your music, the less you have to worry about.
4. Perform more often. The more you perform, the more you'll get used to it.
5. Stop with the "what-if's!
6. Visualize yourself doing well.
7. View those nerves as "adrenaline." In fact, replace it with that word.
8. Realize that the majority of the audience likely won't even know if you make a mistake
9. Breathe before the performance, during the performance, and after!!!
10. HAVE FUN!
We often forget the reason we signed up to learn an instrument in the first place: for pleasure! Of course there are times of challenge during your musical journey, but overall, the experience should be pleasurable.
Let's check out the definitions for both "performance" and "recital." (Source: www.dictionary.com)
per·for·mance
per·for·mance
[per-fawr-muh
ns]
ns]
noun
1.
a musical, dramatic, or other entertainment presented before an audience.
re·cit·al
[ri-sahyt-l]
noun
1.
a musical entertainment given usually by a single performer or by a performer and one or more accompanists.
Both of these definitions are obviously very similar, and both have the word "entertainment" in them.
[en-ter-teyn-muhnt]
nt]
noun
If I really had no life I could break down the word "amusement" from entertainment, then break down that definition, and eventually...I just know....it will lead to the word "fun." Even the Pittsburgh Symphony has really loosened up and made their performance more entertaining and "fun." . They obviously have the same, amazing talent, but now, the conductor incorporates a few jokes, dresses up in costumes sometimes (while conducting,) etc. These are just ways for them to eliminate so much "stiffness" in the room and I think it's an excellent move on their end.
1.
the act of entertaining; agreeable occupation for the mind; diversion; amusement: Solving the daily crossword puzzle is an entertainment for many.
Just go and have fun. Playing for people is a big portion of what anyone's musical journey is all about. Save the stress for practicing at home. Once you made it on stage, by the point, you obviously know your stuff. So, play and have fun with it!!!!!!!!!!
Til Next Time
~Givi Girl
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| (My student Nathan and me) |
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