Description
Master teacher Stewart Gordon offers advice for musicians on conquering the demands of performance. It spans all aspects of the performance process from the planning and preparatory stages, through the actual performance, evaluation, and cultivation of a life devoted to performance.
CONTENTS
Prelude: Defining Performance
1 Assessing Yourself, the Performer, Achieving a Positive Mindset Toward Performance
2. Why We Perform: Forging a Performance Philosophy
3. Physical Support for Performance
4. Conceptualizing and Scheduling Goals
5. Keeping Preparation Fresh and Focused
6. Dealing with Repetition and Drill
7. Techniques to Develop Secure Memorization
8. Insuring Quality
9. Self-Regard at the Time of Performance
10. Managing Stage Fright
11. Dynamics during Performance
12. Evaluation after Performance
13. Performance and Human Interaction
14. The Career Challenge
15. Physical Challenge and Performance
16. Performance Careers in Retrospect
Postlude: Performance and Your Spiritual Life
Selected Bibliography
Index
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