Klarinet Archive - Posting 000139.txt from 1996/01

From: Dick Inglis <inglisre@-----.EDU>
Subj: How do you relax/energize...pre-performance?
Date: Sun, 7 Jan 1996 09:55:30 -0500

I will be helping to run a workshop on the way musicians can do right
before a performance which will help them play up to their potential.

I'd like to know what you do before or during a performance to
relax, energize, focus : stretching, exercise,
meditation, self-talk, eating do's and dont's, medication, social or other
diversions, or special, last-minute practice routines ? Do you do
anything special right before a difficult passage?

If you know of unusual or effective things that other musicians
do, that would be great, too.

Thanks!