Klarinet Archive - Posting 000846.txt from 1997/07

From: "David B. Niethamer" <dnietham@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: Performance Anxiety in Perspective
Date: Sun, 27 Jul 1997 00:33:01 -0400

on 7/26/97 5:42 PM, David S. Naden wrote:

>In response to a message from Mark Charette, Don Gross recommended the
>book "The Inner Game of Music," by Barry Green with Timothy Gallway.
>Not only do I agree and second his recommendation, I would also suggest
>Timothy Gallway's other books: "The Inner Game of Tennis," and The
>Inner Game of Golf." These two books were the originals, and "The Inner
>Game of Music" is patterned after them, but is directoed specifically
>towards music and musicians.

Since I haven't seen it mentioned here this time around on this thread,
I'll also mention "A Soprano On Her Head" by Eloise Ristaad (U of
Berkeley Press, I think). Also a good source of performance anxiety
strategies, and of strategies for overcoming practice block, where things
don't seem to get better despite lots of practice. Excellent reading.

David

David Niethamer
Principal Clarinet, Richmond Symphony
dnietham@-----.edu
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