Klarinet Archive - Posting 000297.txt from 1999/12

From: "Ed Maurey" <edsshop@-----.ca>
Subj: Re: [kl] stage fright
Date: Sat, 11 Dec 1999 00:06:41 -0500

Before a concert I always tell myself that at least a billion people in
China don't give a shit if I play well or not. I figure if they don't care
I might as well just have fun playing.
Ed Maurey
-----Original Message-----
From: Nicholas Yip <nyip@-----.edu>
Date: Thursday, December 09, 1999 4:27 AM
Subject: [kl] stage fright

> I just played in a concert where I had to play solo. I played the
>Mendelssohn Nocturno. It went okay except that I squacked four times and
>missed a couple of spots. I was nervous, and sweaty. The reed was a little
>light as well, so that did not help very much. Now, I have played this
>piece before much better. Before the concert I tried to calm the nerves
>down by eating bananas to keep me from becoming nervous. That kept me from
>shaking only. This is frustrating. This is something that has happened to
>me maybe 3/ 8 times. I have found some ideas and checked into the archives.
>I don't know any breathing techniques to help me relax. Does anyone else
>have any suggestions on how to overcome stage fright? I would really like
>to get rid of stage fright, so I can play much better.
>
>1) The use of herbal tea
>2) Alexander Technique
>3) inderol
>
>
>Nick Yip
>
>"I'm a clarinetist, I can't help complaining!"
>
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