A six-week course for all who struggle with performance nerves. You’ll learn what performance anxiety is, why it happens, and how you can use physical and mental tools to lessen the symptoms. You’ll work on practice techniques that will help you to focus on the process of music-making. You’ll also be given a safe, encouraging and supportive forum to begin exploring performing, so that you can put the tools you are learning into practice. By the end of the course, you’ll have begun to harness the positive aspects of nerves (yes, there are some!) so that your performance is better and more enjoyable for you and your audience.
Course Duration
6 Sessions
Level
All
Class Time
5:30–6:45 pm (Irish time)
Tutor(s)
Dr Jennifer Mackerras
Price
Saturday | 5:30–6:45 pm (Irish time)
14 Oct
Session 1
What is Performance Anxiety?
A survey of the physiological and psychological basis of performance anxiety, and how to begin calming the physiologic symptoms.
28 Oct
Session 2
Cognitive approaches
How to begin dealing with the ’twisted thinking’ that makes performance anxiety more severe.
04 Nov
Session 3
Perfectionism
There is a strong correlation between performance anxiety and perfectionism. How can we be kinder to ourselves?
11 Nov
Session 4
Practice
How improving our practice routines can improve our anxiety levels.
18 Nov
Session 5
Creating a process-oriented outlook (week 1)
Learning how a focus on process (rather than product) can alter our performance.
02 Dec
Session 6
Creating a process-oriented outlook (week 2)
A continuation of week 5, plus a course summary.
In this course, students will
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