A Childhood Pastime That Could Help You Reduce Stress and Manage Audition-Day Nerves

The wait backstage can be torturous, as you feel the anxiety build, and wish you could just go out and play already. What are we supposed to do with all that time anyway? Listen to music? Visualize? Turns out there's an old childhood pastime that could help us stay calm and keep us busy (in a good way). A Childhood Pastime That Could Help You Reduce Stress and Manage Audition-Day Nerves * * * Have you ever wondered why it is exactly that things often sound better at home than they do on...

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Ever wonder why you can practice for hours, sound great in the practice room, and still be frustratingly hit or miss on stage? Join performance psychologist and Juilliard alumnus/faculty Noa Kageyama, and explore research-based “practice hacks” for beating anxiety, practicing more effectively, and playing up to your full abilities when it matters most.