Performance Anxiety

With the beginning of term at music colleges and universities just around the corner, end of year exams will be looming large in the next few weeks. Here is a short presentation by Allen Vizzutti on the subject of 'Performance Anxiety'. This will almost certainly have affected everyone who plays an instrument at some time in their life, and can affect people in different ways. From feeling a 'little nervous', to being physically sick before going on stage, there are ways and means of controlling how we deal with the 'butterflies'. Good luck in your exams, or whatever performance you are giving. That's the point. You are giving something to the audience, who on the whole won't be there to judge you (well, maybe apart from the examiners!!)