Mastering the art of performance : a primer for musicians /
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
2006.
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Table of Contents:
- Prelude : defining performance
- Assessing yourself, the performer : achieving a positive mindset toward performance
- Why we perform : forging a performance philosophy
- Physical support for performance
- Conceptualizing and scheduling goals
- Keeping preparation fresh and focused
- Dealing with repetition and drill
- Techniques to develop secure memorization
- Ensuring quality
- Self-regard at the time of performance
- Managing stage fright
- Dynamics during performance
- Evaluation after performance
- Performance and human interaction
- The career challenge
- Physical challenge and performance
- Performance careers in retrospect
- Postlude : performance and your spiritual life.