Hi, my name is Lea. I am new to the group. I like classical and new age
piano music. I am a 50+ piano player at the point where I can say I play
piano, but I am afraid to actually do it for anybody except myself. I need
to get past this fear of actually performing in front of people...I get so
nervous, my fingers can't play the keys...does anyone have any
suggestions? Also, how do you find someplace to use your skills, besides
church?
Thanks.
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Hi, my name is Lea. I am new to the group. I like classical and new age piano music. I am a 50+ piano player at the point where I can say I play...
Fear only goes away after numerous public failures. One just gets used to the feeling. Try looking for lessons that provides group recital opportunities....
Maybe fear does not go away after numerous public failure. Maybe what happens is you learn to deal with the fear. I had an experience back in December 2007 I ...
... I, too, am looking for answers to this problem. Even with only family members in the room I sometimes become so occupied with which key I am to hit next,...
klavierneuling
isleif@...
Jun 4, 2008 4:43 pm
By dealing with the fear, in my case, it's more a matter of recognizing it as a familiar feeling that is part of performance, whether its wanted or not. ...
Brian Ganz is a very good pianist in Washington who tours quite a bit. He phrases the issue very nicely, I think: "In performance, the familiar becomes...
Matthew Harre
mharre61@...
Jun 6, 2008 12:52 pm
There is a famous story about Arthur Rubenstein who always was exremely nervous before a perfomance. On one particular evening that he was scheduled to play,...
This is a good idea that I may try. This brings up another question....do you ever get to a point where you feel you don't need lessons? I have been playing...
I guess I can learn to look at it like that. Knowing fear is an acceptable part of performing would at least make it expected and maybe easier to handle. ...
My favorite fear story is the one about Bill Russell, one of the greatest players in basketball who threw up before every game. I've heard that this happens...
Could it be that we are talking about two different, but related, phenomena? It is not fear that I experience, but kind of a loss of memory, a funneling-away...
klavierneuling
isleif@...
Jun 22, 2008 4:48 pm
I have had just this kind of sudden loss of orientation--its really a form of dissociation I think--suddenly it's like I'm speaking Chinese. This used to...
Thanks Sue! I will get the book. One more remark: Over the last 20 years or so I've seen most major pianists live, from Martha Argerich to Sviatoslav Richter...
klavierneuling
isleif@...
Jun 23, 2008 1:02 pm
The musician who is not paying attention to the audience, is not not paying attention the the audience. He is paying attention to the music. Similarly, when...
I tried Beta Blockers once....my hands didn't shake so I did play better but I was still nervous. Ardilia ... greatest ... that ... playing ... that ... ...
Yes, that's what I am finding out. I am reading Barry Green's book Mastery of Music and that is one thing he says....know the piece so well that you can't...
start playing for one person (your best friend), then two or three (your sisters), and so on. until you end up playing for a little group of people interested...
Several professional flute players that I have spoken with say that it dulls the experience for them and they decided that they would rather deal with the...
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