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 unfamiliar."

I agree with those who say fear doesn't go away; we learn to get used to it,
expect it and feel relieved when it doesn't appear.

When we begin to recognize that in accepting the fear and being part of it
(even loving it), we can find the great energy, strength and passion of
performance.

Matt@...







On Thu, Jun 5, 2008 at 2:47 PM, jslezak <jslezak_soft_eng@...> wrote:

> 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.&nbsp; A history of still living after previous performance disasters
> makes the consequences of the next disaster no worse than the previous ones.
> &nbsp;
> I do try to perform only those pieces that I can do 'in my sleep'.&nbsp;
> That way, if fear shows ups, I have more confidence that I can play on
> automatic 'passably' until the fear recedes again.
>
> --- On Wed, 6/4/08, gio &lt;joecast2001@...<joecast2001%40yahoo.com>&gt;
> wrote:
>
> From: gio &lt;joecast2001@... <joecast2001%40yahoo.com>&gt;
> Subject: Re: [musicalfossils] Fear of Being Out There
> To: musicalfossils@yahoogroups.com <musicalfossils%40yahoogroups.com>
> Date: Wednesday, June 4, 2008, 8:55 AM
>
>
> Maybe fear does not go away after numerous public
> failure. Maybe what happens is you learn to deal with
> the fear. &lt;snip&gt;
>
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