Topics include: Mindfulness, centering, breathing, performance goals, stage fright, stress, resilience, and more!
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Course Introduction
FREE PREVIEWWelcome Survey
Session Contents
Video 1 (with transcript): "Mindfulness" with Vanessa Cornett
Reading 1: "Preparing Students for Peak Performance Through Centering Practice" by Lesley McAllister
Reading 2: "Teaching Piano Students How to Utilize a Vital Tool" by Paula Savvidou and Haley Myers
Reflection Question
Session Resources
Session Contents
Video 1 (with Transcript): "Performance Goals and Rational Thought" with Vanessa Cornett
Reading 1: "How Do You Deal with 'Stage Fright' or Performance Anxiety?" by Gail Berenson and Julie Jaffee Nagel (Nancy Bachus, Editor)
Reading 2: "Mind Matters: Stage Fright and Symptoms: Cause or Effect?" by Julie Jaffee Nagel
Reading 3: "Mastering the Inner Game: Three 'Mind Coaches' on Managing Performance Anxiety" by Ali Snow
Reflection Question
Session Resources
Session Contents
Reading 1: "How Do You Counsel a Student After a Disappointing Performance?" by Helen Smith Tarchalski
Reading 2: "Mind Matters: Thinking about Thinking" by Julie Jaffee Nagel
Reading 3: "Music Lessons are Life Lessons" by Julie Jaffee Nagel
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