Achieving Peak Performance in Music: Psychological Strategies for Optimal Flow

ISBN-13: 9780367480622 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 200 str.

Sarah Sinnamon

Opis

Achieving Peak Performance in Music is a unique and comprehensive exploration of flow in music performance. It describes the optimal performance experiences of great musicians and outlines ten psychological steps that can be implemented to facilitate and enhance optimal experience.

Recenzje

"This is a must-read for any performer, in any field, who wants to understand the processes that underlie and govern their experiences on stage." —Simon Fischer, Violinist, Pedagogue, and Author of Basics, Practice, and Warming Up

Spis treści

Introduction  1. Music performance  2. What flow feels like  3. 10 steps to Peak Performance: How musicians prepare for peak performance  4. Managing your emotions  5. Managing your thoughts  6. Motivation  7. Concentration and focus  8. Mental practice, imagery, and visualization  9. Calming the body and mind  10. Pre-performance plans  11. Putting it all together

O autorze

Sarah Sinnamon, Ph.D., psychologist and musician, is a performance consultant actively involved in performance psychology and coaching as practitioner, researcher, and lecturer. She was lecturer in psychology in All Hallows College DCU, in performance psychology in Griffith College Dublin, and was violin assistant in Yehudi Menuhin School, UK.