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With Edward House
I provide anxiety solutions for high-level musicians through one-on-one coaching and resource sharing. Contact me today for a free consultation.
Complete Performance Confidence
“*sigh* I’ll NEVER be able to play like that…”
Have you ever found yourself saying that? Do you ever feel like people who perform without any anxiety are just super-human? Like they have some kind of mystical ability that you could never achieve? I used to think that. I thought that I was just built to be anxious and there was simply NOTHING I could do about it. Those other people were just lucky.
Well…I was right about one thing. Those other people are lucky …BUT…
They aren’t special. There is nothing special about performing without anxiety.
Managing anxiety during a performance is a skill, not a gift. ANYONE can learn it, and anyone can lose it. During COVID many top performers had to stop performing, and consequently weren’t able to practice managing their anxiety. Now, I’m hearing many stories of players who were once confident, now feeling some level of fear or anxiety around performing.
Learning to manage your anxiety and be a confident performer is a skill anyone can learn. Some people just got lucky and stumbled into doing the right things early on without realizing it.
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Performance Articles
Staying In The Moment
“I’m sorry, can you say that again please” you say as you blink a couple times trying to figure out how you just got here.
Goals In The Practice Room
Does going on stage feel like rolling the dice? Many of the musicians I have talked to want to bridge the gap between the practice
Fear In The Practice Room
If I only had time! How often do you find yourself saying that? Well, if you are like a lot of musicians I talk to,
About Edward House
Edward House is a dynamic horn player and teacher committed to sharing his love of the horn. He is at home with many styles of music having played in chamber, symphonic, studio, and musical theater settings. He is currently an active performer and teacher in the Los Angeles area.
Recent engagements include the Schumann Konzertstück with the Stony Brook University Symphony, Gounod’s Petite Symphonie as part of the Staller Center’s Starry Nights series, and Principal Horn for Stony Brook Opera’s production of Britten’s Rape of Lucretia, as well as numerous appearances as a freelance player in New York City.
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