Alexander Technique, career, concerts, healing, orchestra, pain, suffering

Most musicians experience pain, but here’s hope!

When I was a kid, my dad took me to hear orchestra concerts and ...

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chamber music, concerts, healing, online performance, Uncategorized

Music is healing… this performance is powerful. ‘Spiegel im Spiegel’ by Arvo Part

We are living in strange times… sometimes even surreal. My online Alexander Musicians class ...

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anxiety, concerts, fear, focus, online teaching, performance, performance anxiety, presence, self-control, stress, Uncategorized

How I overcame performance anxiety… for my best performance yet!

In my last post, I wrote about my experience a few weeks ago at ...

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Alexander Technique, anxiety, concerts, emotions, musicians, performance, success, Uncategorized

My Onstage Disaster: What it Taught Me about Perfection and Happiness

This is a personal story by one of my CCM students, an oboist named ...

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concerts, life purpose, performance, relationships, teachers, Uncategorized

Does the Performer Need the Audience? Mutual Inspiration and Service

Performing and teaching for BodyChance in Japan, spring 2015. Photo by Anchan I signed ...

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Alexander Technique, Art of Freedom, concerts, freedom, performance, Uncategorized

The “Non-Performance”: a New Way for Musicians and Audience to Come Together

For many years, I’ve been dreaming of creating a performance environment that would bring ...

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