anxiety
Anxiety About Teaching
Does anyone get nervous or anxious giving a piano lesson? If so, has it been worse or better online vs in-person? My experiences… Fear of Playing in Front of People https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifNDugEc1Iw&list=PL3o0aF_9qHn4F2sy8QRuPb_jf_r4D9823&index=16 I definitely get nervous playing for people at the FIS. Sometimes I do when…
- Last updated 2 years ago
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Performance Anxiety
Can anyone point me towards resources to help a student with performance anxiety? She’s 13 and used to willingly play and sing for anyone who’d ask, but now she’s extremely resistant even as she’s a fabulous and sensitive musician. I’ve never felt like much of…
- Last updated 4 years ago
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Strategies to help an anxious student
One of my students is a six-year-old boy who has confidence problems to the point that when he thinks something looks too hard, he gets anxious and teary and refuses to try. Last week when I demonstrated Dreams Come True, it took a whole five…
- Last updated 6 years ago
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