At 12:00 AM 4/27/2005, you wrote:
I am only a sophomore in high school and I have taken many auditions for our
senior honors district band and orchestras around the state. I prepare my
music in an orderly fashion and I am completely prepared when I enter the
audition site. I have noticed that
In addition to Margaret's advice, I would also recommend that you take every
possible opportunity to play in public, even if it is just in front of a few
family friends. The more you get used to playing in front of people, the
less unnerving it becomes.
Also realise that failing a district band
Most nervousness come from non-musical influences, such as self-doubt,
wondering what is thought of you, thinking that the audition is the most
important thing in your life, etc. For some, it takes a great deal of time to
overcome these thoughts, and many have turned to beta-blockers to
On Wed, 27 Apr 2005, Pandolfi, Orlando wrote:
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Mental Toughness Training for Sports. I would see if the author's
techniques yield results before popping the pills. Ultimately, the best
way to deal with nervousness is to continue putting yourself in such a
position.
Or the best way
I am not a mental health professional, nor do I play one on TV. The guy I'm
taking lessons from now mentioned a horn master class in one of the
Scandinavian countries a few years ago. The instructor had looked at the
techniques of the East German Sports machine on focusing at the task at
hand.
Hi,
Unfortunately, the best way to beat any kind of
anxiety is to continually put yourself in situations
that create the anxiety, as many on the list have
already told you. Performance anxiety decreases in
relation to the amount of performances you give.
In the mental health field, we call it
Readers:
This is a reminder for you about the pending International Horn
Competition of America that will be hosted on the University of
Oklahoma Campus on August 18-21. We are centrally located and have
easy flight access from all regions of the country. The facilities are
first class and we
Cleaning out old documents I found a receipt from my first semester of
college my senior year, 1964. It was for $420.00 which included tuition (it
was flat rate at the time), room, board, fees, and laundry, everything
except books. That would be about $2,300.00 today.
-Original
I would not consider Inderal or any other beta blocker a performance
enhancing drug. I have never heard anyone play better than their natural
ability while using them. I would not confuse beta blockers with steroids. I
agree that it is preferable to seek non-chemical alternatives, (or
Margaret D wrote
My teacher told me that a student of Isaac Stern's asked him how to best
prepare for auditions. Stern told him to run up 3 flights of stairs as
fast as he could then jump on top of a wobbly chair and play the most
difficult yet
magnificent solo he knew as beautifully as anyone
I have heard people play worse
than their natural ability while not using them.
Pandolfi, Orlando wrote:
I would not consider Inderal or any other beta blocker a performance enhancing drug. I have never heard anyone play better than their natural ability while using them. I would not confuse
Dear Friends ---
The following is a Horn List encore presentation from 9-22-2001, retrieved
from the archives once again because of relevance to a related question
posed recently on The Horn List:
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Imagery and imaginative descriptions of what we do likely have little
actual resemblance with what we do as horn players and teachers.
However, there is usually a concept at heart that someone needs to
begin to understand in the ongoing struggle to improve as a player. I
call to witness the
from: Steve Freides [EMAIL PROTECTED]
subject: [Hornlist] Cryogenically Frozen horn
I was poking around looking at used horns on the Internet and found one that
said the horn had been cryogenically frozen by Osmun - could anyone
explain this process to me, please? (The horn wasn't for sale at
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