Performance Anxiety Strategies

Casey McGrath holds a doctorate of musical arts in performance and literature from the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign and a master of music from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. She serves as concertmaster for the Fox Valley Orchestra and on the music faculty of Joliet Junior College.Karin S. Hendricks is assistant professor of music education at Boston University. She is an award-winning music teacher and taught orchestra in public schools for thirteen years. She has presented research and practitioner workshops nationally and internationally and has published papers in many professional and peer-reviewed journals and books.Tawnya D. Smith is lecturer in music education in the College of Fine Arts at Boston University. She completed a PhD in curriculum and instruction at the University of Illinois and a certificate of advanced graduate study in expressive arts therapy at Lesley University.

• Chapter One: IntroductionChapter Two: Why Do We Experience MPA?Chapter Three: Cognitive Behavioral TherapiesChapter Four: Exposure TherapyChapter Five: Beta-Blockers and Anti-Anxiety MedicationsChapter Six: Natural and Holistic ApproachesChapter Six Activity: Body AwarenessChapter Seven: Expressive Arts TherapiesChapter Seven Activity: Identifying and Working with Your Inner VoicesChapter Eight: Especially for Teachers—Preventing Music Performance AnxietyChapter Eight Activity: Reducing the Stigma of MPAChapter Nine: Self-Help Books and Other Resources

Performance Anxiety Strategies provides a quality introduction to the multitude of methods and therapies available to counteract MPA. . . However, this book (with its clearing house of techniques and guided activities to help fine tune your treatment options) goes a long way in helping discern which path is best for you. Wherever you fit on the spectrum between traditional medicine and holistic approach, fully emotional response and fully rational logic, there's something for you in this book. But the one thing this book won't do is to provide a quick fix to your stage fright issues. That task is up to you. RECOMMENDED.