Performance Anxiety
We all experience performance anxiety in one way or another - but how can we help our students understand these feelings and most importantly, embrace them?
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We have all been there as teachers - they have an exam, they are playing well in lessons. Then exams and concerts get close. The same questions come up:
“What if I play a note wrong?”
“What if I fail?'“
“What if I forget my scales?”
“What if I embarrass myself"?”
Always with the what if’s! We know as teachers that the more they perform, the more confident they will be become. But what can we do to help them understand their feelings of anxiety and most importantly - how to embrace them?