Practice and Performance

“Excellent.”—The Wall Street JournalSince its publication ten years ago, businesspeople, investors, doctors, parents, students, athletes, and music...

This landmark book enlightens amateur and professional musicians about a way of practicing that transforms a sometimes frustrating, monotonous, and...

Feeling anxious and stressed before an important performance can be a fact of life for musicians and entertainers, whether they are students or sea...

Audition Success presents a groundbreaking method that has already made Don Greene one of the country's leading audition trainers. Combining speci...

(Meredith Music Resource). Now's the time to practice smarter, not harder. It's time to Practice with Purpose ! Practice is everything if you want ...

Nobody performs better under pressure. Regardless of the task, pressure ruthlessly diminishes our judgment, decision-making, attention, dexterity, ...

Is it possible to make sense of something as elusive as creativity? Based on psychologist Scott Barry Kaufman’s groundbreaking research and Carolyn...

The Little Book of Talent is an easy-to-use handbook of scientifically proven, field-tested methods to improve skills—your skills, your kids’ skill...

In those times when we want to acquire a new skill or face a formidable challenge we hope to overcome, what we need most are patience, focus, and d...

From Our Blog Managing Stage Fright A Guide for Musicians and Music Teachers Julie Jaffee Nagel Description Why is it that well-prep...

Rules for developing talent with disciplined, deliberate, intelligent practice We live in a competition loving culture. We love the performance, th...

From the most exciting individual in American theater” (Newsweek), here is Anna Deavere Smith’s brass tacks advice to aspiring artists of all strip...

A Guide to His Philosophy and Techniques Victoria A. von Arx Previously unpublished transcriptions of Arrau's lessons A comprehensive and detailed...

A practical and friendly guide to taming your chaos written specifically for creative people by the bestselling author of Banish Clutter Forever.‘S...

Discover the twelve breakthrough practices for bringing creativity and a sense of possibility into all of your endeavors in this bestselling guide ...

by Vanessa Cornett In The Mindful Musician: Mental Skills for Peak Performance, author Vanessa Cornett offers guidelines to help musicians cultivat...

New fully revised and updated edition, complete with 2 brand new chapters on Chronic Pain and Well-being Developed over a period of 100 years, the ...

This book sets forth the provocative theories of a musician who has been called the outstanding harpsichordist of this century. The late Ralph Kir...

A Friendly Guide to Launching and Maintaining Your Musical CareerIt’s tough to make a living from one’s love of music, but Sheila E. Anderson shows...

A Guide to Practice, Performance, and Wellness Gerald Klickstein Delivers inclusive information for improving practice, performance, and self-care...

This unique guide helps all musicians: open up new avenues of expression through a pain-free, healthy, fluid approach to music-making; overcome per...

Composer: Carl Czerny Editor: Paul Badura-Skoda

In a remarkable memoir written with insight and humor, Glenn Kurtz takes us from his first lessons at the age of eight to his acceptance at the eli...

Brilliant, practical, and humorous conversations with one of the twentieth-century’s greatest musicologists on art, culture, and the physical pain...