These tips are simple and yet very powerful, with one caveat: they need to be practised in advance to be of any use when it really matters.

I took part in a fascinating discussion recently on the psychological pressure of performing in front of others.

A musical score is a strange thing. It is a brilliantly worked out method of keeping music for posterity but it certainly does add a few cha

Performing disasters. What a musician considers to be a performing disaster is very personal

When I mentioned the word performance anxiety to a Balinese man, he simply laughed. They don't have it!

It is essential to give performers the experience of managing their nerves in front of an audience which feels emotionally safe to them.

Sam was attempting to play a difficult Beethoven piano sonata on stage in front of his teacher, his parents, fellow students and staff,...

What we’re aiming for is a kind of meditative focus on stage without this horrible barrier of fear and anxiety.

Our bullying, critical culture has really got its teeth into classical musicians and the Inner Critic can have a devastating impact.

A bit of adrenaline that just heightens everything can be positive but the fight-flight response can cause big problems for musicians

Most of people I work with have had trauma of one sort or another. I support musicians in finding a way they can feel safe when they play

I have seen the influence of bullying teaching impact musicians in a way that they are terrified of not being perfect enough

Perfectionism is the drive to give a ‘perfect performance’ with a feeling of not being good enough - dangerous for a performer.

We musicians often discuss preparing for our performance and the performance itself, but rarely do we consider what happens post-performance

I worked with a soprano at one of the main British conservatoires who was petrified at singing in front of the vocal department.

I’ve been working with a musician recently who has been struggling with performance nerves and finds auditions for orchestras challenging.

Here are a few things that I find myself saying to nervous musicians in masterclasses, and each time, they have a drama impact.

I’ve been thinking about the importance of stage craft for musicians recently and how little time is given to this in music education.

How to find emotional safety on stage, managing fear and anxiety in performance and calming the Inner Critic.

Tips on how to manage auditions, the ultimate in stressful performances for musicians.