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Tendonitis: avoid it with a body-centred approach
Tips for avoiding tendonitis for pianists and other instruments with a body-centred approach plus the emotional component.

Charlotte Tomlinson
Oct 23, 2018


Performance anxiety as a result of trauma
It has occurred to me this month when teaching and coaching how incredibly important practice is for the performance we give at the end...

Charlotte Tomlinson
Jul 20, 2018


Musings about mental health issues and its relationship to performance anxiety
How mental health issues can affect performance anxiety in musicians.

Charlotte Tomlinson
Jun 13, 2018


Moving from performing terror to performing exhilaration
How to move from performing terror to performing exhilaration!

Charlotte Tomlinson
May 11, 2018


Performance Anxiety: a few contributing factors
Performance Anxiety in musicians and a few contributing factors

Charlotte Tomlinson
May 18, 2017


Preventing & overcoming injury
I recently presented a webinar for the Incorporated Society of Musicians (ISM) in London. What was interesting to me about this webinar...

Charlotte Tomlinson
Jan 17, 2017


Performance Anxiety: too many stresses
Performance Anxiety: too many stresses My experience of working in the International Piano Academy in Konz, Germany early in September...

Charlotte Tomlinson
Oct 20, 2016


Performance Anxiety: are there cultural differences?
Yale Summer School of Music, Norfolk, Connecticut I was brought over to work as a Performance Coach at the the Yale Summer School of...

Charlotte Tomlinson
Aug 25, 2016


Performance Anxiety: some common responses
Case studies of students dealing with performance anxiety issues in York

Charlotte Tomlinson
Dec 9, 2015


Performance Anxiety: a negative association with one piece of music
Performance Anxiety: a negative association with one piece of music and how to lessen the triggers.

Charlotte Tomlinson
Sep 17, 2015


Stage Fright Part 3: How to manage your emotional response
In my last two blogs on this topic, I wrote about some practical tips for managing stage fright and the deep shame that many performers...

Charlotte Tomlinson
Mar 20, 2013


Stage Fright Part 2: Practical tips for managing it
This is the second in a series of blogs about stage fright. In my last blog, I wrote about how deeply ashamed many performers are about...

Charlotte Tomlinson
Mar 16, 2013


Stage Fright Part 1: are we too ashamed to talk about it?
Imagine this scenario: one of the world’s finest symphony orchestras is preparing to go on stage, at, let’s say London’s Barbican Centre....

Charlotte Tomlinson
Mar 11, 2013
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