Musical Excellence offers performers, teachers, and researchers,
new perspectives and practical guidance for enhancing performance
and managing the stress that typically accompanies performance
situations. It draws together, for the first time in a single
collection, the findings of pioneering initiatives from across the
arts and sciences. Specific recommendations are provided alongside
comprehensive reviews of existing theory and research, enabling the
practitioner to place the strategies and techniques within the
broader context of human performance and encouraging novel ways of
conceptualizing music making and teaching. Part I, Prospects and
Limits, sets out ground rules for achieving musical excellence.
What roles do innate talent, environmental influences, and sheer
hard work play in attaining eminence? How can musicians best manage
the physical demands of a profession that is intrinsically arduous,
throughout a career that can literally span a lifetime? How can
performers, teachers, and researchers effectively assess and
reflect on performance enhancement for themselves, their
colleagues, and their students? Part II, Practice Strategies,
presents approaches for increasing the effectiveness and efficiency
of practice. These are examined generally for the individual and
ensembles and specifically for the tasks of memorizing,
sight-reading, and improvising music. Musicians spend vast amounts
of time and energy acquiring and refining their skills, but are
there particular rehearsal strategies that they can employ to
produce better performance results or to achieve the same results
more quickly? What implication does existing knowledge of human
information processing and physical functioning have for musical
learning and practice? Part III, Techniques and Interventions,
introduces scientifically validated methods for enhancing musical
achievement, ordered from the more physical to the psychological to
the pharmacological; however, they all address issues of both
mental and physical significance for the musician. Collectively,
they stand as clear evidence that applied, cross-disciplinary
research can facilitate musicians' strive for performance
excellence. Throughout, the book highlights ways for musicians to
make the most of their existing practice, training, and experience
and gives them additional tools for acquiring and developing new
skills. Each chapter is underpinned by physical and psychological
principles relevant to all performance traditions that demand
dedication and resilience, unique artistic vision, and effective
communication.
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