Stress Busting for Musicians
Author: Irene Lock
Catalogue no: QT83 | ISBN 978-0-955-24730-9
This exciting and innovative book provides a series of simple and practical exercises based on the author's wide experience and training, designed especially for musicians to release their potential and experience a stress-free physical and emotional environment in which to thrive.
BOOKS (GENERAL)
Stress-busting for Musicians is a
collection of easy exercises
which are designed to help
musicians of all ages warm-up effectively, be
energised, relax, co-ordinate and improve
concentration, deal with emotional stress or
that caused by performance, learn new pieces
and play from memory. Its author, Irene Lock,
is a teacher and clarinetist who found exer-
cises such as these helpful in her recovery
from chronic fatigue syndrome.
The thin, A4 book is entirely filled with
practical exercises. They are simple to follow,
physically undemanding and the style is
approachable, explaining everything clearly
and simply. To see how effective they are in
reality would need a commitment to their use
over time, but they certainly focus the body
and mind; whether through the physical
coordination the body undertakes or the space
they give for the mind and thoughts to clear.
Paul Harris writes in his foreword that playing
music is a highly involved and multifaceted
activity, and we often approach its practice
with haste. This book provides an alternative
- which has worked wonders for its author. If
you do find performance draining and stressful
then give it a go.
Music Teacher Magazine
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