Category Archives: Helping a Child with Performance Anxiety

3 Steps to Preparing Your Child for a Recital

Posted on March 15, 2011 by emilylowe

Enter the drama of a RECITAL. If your child plays a musical instrument, it is likely that he or she will be performing in a recital. The preparation for the recital is usually a time of stress and anxiety in a child’s life. What can you, as the parent, do to help your youngster perform to the highest level? Here are 3 suggested steps to help your child prepare for the recital: Continue reading →

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3 Ways to Help Your Child Overcome Performance Anxiety and Prepare Effectively for Their Piano Recital

Posted on April 28, 2010 by Emily Lowe

As a piano teacher in Nashville, TN for the last 14 years, I have held numerous piano recitals. My students enter the building looking like a sea of white faces, super nervous about their upcoming performance. I, too, feel anxiety about how each one of them will do – I want all of them to feel great about their performance! I struggled (and still do at times) with performance anxiety during my recitals and understand the stress that they all feel. Over the years I have come up with many ways to help the students face their performance anxiety head-on! Here are 3 ways to help your child overcome performance anxiety and prepare effectively for their piano recital: Continue reading →

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