Williamon, Aaron - Musical Excellence

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. For those involved in music research, education, and performance, this will be a valuable new source of reference.

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CONTENTS

Part I - Prospects and Limits
1 A Williamon: A guide to enhancing musical performance
2 R Chaffin & A F Lemieux: General perspectives on achieving musical excellence
3 C B Wynn Parry: Managing the physical demands of musical performance
4 G E McPherson & E Schubert: Measuring performance enhancement in music
Part II - Practice Strategies
5 H Jorgensen: Strategies for individual practice
6 J W Davidson & E C King: Strategies for ensemble practice
7 J Ginsborg: Strategies for memorizing music
8 S Thompson & A C Lehmann: Strategies for sight-reading and improvising music
Part III - Techniques and Interventions
9 A H Taylor & D Wasley: Physical fitness
10 E Valentine: Alexander technique
11 J H Gruzelier & T Egner: Physiological self-regulation: Biofeedback and neurofeedback
12 C Connolly & A Williamon: Mental skills training
13 P N Juslin, A Friberg, E Schoonderwaldt & J Karlsson: Feedback learning of musical expressivity
14 R West: Drugs and musical performance
Epilogue: a note on future directions for enhancing musical performance