How Do You...?: Help Students Develop Effective Strategies to Deal with Performance Anxiety?

Performance anxiety is something almost all of us have dealt with at some time during our musical careers—whether it was as a young student, giving our senior recitals or during an important competition. Music teachers can, and should, help students develop effective strategies to deal with performance anxiety. Below, five colleagues share how they assist their students.

—Craig Purdy, AMT Editorial Committee, is assistant professor of violin and director of orchestras at Boise State University.