Wellbeing for Musicians

2. Beyond Stage Fright with Charlotte Tomlinson

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Do you know that feeling? You’ve spent hours and hours practising and rehearsing your piece but in the moment when it counts, you can’t deliver. In the second episode of the podcast, Veronika has invited the performance coach Charlotte Tomlinson. They explore strategies for managing stage fright or nerves and share their personal experiences and self-care practices.


Episode Highlights:

  • Charlotte's stage fright project - conducting over 40 interviews with professional musicians and sharing the findings from them
  • Recognizing the common responses on stage and how to navigate them
  • Self-pressure and the Inner critic - the biggest causes of performance anxiety
  • Learning from our mistakes and feeling emotionally safe on stage
  • Charlotte’s work and tools as a performance coach
  • Charlotte’s personal experience with performance anxiety
  • Charlotte's self-care and personal well-being practices


    • About the guest:

    Charlotte Tomlinson is an internationally renowned Performance Coach with expertise in moving musicians through issues with performance anxiety & physical tension. She has given talks, masterclasses & coaching at specialist music schools, conservatoires and universities throughout the UK and spoke at the Leeds International Piano Competition 2018. Internationally, she has worked with the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Verbier Academy and Verbier Festival Orchestras, Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, (USA), Imani Wind Festival, (NYC), Sydney Conservatorium and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, the Norwegian Academy of Music and she has been invited to work with laureates of the Sydney International Piano Competition.


    Episode Links & Resources:

    Charlotte's first book "Music from the Inside Out"

    Charlotte's book  "Keep Calm And Pass your Music Exam"

    42 interviews with top musicians in the industry discussing stage fright.


    Charlotte's Websites:

    https://www.charlottetomlinson.com

    https://www.beyondstagefright.com


    Other Links & Resources:

    Musicians Yoga with Veronika website

    Join the Wellbeing for musicians Facebook Group

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