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A couple of weeks ago, my Aussie friend Sam Coates of Blitz Books invited me to be part of a webinar she held called “Preparing Your Best Performance.” I was honored to be one of four adjudicators she interviewed and our conversation went longer than the allotted ten minutes she reserved for me.

Yeah, we got a little carried away!

Since Sam could only use part of our talk in her webinar, I’m pleased to share our entire conversation here on the podcast. 

Sam asks questions about what I look for when evaluating a performance and she asked me if I had any tips on how to prepare performers..I couldn’t stop at just a few as I’ve got ten.

If you have students performing soon, I think you’ll find the interview enlightening and packed with actionable steps.

Sam has generously offered the link to the entire webinar and two blogs she references in our conversation.

Replay of the whole webinar!  One More Time: Preparing Your BEST Live or Recorded Performance - YouTube

Blog: How Should We Assess Performance? - BlitzBooks

Blog: The Seven Deadly Performance Sins - BlitzBooks

Blog and downloadable Infographic: The Five Ps of Performing and Ten Tips for a Top Performance

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