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Item Information       Publisher Weekly Review     Table of Contents     More Content     More by this author     Solovitch, Sara, 1953-     Subjects     Solovitch, Sara, 1953-     Stage fright.     Performance anxiety.     Motivation (Psychology).     Self-realization.     Piano -- Performance.     Pianists -- Psychology.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Solovitch, Sara, 1953-       by title:      Playing scared : a h...       by call number:      792.028019 S689p     Search the Web     Solovitch, Sara, 1953-     Solovitch, Sara, 1953-     Stage fright.     Performance anxiety.     Motivation (Psychology).     Self-realization.     Piano -- Performance.     Pianists -- Psychology.       MARC Display

Playing scared : a history and memoir of stage fright / Sara Solovitch. by Solovitch, Sara, 1953- Bloomsbury USA, 2015. Call #: 792.028019 S689p Subjects Solovitch, Sara, 1953-   Stage fright.   Performance anxiety.   Motivation (Psychology).   Self-realization.   Piano -- Performance.   Pianists -- Psychology. ISBN:  9781620400913 (hc.) 162040091X (hc.) Description:  272 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references and index. Summary:  "Stage fright is one of the human psyche's deepest fears. Laurence Olivier learned to adapt to it, as have actors Salma Hayek and Hugh Grant. Musicians such as George Harrison and Adele have battled it and learned to cope. Others never do: In 1973, Pittsburgh Pirates All-Star pitcher Steve Blass suddenly could no longer find the strike zone; his career ended soon after. Surveys in the United States repeatedly rank public speaking as one of the top fears, affecting up to 74 percent of people. Sara Solovitch studied piano as a young child and fell in love with music. At ten, she played Bach and Mozart in her hometown's annual music festival, but was overwhelmed by fear. As a teen, she studied music, but stage fright led her to give up aspirations of becoming a professional pianist. In her late fifties, Sara gave herself a one-year deadline to tame performance anxiety and play before an audience. She resumed music lessons, while exploring meditation, exposure therapy, cognitive therapy, biofeedback, beta blockers, and other remedies. She performed in airports, hospitals, and retirement homes before renting a public hall and performing for fifty guests on her sixtieth birthday. Using her own journey as inspiration, Solovitch has written a thoughtful and insightful examination of the myriad causes of stage fright and the equally diverse ways to overcome it, and a tribute to pursuing personal growth at any age. Sara Solovitch was a reporter for the Philadelphia Inquirer. Her articles appeared in Esquire, Wired, the Los Angeles Times, and the Washington Post. She worked as a medical writer at Stanford University. This is her first book. She lives in Santa Cruz, California"--Provided by publisher. Genre:  Memoirs Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information No Item Information

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