[Trombone-l] Books related to performance

[Dennis Clason]

K.D. Kneeburg wrote:
> Just thought I would mention some books that I have read that have to do 
> with the mental aspects of performance.  The first is Zen Golf by Joseph 
> Parent.  While this book has to do with golf, all of the suggestions can be 
> related directly to performance.  Another is The Inner Game of Tennis by 
> Timothy Gallwey.  Again this is related to tennis but his Self 1 and Self 2 
> approach is extremely helpful.  The last is Psycho-Cybernetics by Maxwell 
> Maltz.  I have used this approach with students getting ready for a recital 
> to help with the nervousness associated with getting out on the stage and 
> having the audience stare at you.
>   
There is also The Inner Game of Music, which is simultaneously better 
and worse than IGoT for musicians.  It's worse in that you can get a 
little fixed in Gallway's thinking about music, and better in that it IS 
specifically about music.

Dennis