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Play: A psychological toolkit for optimal music performance

By Gregory Daubney, CPsychol, MSc and Dr Alison Daubney, PhD

Play: A psychological toolkit for optimal music performance is an essential hands-on guide to help you manage performance anxiety and reach your full potential as a musician. It is packed with approachable practical strategies to help you overcome common psychological obstacles and optimise your musical performances.

The toolkit draws on significant psychological and philosophical research across music and sport. It has been written by two experts in the field of performance psychology - Gregory Daubney (CPsychol, MSc), a Chartered Sport and Exercise Psychologist who has worked extensively across performance domains, and Dr Alison Daubney(PhD), a Music Teacher Trainer, Researcher and Senior Teaching Fellow at the University of Sussex.

This 52-page toolkit is available as printed book or an eBook optimised for use with iBooks, PC and all popular eReaders.

Format: printed book, eBook (ePub + free PDF)
Pages: 52
Publisher: ISM Trust
Date Published: January 2018
Prices: printed book £10/£8 for ISM members, eBook £5/£4 for ISM members
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