The Audition Process: Anxiety Management and Coping Strategies (Juilliard Performance Guides, No 3) [Paperback]

Stuart Edward Dunkel (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1990 | ISBN-10: 0945193025 | ISBN-13: 978-0945193029

The stress and anxiety which performers experience at auditions and concerts can be managed through the use of many and varied techniques, here explored in a comprehensive book by oboist-composer Stuart Dunkel. Written as a practical guide for immediate use, in language free of confusing psychological terminology, The Audition Process offers a compendium of approaches as presented by other musicians, psychologists, and athletes.

The principal problem areas that one must confront, before and during an audition, are presented in four wide-ranging topical sections.

I. The psychological adaptations to the stresses encountered. This includes understanding how the self operates, the pressures encountered, the indi vidual fears that must be addressed and the self-consciousness that precludes distraction.

II. The reality of the music business. This section encompasses methods of dealing with criticism, failure, jealousy, the realization that one's self-worth is no t directly related to how well one's work is accomplished.

III. Coping techniques and strategies. The focus here is on performance preparation, including understanding and managing feelings, utilizing self-talk, improving concentration, relaxing, using humor as an outlet for anxiety, adopting better nutritional habits, and the proper use of medications. IV. Successful outlooks and attitudes for auditioning. Here, Dunkel explores modes of confidence-building, suggestions for viewing an audition as a pos itive experience and how one's unique individuality can give strength and power to a performance.

--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Editorial Reviews

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This book deserves to be included in the essential reading list of every serious musician not only for successful auditions but also for successful living. This book would be appropriate as a textbook for a music pedagogy course. --Sang-Hie Lee, Council for Research in Music Education Bulletin no. 107, 1991

Dunkel has made a significant contribution in an area that has need of greater insights. --Frank R. Wynne, Opera Guide, Apr/May 1990 --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 178 pages
• Publisher: Pendragon Pr (January 1990)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0945193025
• ISBN-13: 978-0945193029
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,400,015 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Advises for Auditioning Musicians, March 19, 2008

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This review is from: The Audition Process: Anxiety Management and Coping Strategies (Juilliard Performance Guides) (Paperback)

I am so glad that I discovered this book. It is very comprehensive. Just to note that it is more about the mental preparation before the audition.

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5.0 out of 5 stars The Audition Process by Stuart Edward Dunkel., April 4, 2000

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This review is from: The Audition Process: Anxiety Management and Coping Strategies (Juilliard Performance Guides) (Paperback)

This book is extremely useful for artistic persons. Everyone can find there a great number of effective practical psychotechniques based on NLP-approach to the human being.