Effective Practices for Dealing with Perfectionistic Students & Lockdown
The New South Wales branch of the Kodály Music Education Institute of AUSTRALIA asked me to write an article in their newsletter that was published in December 2021.
Strategies to facilitate flow in your musical practice
Regardless of whether we are music students or professional musicians, the usual problem often arises: we are prone to put too much emphasis on how we perform, and too little on what we experience. This way we end up pushing ourselves to excel at all events, and we dismiss the initial motivation ...
What musicians should know about FLOW and why
In recent years, there has been a growing interest in the concept of ‘flow’ which filtered into the world of music from sport, work and educational psychology. However, not all musicians like to talk about their best performances because of the fear of spoiling the artistry of their music making.
Making New Year's Resolutions that Stick
New year is a time when we make resolutions to do better in life or to finish projects we have longed for in a while. We may all know that at the beginning, our motivation is high but it tends to decrease over time and many, if not the majority of these resolutions are ultimately abandoned...