Performance Level Development

Performance Development
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​At any level of development performance can be a problem.
We are really nervous, and don’t enjoy it.

We can see it as something to get through, and not enjoy, and hope that by the next time it will somehow feel better.

It likely won’t because more of the same practice will get more of the same results.

We know this when we walk onstage. It is not unreasonable to fear performing poorly when we know it is likely to happen.

The solution is changing the way we practice before we perform.

If we solve all of those problems well before the day of the performance - including those we didn’t notice that only showed up while we were performing, there is little to worry about when we walk onstage.

When our hands/voice respond the way we want, all that is left is the joy of performing music.

The answers are in cognitive science.

They are so effective that your performance will improve dramatically.

Guaranteed.

Recital / Competition Development
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As motivated and interested students of music we want to prepare the best performance possible.

Yet it is the case, for many, that we struggle with playing many sections of our music. We are even working on them on the day of our performance!

If we are hoping for a breakthrough on the day of the performance, after we’ve been working on something for weeks or months, we will likely be disappointed (and usually are).

With well-designed, research-based practice, we can be ready to perform well long before the performance.

The way learning to perform really works is very different than the way most of us think it does. The few that figure this out and do it regularly seem gifted and talented, but anyone can do it. The answers are in cognitive science and can be learned by anyone.

Unfortunately, most teachers don’t know how to teach this. Cognitive science is not taught in our schools of education in any meaningful way.

Here is how it works.

In a short period of time, you can exceed your best expectations for recitals and competitions, and enjoy your performances.

​The results are guaranteed.​

At any level of development performance is usually a problem. We are really nervous, and don’t enjoy it.

We see it as something to get through and hope that by the next time we’ll somehow be a better performer. We won’t because more of the same practice will get more of the same results. We know this when we walk onstage. It is not unreasonable to fear performing poorly when we know it is likely to happen.

The solution is changing the way we practice.

If we solve all of those problems well before the day of the performance there is little to worry about when we walk onstage. When our hands/voice respond the way we want the nerves dissipate, and all that is left is the joy of performing music.

The answers are in cognitive science

They are so effective that your performance will improve dramatically in one session.

Guaranteed.

Virtuosity Development​

Perhaps you are one of the few who have been able to figure out how to practice well.

Perhaps you are one of the few who have been able to figure out how to practice well. You’ve done weird things like using contextual interference and retrieval practice even if you don’t know the formal names for them. Yet, the final level(s), that flowing, effortless feeling, jaw dropping performance, eludes you.

What more is necessary?

Things like understanding neurobiological latency, and how to dramatically increase skill by mitigating this, are the types of things that will help. For instance; the time it takes a nerve impulse (action potential) to get from your finger to your brain and then for the brain to send the signal for the next movement back is about sixteenths at quarter note 120bpm.

Using things like retrieval practice allows us to send large chunks of information in anticipation of these movements very rapidly, and that is just for starters.

Having these strategies, and knowing how to develop them in practice, raises our performance to the final level.

Find the next, or final, level in your virtuosity development.

​The results are guaranteed.

At any level of development performance is usually a problem. We are really nervous, and don’t enjoy it.

We see it as something to get through and hope that by the next time we’ll somehow be a better performer. We won’t because more of the same practice will get more of the same results. We know this when we walk onstage. It is not unreasonable to fear performing poorly when we know it is likely to happen.

The solution is changing the way we practice.

If we solve all of those problems well before the day of the performance there is little to worry about when we walk onstage. When our hands/voice respond the way we want the nerves dissipate, and all that is left is the joy of performing music.

The answers are in cognitive science

They are so effective that your performance will improve dramatically in one session.

Guaranteed.