Playing Scared : A History and Memoir of Stage Fright, Paperback Book

Playing Scared : A History and Memoir of Stage Fright Paperback

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Sara Solovitch studied piano as a young child and fell in love with music. As a teen, she played Bach and Mozart in her hometown's annual music festival but was overwhelmed by fear. She attended the Eastman School of Music's preparatory department, where stage fright led her to give up aspirations of becoming a professional pianist. In her late fifties, Sara gave herself a one-year deadline to tame performance anxiety and play before an audience. She resumed music lessons while exploring meditation, exposure therapy, cognitive therapy, biofeedback, and other remedies. She performed in airports and retirement homes before renting a public hall and performing for fifty guests on the day before her sixtieth birthday.

Stage fright is one of the human psyche's deepest fears. Surveys in the United States repeatedly rank public speaking as one of the top fears, affecting up to 74 percent of people. Drawing on her own story and the experiences of others she meets--actors, preachers, athletes, even a tightrope walker--Solovitch has written a thoughtful examination of the myriad causes of stage fright and the equally diverse ways to overcome it.

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