Become the performer
you dream of being.
I help pianists unlock their natural ability to perform with freedom, confidence, and expressive power.
Are you experiencing tension, injury, self-doubt, or severe performance anxiety?
If so, you might have tried using your body differently at the piano, focusing on positive thoughts, or taking beta blockers – but you still haven’t gotten the results you really want.
Take heart. It’s not because there’s something wrong with you. Or because you don’t belong onstage.
It’s because there are one or more missing ingredients in your approach to practice and performance.
When you learn how to use your body, your mind, and your musical ability in a natural and enjoyable way, they will all work together harmoniously and bring you the genuine freedom and confidence you’ve been longing for.
In my particular journey with piano technique and mindfulness-awareness practices, I’ve developed an integrated and comprehensive approach that has helped pianists all over the world unlock their natural abilities and perform on a whole new level.
I can do the same for you.
Through decades of experience, I’ve honed a process in which you will:
Cultivate your natural coordination.
We’ll integrate groundedness, alignment, and flexibility so you can fully trust your body to let go in performance.
Strengthen your mental clarity and focus.
Deepen your inborn responsiveness to sound and rhythm.
“Before studying with Madeline I struggled for years with debilitating performance anxiety and frustration. She enabled me to recapture my earlier love for music and performing and to raise the level of my playing to an astonishing degree.”
–Tim Mueller, pianist, alum of Eastman School of Music
“The techniques Madeline teaches are magical. I have better tone and a kind of clarity that is beyond anything I’d ever imagined. I didn’t realize that I could still make this kind of transformation and progress.”
–Tang-mei Shieh, pianist, alum of Manhattan School of Music
If you’re ready to discover new possibilities in your playing by breaking free of habits that are holding you back, take the first step now, and set up a complimentary consultation.
Here’s how you can work with me:
The Performing Beyond Fear Exercise audio
“While what every musician wants most deeply is to communicate without holding back, the moment of performance can be the hardest time to remember how to do that. This exercise allows me and my students to tap into something even bigger than our fear – the goodness and power of the human heart.”
–Nora Krohn, violist, New York
The Art of Practicing: A Guide to Making Music from the Heart
“Give this book to any musician you love and to any person who loves what music does for them and for the world.”
–Richard Stoltzman, clarinetist
The Performing Beyond Fear Exercise audio
“While what every musician wants most deeply is to communicate without holding back, the moment of performance can be the hardest time to remember how to do that. This exercise allows me and my students to tap into something even bigger than our fear – the goodness and power of the human heart.”
–Nora Krohn, violist, New York
The Art of Practicing: A Guide to Making Music from the Heart
“Give this book to any musician you love and to any person who loves what music does for them and for the world.”
–Richard Stoltzman, clarinetist