by Madeline Bruser | May 27, 2026 | Performance Anxiety
Daniel Barenboim, Artur Schnabel, Sviatoslav Richter, and other great pianists have all had memory lapses onstage. But it hasn’t mattered to their audiences, who have felt moved to the core by the beauty and the depth of human feeling in their performances. No... by Madeline Bruser | May 20, 2026 | Performance Anxiety
If you’re like me, you have a hunch that you have untapped abilities within you that could change the game for you—abilities that are somehow just a little out of reach and are waiting for you to uncover them. That’s why I’d like to invite you to participate in my... by Madeline Bruser | May 13, 2026 | Performance Anxiety
It’s completely normal to get scared before performing. Because no matter how well you’ve prepared, you just never how it will go. But we all have a place within us that’s even more powerful than our fear. And the Performing Beyond Fear exercise is designed to take... by Madeline Bruser | May 2, 2026 | Performance Anxiety
A month before the pandemic hit, I had the opportunity to teach a workshop at Steinway Hall in New York, on a topic close to my heart: Mindfulness for Pianists: Freeing Your Energy for Performance. It was the first time I spoke publicly directly through the lens of... by admin | Jul 20, 2025 | Performance Anxiety
Psychologists have recently been studying what makes high-level musicians excel and have discovered that it has something to do with “mindful” or “deliberate” practicing for just a few hours a day, as opposed to many hours of “mindless” practicing on autopilot.... by Madeline Bruser | Mar 27, 2024 | Performance Anxiety
The New York Times reported in 2004 that among classical musicians, the use of beta-blockers—drugs that reduce the physical symptoms of stage fright—had become “nearly ubiquitous.” The article mentioned that some music teachers even advise their students to take...