CMS offers performance anxiety workshop

CENTERBROOK – Community Music School will be offering its popular Performance Anxiety Workshop specifically for musicians again this year, to be held on May 12, 10 a.m.-12 p.m. Many musicians struggle with stage fright and this workshop will address all the usual symptoms including butterflies, trembling hands, a racing heart, or worse. The workshop is open to the public for $30 for a two hour interactive workshop.

CMS faculty member Cheryl Six will discuss the roots of performance anxiety, the common symptoms, the most popular remedies, and tricks, tips and techniques, providing an opportunity to listen, learn and share with other musicians.

Six is an active performing flutist and instructor, specializing in piccolo. She served as piccolo player in the US Coast Guard Band from 1977 until her retirement in 2007, and now performs with the Eastern Connecticut Symphony Orchestra, a position she has held for over 35 years. In addition, Six is often heard in the flute sections of the Con Brio Choral Society Orchestra, the Connecticut Flute Orchestra, and other Connecticut ensembles. After retiring from the US Coast Guard Band, she pursued a life-long interest in hypnosis and received a certification in Hypnotherapy in 2008. In 2012 she completed a Master’s Degree in Holistic Thinking with a focus and culminating project on “Insights in to the Use of Hypnosis for Musical Performance Anxiety.”

For additional information or to register, visit www.communitymusic-school.org/anxiety or call CMS at 860-767-0026.

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