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Ashley Cumming, French horn

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Fearless performances

9/10/2014

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This new school year started with a bang, and with it, I have 8 brand new 6th grade students learning the horn for the very first time! For all of them, their excitement - and fear - was amplified with a performance only a few weeks into the school year! After recently attending another great Fearless Performance Seminar with Jeff Nelsen, I was reminded - and let them know - that they could conquer their fears by considering the consequences of facing failure. When they realized that no matter how they performed, that they had still won by participating, they had a great time and surrendered to the thrill of the performance.  For most of us, our fears are connected to fear of failure, and once we take the mystery out of 'what if we fail?' it is much easier to work through the feelings that get in our way.

Ask yourself: What is your fear? What are the consequences of failure? What are the successes that may come from you overcoming these fears? Ask and your mind will tell you the answers!
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