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02867aam a22004098i 4500 001 E0F8A3F009B511E59737C9B2DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20190815012642 008 150312s2015 nyu b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2014036488 020 $a 162040091X (hardback) 020 $a 9781620400913 (hardback) 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d YDXCP $d BTCTA $d BDX $d OCLCO $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a BF575.F2 $b .S656 2015 082 00 $a 792.02/8019 $2 23 084 $a SEL036000 $a SEL036000 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Solovitch, Sara, $d 1953- 245 10 $a Playing scared : $b a history and memoir of stage fright / $c Sara Solovitch. 263 $a 1506 264 1 $a New York : $b Bloomsbury USA, $c 2015. 300 $a pages cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 $a "Stage fright is one of the human psyche's deepest fears. Laurence Olivier learned to adapt to it, as have actors Salma Hayek and Hugh Grant. Musicians such as George Harrison and Adele have battled it and learned to cope. Others never do: In 1973, Pittsburgh Pirates All-Star pitcher Steve Blass suddenly could no longer find the strike zone; his career ended soon after. Surveys in the United States repeatedly rank public speaking as one of the top fears, affecting up to 74 percent of people. Sara Solovitch studied piano as a young child and fell in love with music. At ten, she played Bach and Mozart in her hometown's annual music festival, but was overwhelmed by fear. As a teen, she attended Eastman School of Music, 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, beta blockers, and other remedies. She performed in airports, hospitals, and retirement homes before renting a public hall and performing for fifty guests on her sixtieth birthday. Using her own journey as inspiration, Solovitch has written a thoughtful and insightful examination of the myriad causes of stage fright and the equally diverse ways to overcome it, and a tribute to pursuing personal growth at any age"-- $c Provided by publisher. 600 10 $a Solovitch, Sara, $d 1953- 650 0 $a Stage fright. 650 0 $a Motivation (Psychology) 650 0 $a Self-realization. 650 7 $a BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a SELF-HELP / Anxieties & Phobias. $2 bisacsh 941 $a 5 952 $l SFPH074 $d 20240314011729.0 952 $l YEPF572 $d 20200204080742.0 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20200110062659.0 952 $l AAPF906 $d 20190717030217.0 952 $l UQAX771 $d 20150827011537.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=E0F8A3F009B511E59737C9B2DAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search