Fearless Performance

02/26/2024

Suzanne just shared with me a wonderful memory. Montreal Symphony Japan tour 1995, train trip…one of mannnnny games of hearts. Michelle Sladky Gaudreault David Russell Martin Ahhhhhmazing memories and deep part of my life now…

02/25/2024

A wonderful concert today with Cantus & Canadian Brass!! Streaming LIVE at 4pm EST.

01/17/2024

Aaaaabsolutely the best way of saying how to be and stay mentally clear and present, in performance!

04/21/2023

Action breeds clarity ✨

04/20/2023

If you’ve ever walked offstage disappointed after a performance and wondered, “Will I ever be the musician I want to be?” Elevate is the performance training community for you.

Our preparation & performance frameworks help you find more YESes in the practice room and more WOWs on stage.

From debates over whether Cheetos are performance-enhancing to working through deep-seated issues usually reserved for late night talks on the couch with your best friend, a box of tissues, and a glass of wine, nothing is off the table in Elevate.🍷🍿

‼️ Enrollment for the summer closes TODAY.

No more frenzied practice without a real plan. Our all-inclusive performance roadmap uncomplicates your prep.

Then, our live masterclasses, community, and performance arena ...well to put it more clearly, our PEOPLE! ❤️ give you the sounding board and accountability you need to elevate your abilities to new heights.

Ready for daily support for less than the cost of the private lesson? (and not a private lesson with Hugh Jackman who could charge like $10,000 hour for his incredible voice and dreamy dance moves and… 😍 what were we saying?)

Click below to learn more, and please let us know if you have any questions!

The online performance training network dedicated to helping you prepare and perform your best.

04/19/2023

There's nothing like onstage jitters!

I mean, the excitement and possibility of what’s gonna happen over the next few hours is the invisible force that raises the hair on your arms and gives you some pretty bold visions of the future, right?!

But if you’re anything like us, you might also attest that, as that excitement hits, something else hits you with a left-hook outta nowhere.

Yep, we’re talking about the voice that whispers, “Who am I to do this?” BOOM! Imposter syndrome has entered the chat.

But listen.

⚡️⚡️There’s not a musician in the world who hasn’t battled this insecurity at one point or another. And we don’t want to let a thought stand in the way of you giving a GREAT performance.

So, TOMORROW we’ll be leading a 30-minute live Train Your Trust workshop & Elevate Open House at 12 PM ET.

Annnndddd this is the VERY FIRST public training that we are hosting on Elevate itself!! You can go there right now 😱 https://you-rise.circle.so/c/public-trainings/elevate-open-house-tour-30-min-training

[Check out our free How to Make an Audition-Winning Repertoire Book course there while you’re at it!]

Enrollment for Elevate ends tomorrow Thursday, April 20th, at 11:59 PM ET. So, if you’re not sure if this program is for you, come to the open house, learn a 2-step technique to build self-trust, and we'll give you a tour of our favorite spaces in our platform!

As a bonus, you will receive a free Train Your Trust Practice Journal, which will help you implement what you learn during the workshop.

No replays on this event... sorry!! Please comment with your questions or send us a DM if you have questions about whether Elevate can help your with your musical goals.

https://you-rise.circle.so/c/public-trainings/elevate-open-house-tour-30-min-training

04/15/2023

🎉 Grab a seat, friends! We have one more FREE LIVE training! 🎉📣⁣
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Audition Success 101 is our actionable, 100% free 45-minute Audition Prep Bootcamp. Make more progress on your audition list than going at it alone… 😱💯👏⁣
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We know you’re itching for a strategy you can depend on to perform your best when it matters most. If you’d love to get started on it with a LIVE virtual experience with us… 👇🙋‍♀️⁣
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Then Audition Success 101 is the training for you. And the best part? It’s free. 🙌🔥🤯⁣
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Register here ⬇️

3 Big Audition Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

04/13/2023

It’s time to stop piñata practicing, once and for all.

You want to nail your next performance, so you gather all your music and commit to spending a ton of time in the practice room. Voila!! ….right?

Not quite. Because when it comes time to work up your music, you’re not totally sure how to make it sound better.

And without figuring out your proven performance strategy, you feel like you’re missing half the puzzle.

👉 want people to see you as an expert? You’ve gotta start preparing like an expert.

👉 want people to be moved your music? You’ve gotta start preparing emotional storytelling that speaks through your music.

👉 want to start feeling empowered to share your music on stage? You‘ve gotta stop hiding your preparation as though it’s unworthy to be heard except on this one performance day when you’re finally “ready.”

ENTER ELEVATE

Our performance training network will give you the community and frameworks you need to prepare and perform your best.

✅ an audience at your fingertips

✅ people who can appreciate the gravity of your successes and lessons

✅ audition-winning strategies combined with award-winning research combined with a wholllleeeee lot of heart.

Elevate is open for enrolllment for one week only ❤️

Check the link in the bio for more info and DM us with any questions!

04/10/2023

If you find yourself thinking…

“If I could just trust myself to follow through with my intentions, I’d be an awesome musician,” this is for you!

Imagine you have two students preparing for performances.

One student makes a plan to practice 3-4 hours every day. They channel Olympic Athlete vibes to go for it!!! They work as hard as they possibly can. But they get up on stage stressed, already kind of burnt out, and don’t give an Olympic-Gold medal performance to match their Olympic-Level work.

The other student commits to building a process that draws on their strengths. They have a humorous streak and find clever twists and turns in their music. They make time to hang with friends, play for them often, and bounce ideas over coffee.

They aren’t showing up to your lessons looking like they’ve walked out of a Rocky movie montage, but at the performance, you definitely feel they’ve created REAL and lasting development. They just straight-up LOVE their process.

Which training style is most effective for your students? (hint: it's not the first one!)

Here’s the thing.

👉 It does not matter how hard your work or how much you want it... If you can’t learn well in practice and performance from a process that inspires you, fulfills you, and sustains you, nobody is going to know what a great musician you are!

You can be GREAT at what you do. You can have EVERY qualification. You can offer MAJOR value. But if you’re too stressed or full of doubt to play your best on your first shot? You’re missing a major piece of the puzzle.

That’s why we created our free Ditch the Never-Enough Guilt: 3 Training Strategies to Help Ambitious Musicians Build Confidence Through Their Work virtual event!

It’s packed with inspiration to take your process from hard and draining to effective and fulfilling.

Here’s what’s inside:

⚡️ Our TOP TIPS for performing with more confidence
⚡️ A breakdown of the specific skills it takes to perform well (beyond being a great musician)
⚡️ How to work from your signature strengths
⚡️ Our favorite momentum-building strategy to improve your skills while deepening your network
⚡️ SO MUCH MOTIVATION

And so much more.

And it’s FREE! Our first session is tomorrow (Tuesday, April 11). Sign up here: https://my.demio.com/ref/QCtLe402oBUhy7Fk

So if you know you want to work from your strengths too, but don’t know where to start. You’re totally on board with the “work smarter, not harder” crew. You want to share your best and make your best better without isolating yourself in a practice room... this event will be the start of something wonderfully new!

Register here! (and please share with your students, too!)
https://my.demio.com/ref/QCtLe402oBUhy7Fk

See you this week!

Jeff and Katy

04/08/2023

Just trust me on this one, ‘kay? Cali is cute, but she runs a tight podcast-editing ship!

Our latest episode of Performing Beyond Doubt is out! It comes complete with mantras you can steal when you’re struggling with uncertainty.

And feeling that limbo of uncertainty is totally natural, right? But when we linger in it …dwell on fears associated with it… we stop taking confident steps forward. Our focus is divided between our aim and our fears. We might feel overwhelmed, under-equipped, and therefore can’t settle into that flow state that helps us do our best work. So now we’re feeling uncertain, AND we know we could be doing better.

It’s just like how we’ve been talking about fear. The issue is not that we fear, it’s how we respond to fear.

It’s not a problem we feel uncertain (and when can we be truly certain about anything?) but we can have destructive responses to feeling uncertain.

Check out these mantras to help you spend less time in that destructive zone so you can get into your next actions that create clarity! Episode 9 :) Click to listen on Apple Podcasts or find us on your favorite podcast player of choice!

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/performing-beyond-doubt-the-fearless-podcast/id1671358111

04/06/2023

What’s the deal with “falling in love with the process”?

Like, what are the parts and components to that? What does it MEAN?!

Let’s get this straight. Willing yourself to enjoy something you’re not enjoying doesn’t work and isn’t very kind to yourself.

It’s like the time when Katy told Jeff she doesn’t like pineapple pizza. Did he respond with, “Well you SHOULD. What’s wrong with you?!”

Ok, maybe he did. But you can be just as successful at enjoying a delicious dinner if you go about it a different way (and order classic pepperoni like any truly respectable person would!!)

In the same manner, you can be just as successful at enjoying a rich musical life if you lean into your tastes.

That means, understanding what your tastes are! Maybe you really appreciate beauty, so enjoying the process a bit more means splurging on a practice journal that makes you swoon every time you see it.

Or maybe you’re passionate about fairness and use your recital to program pieces by composers that are typically underrepresented.

You’ve gotta know your taste, and while you’re working up your music to your audience or audition panel’s taste—you’ve gotta leave room for yours, too!

We have a LIVE training coming up that includes exactly how to do this called: Ditch the Never-Enough Guilt. It’s happening April 11 & 12.

Register free here! www.performingbeyonddoubt.com/elevate