Why is it that wellprepared talented hardworking and intelligent performers find their performance and selfesteem undermined by the fear of memory slips technique failures and public humiliation In Managing Stage Fright A Guide for Musicians and Music Teachers author Julie Jaffee Nagel unravels these mysteries taking the reader on an intensive backstage tour of the anxious performers emotions to explain why stage fright happens and what performers can do to increase their comfort in the glare of the spotlight. Examining the topic from her interdisciplinary educational theoretical clinical and personal perspectives Nagel uses the music teacherstudent relationship as a model for understanding the performance anxiety that affects musicians and nonmusicians alike. Shedding new light on how the performers emotional life is connected to every other facet of their life Managing Stage Fright encourages a deeper understanding of anxiety when performing.