"This book is meant not only for artists, but also to businesspeople,
teachers, public speakers - in short, to everyone who must give a
performance, no matter what kind. Having been forced to learn, at the
beginning of my career, how to manage terrible stress on my own, I would
have really benefited from a guide like this one!" Claude speaks to all
those who feel stress and anxiety when faced with giving a performance.
With the help of examples and suitable exercises, he guides such a
person in his/her bat- tle with their fears and brings them to "know
their inner alm." Claude offers a means to enter into oneself and take
advantage - physically, mentally, and emotionally - of all the conscious
and unconscoious resources of one's brain in order to replace nervous-
ness and anxiety with pleaure." --Maestro Yannick Nezet-Seguin,
Metropolitan Opera Company