Ep 30, Artist Talks: Noa Kageyama

Noa Kageyama is a performance psychologist and faculty member at The Juilliard School and the Cleveland Institute of Music. After beginning violin at age 2, Noa experienced a two-decade struggle with performance anxiety, inconsistent results, and difficulty translating practice success to live performance. A performance enhancement class taught by sport psychologist Don Greene at the Juilliard School was a turning point. This introduced the idea that elite performers train both physically and mentally and that skill acquisition and performance require different practice approaches. From this realization, Bulletproof Musician was born.

In this episode we cover:

1. What is a performance psychologist, exactly?

2. Finding one's own path, either as a performer or in another side of music

3. The specific aspects of performance enhancement that drew Noa to performance psychology

4. Practicing efficiently, and actually motivating oneself to practice!

5. The inspiration for creating Bulletproof Musician

6. Remembering how things felt when he knew he could play consistently at his best level and ability and wanting more people to have that experience

Learn more about Noa & The Bulletproof Musician:

• Website: Bulletproof Musician | The Science (and Art) of Peak Performance

• IG: @bulletproofmusician

Photo credit: Rosalie O’Connor

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