You know you can do it, but something keeps you from bringing the best version of your stuff when it matters most.

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2 You know you can do it, but something keeps you from bringing the best version of your stuff when it matters most. It s time to change the way you approach PERFORMANCE Fearless Performance can teach you how to: Set goals and train optimally for your Performance Feel a sense of calm eagerness backstage Walk onstage ready to share your Performance and to connect to your audience Consistently execute your highest quality Performances Habitually celebrate having performed, receive compliments well, and take note of some good Performance moments (there ALWAYS are some!) Constructively examine your Performance moments and make a great plan for your next Performance With Fearless Performance you can consistently make your best better and learn to perform your best when it matters most. Welcome to Fearless Performance for Musicians The 4-Day Seminar SCHEDULE Day 1 All the world s a stage... -William Shakespeare 12:00pm - 12:30pm - Church Sanctuary Section 1 - Taking Performance to a New Stage We all perform, and we need to! What is Performance? What helps and what hurts Performance Ah, you don t believe in magic, eh? Maybe that s not magic s fault. - Steve Buscemi (Performance #1 - Videoed!) 11:15am - 12pm - Church Sanctuary Introductions (Performance #2!) 12:30pm 1pm - Church Sanctuary General Process/Product/Purpose 1pm 2:30pm - HuHot Mongolian Grill Dutch Treat! (Everyone pays for themselves) Meet, greet, and feed with fellow participants My favorite experience at fearless camp was being too busy to practice, and yet with each day s discussions and tools, I noticed that I gave the best performances I d ever given! It blew my mind, and totally sold me on the Fearless Performance method. Do yourself a favor and check it out. - Audrey Goode - Toronto Symphony, Second Horn

3 It s impossible, said pride It s risky, said experience. It s pointless, said reason. Give it a try, whispered the heart. 2:30pm - 3:00pm - Church Sanctuary Magic Line Performance Peering (Performance #3) Fear is a Choice. We can Choose Better. - Jeff Nelsen 3:00pm - 3:30pm - Church Sanctuary Section Two - Understanding Fear Stars can t shine without darkness. We all fear, and we need to! What is Fear? What isn t Fear? We Choose Fear We Can Choose Better 3:30-3:45 - BREAK I ll see it when I believe it. - Wayne Dyer 3:45pm - 4:30pm - Church Sanctuary Inspirational Sheets 4:30pm 5pm - Church Sanctuary Magic Line Performance Peering #2 (Performance #4) 5:00pm - 5:30pm - Church Sanctuary What s your story? 5:30pm - 6:00pm - Church Sanctuary Magic Line Performance Peering #3 With your story (Performance #5) Without ice cream, there would be darkness and chaos. - Don Kardong 6pm Dinner! 8pm Church Closed - Ice Cream Time! SCHEDULE Day 2 GOOD MORNING! Some people look for a beautiful place. Others make a place beautiful. - Hazrat Inavat Khan (Performance #6 - Videoed!) Make your state of mind more important than what you re doing. - Hugh Prather 11:15am 12:05pmm - Church Sanctuary Section 3 - Master Your Mental Game Your solution based approach Choice, change, congruence, consistency 12:05pm - 12:15pm - Your Mind Break! Attitude is the difference between an ordeal and an adventure. - Robert Lipkin 12:15am 1:00pm - Church Sanctuary Section 3 Continued The Three Fear Replacements Learn, Love Well, Let Go 1:00pm - 1:30pm - Church Sanctuary Segues/Focus Points 1:30pm - 3:00pm Lunch! To say Fearless Performance is life changing is an understatement. - Josh Michal, Newly Appointed Assistant Professor Of Horn, University Of Massachusetts Amherst

4 3:00pm 3:30pm - Church Sanctuary Magic Line Performance Peering #4 With your story With your segue/focus point With Learning, Loving Well, Letting Go (Performance #7) What s it going to be? Reasons or Results? 3:30pm 4:30pm - Church Sanctuary How Fearless Performance Changed My Life - Jessie Thoman The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time. - Bertrand Russell 4:30pm - 6:00pm - Anywhere! Talent Show Preparation 6pm - Jeff s House Fearless Performance Talent Show!!! Use your inspirational sheets, etc.! Post Talent Show - Jeff s House Fearless Socializing 8pm Church Closed - Ice Cream Time! SCHEDULE Day 3 (Performance #8 - Videoed!) 11:15pm 12:05pm - Church Sanctuary Section 4 - (The Madness Behind the Method) Build - Diligence, Clarity, Management, Courage Be Share 12:05am 1pm - Church Sanctuary Fearless Practice - Part 1 Practice vs. Performance Slow Practice Walking Meditation 1pm - 2:30pm Lunch In every undertaking you face, always be at your best. Find delight in doing what you do. Someday you will find yourself in a far better place because you learn to value your efforts more than expectations. - Dodinsky 2:30pm - 3:00pm - Church Sanctuary Fearless Practice - Part 2 Coached, Slow Practicing 3:00pm - 3:30pm - Church Sanctuary Magic Line Performance Peering #5 (Performance #11) You attract what you are, not what you want. If you want great, then be great. -Kushand Wizdom 3:30pm-4:30pm Church Sanctuary You and Your Dreams Three Words -Congruence Dreams/Goals/Projects/Tasks 4:30pm-5:00pm Fearless Practice - Part 3 Slow Practicing! 5:00pm-6:00pm Church Sanctuary Concert of Participants 8pm Church Closed (Ice Cream Time!!!) SCHEDULE Day 4 (Performance #8 - Videoed!) 11:15am-12:05pm Church Sanctuary Fearless Audition System Train in Thirds -True, Full, Absolute Best Study and Training Sheets

5 12:00pm-12:15pm Break Commitment means staying loyal to what you said you were going to do long after the mood you said it in has left you. 12:15pm-1:00pm Church Sanctuary Task Peering Continually Planning I get up every morning determined to both change the world and have one heck of a good time. Sometimes this makes planning my day difficult. -E.B. White It s not how good you are, it s how good you want to be. 1:00pm-2:30pm Church Sanctuary Round Table Discussion Fearless Performance in Life - Courage 2:30pm Post-Seminar 1-3 Minute Video What worked? What are you doing to do more of? What are you excited about?! The angel shrugged and said, If we fail this time it s a failure of imagination. And then she placed the world gently in the palm of my hand. "I don't go out there to play my best anymore. I just got out there and play like me." Phil Myers, principal horn, New York Philharmonic "I am enough." Brene Brown, TED Talk on The Power of Vulnerability "Are you doing everything you possibly can toward your goal?" from the movie "Rudy" "How much do you want it!?" "Success not only comes to those who want it the most, it comes to those who want it the most often." Jeff Nelsen, Fearless pig-farm-raised college-drop-out-professor magician hornist Build, Share, Learn, Love Well, Let Go...repeat.