PRINTED MATERIALS Whether it be at lessons or while playing music in front of others, performance anxiety can be disheartening and crippling. This workshop discusses how your body posture, dulcimer height & angle, and playing technique can affect your endurance, tone and feeling of comfort or fatigue while playing. We will discuss some of the physiological changes that create a ripe environment for performance anxiety and practice techniques that can give you much more control over the situation.