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About the author

Jon Gorrie (b.1977)

Originally from New Zealand, Jon Gorrie was taught the art of classical trumpet playing by several renowned master teachers including John (Jack) Lauderdale and Howard Snell. His musical endeavours have taken him to all four corners of the world with professional solo, chamber, orchestral, and operatic performances in recent years in Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Iceland.

Jon is a professional trumpet player, conductor, composer/arranger, brass pedagogue, and mental trainer/coach with many student success stories.

He has also been active as an educational advisor for institutions of higher learning.

Jon is fluent in English, Swedish, Norwegian, reads Danish, and holds the following formal qualifications and titles:

FTCL
Fellow of Trinity College London

MOrchStud
Master of Orchestral Studies

MMus(dist.)
Master of Music with distinction

PGdip(RNCM)
Post-Graduate diploma, Royal Northern College of Music

BMus
Bachelor of Music

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"I teach piano after school in the afternoons and always have an annual recital. I have dealt with several students who have performance anxiety and was never quite sure how to coach them through their anxiety. When I performed in my younger days, I got in “the zone” but never realized how I did it until I read your book. I discovered a system that worked for me, but didn’t know how I did it. You spelled it out in your book so clearly that I shared your techniques with my students for the first time this year. I was so happy to be able to verbalize this emotional and physical sensation with my students and instruct them how to deal with it. Thank you so much. I also passed on your book to a dear friend of mine who is now publicly speaking on radio and in front of an audience about her first published book. She found this information invaluable since she used to suffer from anxiety issues. Please keep me posted on your future endeavors and best of luck in pursuing them!"
-- Susan Coleman, piano teacher

"This is a very thorough treatise on performance preparation. I would recommend it to anyone working along these lines." Read more.
-- Nick Drozdoff, internationally renowned trumpet performing artist, former trumpet player with the Maynard Ferguson Orchestra.