Why I can help you

I am a performance coach. In my 22-year career I've worked with all kinds of people struggling to do their best under extreme pressure: police SWAT officers, professional golfers and skiers, Grand Prix drivers, Olympic divers and since 1994, musicians, singers, dancers, and actors.

I am no stranger to performance pressure myself. As a champoin diver, West Point graduate, and Green Beret, I've known firsthand how stress can undermine both talent and training. I earned my doctorate in sports psychology (U.S. International University in San Diego); my dissertation demonstrated how applying the sports psychology technique of Centering improved the performance of SWAT officers in life-death-situations.

My research led me to develop Performance Skills Inventory, an assessment tool that has proved critical in transforming artist's anxiety into onstage success. The first musicians who took an early form of the Inventory and applied my strategies went on to win auditions for the Houston Symphony and the Chicago Lyric Opera; transcription of their taped training sessions culminated in my first book, Audition Success. After several more client went on to win prestigious positions with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and the Syracuse Symphony, I was invited to teach at The Julliard School and The New World Symphony. Performance Success, my second book, was an outgrowth of my lecture series. I also wrote Fight Your Fear and Win, a 21-day program I created for not just musicians but all performers, including athletes and public speakers.

Today I'm on the faculty at The Juilliard School ,The New World Symphony and The New School Music Theater Program. I continue to conduct master classes at performing arts programs throughout the country and internationally. Orchestral leaders and music school administrators interested in hosting one of my seminars can contact me at masterclasses@dongreene.com