| Rowuk is right, as long as you are prepared, you should be alright. I believe (as well as many others I am sure) that one of the biggest factors to being nervous is being unprepared! KNOW the piece inside and out! (I assume you will be playing from memory?) If not, then practice it enough so you CAN play it from memory, it will help with the nervousness! Also, don't think about the "audience", just close your eyes and think of nothing else but the most beautiful version of last post you've ever heard. That way you remain concentrated and the congregation sees you in such a state of reverence that it adds to the whole effect.
Break a leg
Eric
(long time last poster)
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