Has anyone ever mucked up a really exciting bit of a performance but eventually felt quite happy with how you'd done.....?!?
I was at a regional festival of music for youth this weekend, playing with some groups, but the performance I was focusing on was one with my quartet- we were playing the Mozart K421 Menuetto and Trio and the Dvorak American 4th mvmt-
I mucked up an exciting bit of the finale and when I came off I thought that the end of the world had come, and got q. emotional, but then when I spoke to some of the audience, everyone still seemed to be really positive (as against the 'oh well, never mind!' that I'd usually get!) and apparently that's b/c we seemed to be enjoying ourselves.............!?
I'm still really scared that I've forfeited what chance we had, if any, of going through to the nationals...................
But I guess I've realised that conveying to the audience that youre enjoying making the music is such an important thing.
How important do you all think it is?

In my life music is very important. I can't imagine my life without music. Furthermore people would die if they have'nt got any music! But I thik, that you know the connections between music and psychology by yourself.

Cant imagine my life without music either - but was pretty devastated by my percieved screw up of a performance which we'd worked all year for.
What I meant was-
How highly do you rate the way you portray yourself of stage in the overall terms of a performance?
I was just curious.
I meant that do you think the music comes first, then your mood, and enjoyment,
or do you have to be enjoying yourself for other people to enjoy your performance?
Sorry I'm not very succinct with my wording.

I think your physical performance is as least as important as your musical one. IF you were obviously putting your whole self into the music you may get marks for that, because it shows you're enjoying it, and that makes the audience enjoy it too.