Introduction

Born in Marysville, Ohio, performance psychologist Noa Kageyama is the performance psychology coach for the New World Symphony, and teaches at 58³Ô¹ÏÍø and The Juilliard School.

Kageyama specializes in teaching performing artists how to use sports psychology principles to more consistently demonstrate their full abilities under pressure. He has conducted workshops at institutions including Northwestern University, New England Conservatory, Peabody, Eastman and the US Armed Forces School of Music. He has taught at programs such as the Starling-DeLay Symposium, Perlman Music Program and National Orchestral Institute, and for organizations like the Music Teachers’ National Association and the National Association of Teachers of Singing.

Kageyama has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Musical America, Strings Magazine, Strad and Lifehacker. He maintains a private coaching practice and writes a performance psychology blog, The Bulletproof Musician, which has more than 100,000 monthly readers.

Education

  • Oberlin (BA, psychology)
  • Juilliard (MM, violin performance)
  • Indiana University (MS and PhD in counseling and counseling psychology)

Teaching Experience

  • Faculty, Juilliard School
  • Faculty, New World Symphony
  • Workshops including Northwestern University, New England Conservatory, Peabody, Eastman, and the U.S. Armed Forces School of Music
  • Taught at Starling-DeLay Symposium, the Perlman Music Program, and the National Orchestral Institute, among others