The Psychology Of Music Performance Anxiety

Author : Dianna Kenny
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199586144
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Psychology of Music Performance Anxiety written by Dianna Kenny and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2011-06-16 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why are some performers exhilarated and energized about performing in public, while others feel a crushing sense of fear and dread, and experience public performance as an overwhelming challenge that must be endured? These are the questions addressed in this book, the first rigorous exposition of this complex phenomenon.

Author : Dianna Kenny
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191620998
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Psychology of Music Performance Anxiety written by Dianna Kenny and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2011-06-16 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why are some performers exhilarated and energized about performing in public, while others feel a crushing sense of fear and dread, and experience public performance as an overwhelming challenge that must be endured? What are the factors that produce such vastly different performance experiences? Why have consummate artists like Frederic Chopin, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Pablo Cassals, Tatiana Troyanos, and Barbra Streisand experienced such intense music performance anxiety? This is a disorder that can affect musicians across a range of genres and of all standards. Some of the 'cures' musicians resort to can be harmful to their health and detrimental to their playing. This is the first rigorous exposition of music performance anxiety. In this groundbreaking work, Dianna Kenny draws on a range of disciplines including psychology, philosophy, phenomenology, psychoanalysis, and performance theory in order to explain the many facets of music performance anxiety that have emerged in the empirical and clinical literature. She identifies some unifying guiding principles that will enhance our understanding of the condition and guide researchers and clinicians in the development of effective treatments. The book provides a detailed conceptual framework for the study of music performance anxiety and a review of the empirical and clinical research on the anxiety disorders. In addition it presents a thorough analysis of the concepts related to music performance anxiety, its epidemiology, and theories and therapies that may be useful in understanding and treating the condition. The voices of musicians are clearly heard throughout the book and in the final two chapters, we hear directly from musicians about how they experience it and what they do to manage it. This book will lay a firm foundation for theorizing music performance anxiety and be of enormous value interest to those in the fields of music and music education, clinical psychology, and performance studies.

Author : Gerald Klickstein
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0199711291
Total Pages : 357 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Musician's Way : A Guide to Practice, Performance, and Wellness written by Gerald Klickstein and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2009-08-06 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Musician's Way, veteran performer and educator Gerald Klickstein combines the latest research with his 30 years of professional experience to provide aspiring musicians with a roadmap to artistic excellence. Part I, Artful Practice, describes strategies to interpret and memorize compositions, fuel motivation, collaborate, and more. Part II, Fearless Performance, lifts the lid on the hidden causes of nervousness and shows how musicians can become confident performers. Part III, Lifelong Creativity, surveys tactics to prevent music-related injuries and equips musicians to tap their own innate creativity. Written in a conversational style, The Musician's Way presents an inclusive system for all instrumentalists and vocalists to advance their musical abilities and succeed as performing artists.

Author : John Rink
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521788625
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Musical Performance written by John Rink and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2002-12-12 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Table of contents

Author : Richard Parncutt
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780195350173
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Science and Psychology of Music Performance written by Richard Parncutt and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2002-04-18 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What type of practice makes a musician perfect? What sort of child is most likely to succeed on a musical instrument? What practice strategies yield the fastest improvement in skills such as sight-reading, memorization, and intonation? Scientific and psychological research can offer answers to these and other questions that musicians face every day. In The Science and Psychology of Music Performance, Richard Parncutt and Gary McPherson assemble relevant current research findings and make them accessible to musicians and music educators. This book describes new approaches to teaching music, learning music, and making music at all educational and skill levels. Each chapter represents the collaboration between a music researcher (usually a music psychologist) and a performer or music educator. This combination of expertise results in excellent practical advice. Readers will learn, for example, that they are in the majority (57%) if they experience rapid heartbeat before performances; the chapter devoted to performance anxiety will help them decide whether beta-blocker medication, hypnotherapy, or the Alexander Technique of relaxation might alleviate their stage fright. Another chapter outlines a step-by-step method for introducing children to musical notation, firmly based on research in cognitive development. Altogether, the 21 chapters cover the personal, environmental, and acoustical influences that shape the learning and performance of music.

Author : Dianna T. Kenny
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780191731129
Total Pages : 365 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Psychology of Music Performance Anxiety written by Dianna T. Kenny and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why are some performers exhilarated and energized about performing in public, while others feel a crushing sense of fear and dread, and experience public performance as an overwhelming challenge that must be endured? These are the questions addressed in this book, the first rigorous exposition of this complex phenomenon.

Author : Flávia de Lima Osório
Publisher : Nova Science Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9781624178269
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Social Anxiety Disorder written by Flávia de Lima Osório and published by Nova Science Publishers. This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD) is the third most prevalent condition among psychiatric disorders, which has a chronic and disabling course and is highly associated with comorbidities. The onset of SAD is early and its diagnosis is underestimated by both mental health professionals and the patients themselves. A growing interest in the study of this disorder has been observed during the last decade, regarding its clinical, diagnostic and/or treatment aspects. The objective of this book is to present the scientific advances related to SAD obtained in studies by a group of Brazilian investigators involving rating and screening instruments, epidemiology, association with psychiatric comorbidities and other general medical conditions, neuroimaging, social skills and functional impairment, current parameters of pharmacological treatment, and studies involving new medications. The book is directed at students and professionals in the mental health area, and to professionals who act in the area of health prevention.

Author : Don Greene
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136767622
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Performance Success written by Don Greene and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-11-12 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Performance Success teaches a set of skills so that a musician can be ready to go out and sing or play at his or her highest level, working with energies that might otherwise be wasted in unproductive ways. This is a book of skills and exercises, prepared by a master teacher.

Author : Vanessa Cornett
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0190864605
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Mindful Musician written by Vanessa Cornett and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2019-05-24 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Mindful Musician: Mental Skills for Peak Performance, author Vanessa Cornett offers guidelines to help musicians cultivate artistic vision, objectivity, freedom, quiet awareness, and self-compassion, both on- and offstage in order to become more resilient performers. Contrary to modern culture's embrace of busyness and divided attention, Cornett's contemplative techniques provide greater space for artistic self-expression and satisfaction. With the aid of a companion website that includes audio files and downloadable templates, The Mindful Musician provides a method to promote attentional focus, self-assessment, emotional awareness, and creativity. The first of its kind to combine mindfulness practices with research in cognitive and sport psychology, this book helps musicians explore the roots of anxiety and other challenges related to performance, all through the deliberate focus of awareness.

Author : Robert H. Woody
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0197546595
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Psychology for Musicians written by Robert H. Woody and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2021 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Part I. Musical Learning. Introduction to Music Psychology ; Development ; Motivation ; Practice -- Part II. Musical Skills. Learning and Remembering Musical Works ; Expressing and Interpreting ; Composing and Improvising ; Managing Performance Anxiety -- Part III. Musical Roles. The Performer ; The Teacher ; The Listener ; The User.