Music Performance Anxiety (MPA) is one of the most widespread and debilitating challenges
facing musicians, affecting significant numbers of performers in terms of both their personal …

Background Music performance anxiety (MPA) is understood as a sub-type of social anxiety
and is characterised by fears of a musical presentation. Objective To carry out a critical …

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 …

Most research on musical performance anxiety has focused on musicians coming from a
classical background, and performance anxiety experiences of musicians outside the …

This research aims at examining the role of autonomy support and passion in the
persistence of students involved in higher education. In academic settings, autonomy …

Music performance anxiety (MPA), or stage fright in music performance, is a serious problem
for many musicians, because performance impairment accompanied by MPA can threaten …

There is an increasing body of evidence that the prevalence of music performance anxiety
(MPA) and perfectionism in populations of adult musicians is high, and that both conditions …

1.0 Introduction Most of the research on anxiety in general (Beck & Clark, 1997; Mandler,
1984; Spielberger, 1985) and music performance anxiety in particular (Kenny, 2005; 2007) …

Background Musical performance anxiety (MPA) refers to persistent and distressing
apprehension associated with performing to an audience. Our objective was to assess the …

Research investigating methods of facilitating classical music performance has tended to
focus on treating the debilitating effects of Music Performance Anxiety (MPA). It has been …