In this episode I share my own personal experiences around performance anxiety including anxiety about warming up and worrying about what the audience is thinking. I also chat about some strategies I have experimented with and found helpful for managing MPA. I discuss the importance of preparation, the role of imagery, and reframing nerves as excitement, referring to recent research in these areas. I also discuss explicit monitoring theory; what it is and how it can affect your performance. I hope you enjoy this episode.

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Articles:

Brooks (2014). Get excited: Reappraising pre-performance anxiety as excitement. Journal of Experimental Psychology:

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259454454_Get_Excited_Reappraising_Pre-Performance_Anxiety_as_Excitement

Clark, Lisboa and Williamon (2014). An investigation into musicians’ thoughts and perceptions during performance. Research Studies in Music Education: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1321103X14523531

Cohen & Bodner (2019). The relationship between flow and music performance anxiety amongst professional classical orchestral musicians. Psychology of Music: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0305735618754689

Mornell & Wulf (2019). Adopting an external focus of attention enhances musical performance. Journal of Research in Music Education: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0022429418801573

Corlu, Muller, Desmet & Leman (2015). The consequences of additional cognitive load on performing musicians. Psychology of Music: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0305735613519841

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