The Psychology of Music Performance Anxiety

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.

• | By (Author): Dianna Kenny (Professor of Psychology and Music, Faculty of Arts, University of Sydney, Australia) (Author)
• | Publisher: Oxford University Press
• | Publication Date: Jun 16, 2011
• | Country of Publication: United Kingdom
• | Number of Pages: 400 pages
• | Language: NULL
• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-10: 0199586144
• | ISBN-13: 9780199586141