Phenomenology of music performance anxiety -- Conceptual framework -- the anxiety disorders -- Defining music performance anxiety -- Epidemiology of music performance anxiety -- Theoretical contributions to understanding music performance anxiety -- Treatment -- Severe music performance anxiety : phenomenology and theorizing -- Common themes in the lives of performing musicians -- Prevention and pedagogy
Summary
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
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-342) and indexes
