Electronic Journal of Music in Education

Editorial: Innovation in music education

Scenic Anxiety in Professional Music Education Studies Learners’

David Carabias Galindo, Inés María Monreal Guerrero

Abstract

This monograph "Innovation in Music Education" aims to offer readers a range of research studies which, from different approaches, bring us closer to music education from an innovative 21st century perspective. We will approach studies linked to avant-garde musical innovation and critical pedagogy through the development of reflective processes on the musical experience as a technique of educational mediation. It shows part of the most elaborated scientific result of some of the contributions of national researchers to the I International Congress: Intersection of Art, Society and Technology in Musical Innovation, held from 3 to 5 September 2021 and organised by the University of Valladolid and the Katarina Gurska Institute for Artistic Research (IKG), the latter being a body dependent on the Katarina Gurska Foundation for Education and Culture.

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Elvira Montiel Guirado, Esperanza Clares-Clares

Abstract

Music Performance Anxiety (MPA) is a subjective construct of a maladaptive type created by the musician himself. This problem triggers a series of physical, cognitive, and behavioural symptoms that lead to a decreased interpretive effectiveness in public and a risk to the overall health of the sufferer. Therefore, this is a problem that affects musicians, both students and professionals, and constitutes a real obstacle to their careers. In this work, the level of MPA has been measured in learners of Professional Music Education Studies in Murcia (Southeast of Spain). For this purpose, the Spanish version of the K-MPAI (Kenny-Music Performance Anxiety Inventory) questionnaire was given to a sample of 403 students. The results indicate that the factors of MPA that reach higher levels are anxious apprehension, proximal somatic anxiety, and worry/dread. It is concluded that women, wind instrumentalists, students whose parents are musicians, as well as those who have studied music for more years present higher levels of AEM compared to their comparison group counterparts.
Keywords: Musicians; education; stress; conservatory; MPA.