Teaching perspectives on Stage Anxiety: a case study in a professional conservatory of music

ABSTRACT:

Performance Anxiety is a phenomenon is being widely investigated to alleviate its negative effects on the performer. Even so, within the Conservatories of Music in Spain this change is not seen as much, especially in terms of compulsory subjects in the curriculum and in terms of teacher training in this regard. In this sense, qualitative research (case study) has been proposed to show the reality that is living the teaching staff of a Valencian Conservatory. The extracted results emphasise the little preparation in this problem that the instrument teachers must be able to prepare their students for a future performance and stress the need to update the curriculum of Professional Education and specific training lines, both in initial and continuing training.

KEYWORDS:
Performance Anxiety; Music Professional Teaching; Music Education; Legislation; Didactic training