Stage fright and romanticism in Il Giro del Mondo

Fourteen music majors were tested using the high-risk model of threat perception (HRMTP), a biopsychosocial model designed to diagnose and guide treatment of stress-related somatic disorders. Regression analysis revealed that negative affect, social desirability, peripheral vasoconstriction, and “catastrophizing” predicted state anxiety scores after jury performance (p ≤ 0.041). A significant difference in hand temperature before and after jury performance was also found (p ≤ 0.01). Social desirability scores were inversely correlated with negative affect and catastrophizing scores (p ≤ 0.01). These results are consistent with predictions from the HRMTP, which predicts that people high in either overt or covert negative affect and catastrophizing are at greater risk for psychophysiological disorders than normals. The model also predicts that people who are high in social desirability (repressors) are likewise at risk because of inhibited pain perception. Since performance anxiety has been discussed by several authors as a psychophysiological event, implicating the role of the autonomic nervous system in the initiation and maintenance of stage fright, this model may provide a new pathway into the understanding of stage fright.

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Using Beta-blockers to Control Stage Fright: A Dancer’s Dilemma

Medical Problems of Performing Artists ◽

10.21091/mppa.2001.2012 ◽

2001 ◽

Vol 16 (2) ◽

pp. 72-76

Author(s):

David Alan Harris

Keyword(s):

Beta Blockers ◽

Internal Conflict ◽

Stage Fright ◽

Comparable Data ◽

Performing Artists ◽

Safety And Efficacy ◽

Exercise Metabolism ◽

Control Stage ◽

Orchestral Musicians ◽

Neuroendocrine Activation

Performing artists face numerous challenges, of which few may be more threatening to a meaningful career than performance anxiety. Stage fright, as this anxiety is commonly known, involves an internal conflict between the need to display one’s artistry publicly and the concurrent fear of proving inadequate and ultimately suffering public rejection. Typically presenting as a fear of humiliation in situations involving scrutiny by others, this phobia is frequently associated with behavioral, cardiovascular, and neuroendocrine activation, and can manifest itself in a variety of physical discomforts. A body of research demonstrates successful alleviation of orchestral musicians’ stage fright through use of such blocking agents. No comparable data have been collected among dance artists of any kind, however, and given certain effects of b-blockade on exercise metabolism, targeted investigations assessing both safety and efficacy in this population are needed.

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Estudio exploratorio de la ansiedad escénica y la respiración diafragmática en el aula de saxofón | Scoping study of the stage fright and diaphragmatic breathing in the saxophone classroom

ESPIRAL CUADERNOS DEL PROFESORADO ◽

10.25115/ecp.v12i24.2175 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 12 (24) ◽

pp. 11

Author(s):

Eladio Sellés Navarro

Keyword(s):

Nervous System ◽

Educational Level ◽

Exploratory Study ◽

Cerebral Hemispheres ◽

Stage Fright ◽

Diaphragmatic Breathing ◽

Scoping Study ◽

Breathing Techniques ◽

El Sistema

El presente estudio surge como fruto de la experiencia como instrumentista de viento, que ha llevado a tomar consciencia sobre los distintos problemas que son comunes a los instrumentistas de esta familia; aunque, concretamente, se ha partido de la observación de los saxofonistas. El adecuado trabajo de la técnica respiratoria diafragmática en el aula instrumental, tranquilizará el sistema nervioso, facilitará la comunicación entre los hemisferios cerebrales y equilibrará la energía del músico; trabajo que se verá potenciado gracias a la aplicación de diversas técnicas respiratorias durante el proceso de aprendizaje respiratorio en clase. Este artículo muestra un estudio exploratorio acerca de los principales problemas que aquejan a los músicos y las formas de afrontarlo desde el aula de Saxofón que siguen los docentes; así, se ha podido comprobar que, a nivel pedagógico, la escasez bibliográfica queda justificada por la falta de importancia didáctica que se le da en el aula.AbstractThe present study arises as a result of the experience as an instrumentalist of wind, which has led to taking awareness of the various issues that are common to the instrumentalists of this family; Although, in particular, has started from the observation of the saxophonists. Proper work of the diaphragmatic breathing technique in the instrumental classroom, reassured nervous system, will facilitate communication between the cerebral hemispheres and balance the power of the musician; work, which will be enhanced through the application of different breathing techniques during the process of respiratory learning in class. This article shows an exploratory study about the main problems afflicting musicians and forms of address it from the classroom of saxophone following teachers; Thus, is has been found that educational level, the bibliographic shortage is justified by the lack of didactic importance given in the classroom.

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