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Questions on performance anxiety - brass

I'm trying to think of questions to ask musicians for my masters degree
lecture recital.
Can anyone on this list answer these questions (confidentially of course -
no names will ever be mentioned)and think of others in relation to your own
experiences?
Thanks,
David Notley MISM FTCL LTCL DipTchg
dnotley@xxxxxxxxxxx


Performance Anxiety - concert versus competition

1. Have you ever felt uneasy when on stage or playing your instrument?

2. Does it matter to you whom you play to?

3. Have you ever worried in advance of a performance?

4. Do you have any strategies/methods that you use in emergencies?

5. Do you prepare well?

6. Are you ever caught off-guard?

7. Do you ever have visualisations?

8. Do outside influences affect you?

9. Have you ever taken any "substances"?

10. Has a substance helped?

11. Do you have any advice for others?

12. Has anything worked better for you?

13. Are you ever "Scared"?

14. Have you ever thought of "giving up" on stage?

15. Is it harder to play to your "peers" (your own instrument)?

16. " "     "	"    "    "    "	  "       (Family, Friends)?

17. Do you strive for perfection?

18. Do you play for your own satisfaction?

19. Do you enjoy performing?

20. Do you worry about "The Sack"?

21. Do you wonder if people are counting your mistakes?

22. Do you try to impose yourself on the audience?

23. Do you try to portray anyone else - is it you on stage?

24. Can you share your love of the music?

25. Do you agree that we all need anxiety for adrenalin purposes?

26. Do you never get anxious?

27. Do you have a "ritual"?

28. Do you have a special diet?

29. Do you abstain from anything before performing?

30. Have you researched your fears?

31. Do you have no fears whatsoever?

32. Do you feel differently when on your own?

33. Can you get your butterflies to "fly in formation"?

34. Do you feel worse in competion?

35. If so, How?

36. Do you visualise the examiner/audience without clothes?

37. Do you prepare at the same time/situation as your performance?

38. Do you speak to yourself when performing?

39. Do you find yourself wondering what you will be having for tea?

40. Does your mind ever go "blank"?

41. Do you thoroughly prepare?

42. Do you feel "at one" with the music?

43. Do you worry about your posture?

44. Do you worry about your personal appearance?

45. Do you get emotional?

46. Do you trust your "Automatic Pilot"?

47. Do you breathe correctly?

48. Do you get faster and faster?

49. Do things get out of your control?

50. Are you confident that you are in control of your instrument?

51. Can you control your expressions?

52. Do you ever wear yourself out before the performance?

53. Do memories of earlier performances affect you?

54. Do you memorise your pieces?

55. Do you focus on a friend in the audience?

56. Have you often put yourself in a similar position (played the piece
before)?

57. Did you sleep well last night??

58. Have you researched what the judge will be looking for?

59. Do you capture the correct mood?

60. Do you listen to yourself?

61. Is the audience/examiner comfortable?

62. Have you had any advice?

63. Do you convey positive body language?

64. Do you communicate on stage with your fellow musicians?

65. Can you recover quickly from any mishaps?

66. Do you get annoyed with yourself/ your instrument?

67. Could a creak of the stage worry you?

68. Does audience noise affect you?

69. Do you visualise goals?

70. Do you enjoy music making?




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