Ansiedade de Performance Musical: estratégias de enfrentamento a partir da psicologia do esporte

Abstract

This research emerges from the restlessness questioning on how to solve problems that emerge from Musical Performance Anxiety. In order to find strategies to help reducing the symptoms of performance anxiety, a connection was established between two fields of knowledge: Deliberate Practice and Musical Performance Anxiety. The research looks at Sports Psychology to assist musicians preparing for performance and coping with stage anxiety. Four practices from Sports Psychology were pointed out as possible tools to be incorporated into the musical practice: The Mental Practice, Self Speaking, Relaxation and Goal Setting. The research presents a discussion and reflection on how Sports Psychology can offer and integrates interviews of significant teachers and instrumentalists in the music scene of Belo Horizonte.