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Inside Performance

Inside Performance

Written by: Sophie Hamilton
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Welcome to Inside performance!


Inside Performance explores topics surrounding performance psychology to help enable musicians to optimise their own performance. The host Sophie Hamilton, is a violinist studying at the Royal Northern College of Music. Each week Sophie will be chatting to a different guest about a particular topic such as effective practice, concentration, performance anxiety and mental wellbeing. Guests will include music psychology experts as well as professional musicians. If you're a musician interested in improving your performance skills and learning about the psychology behind performing then this is the podcast for you.

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Episodes
  • Jennifer Langridge - Advice on how to have a successful career as a freelance musician

    Jennifer Langridge - Advice on how to have a successful career as a freelance musician
    Apr 6 2021
    In this episode I'm joined by cellist Jennifer Langridge. Jen plays in the contemporary music ensemble Psappha, is a member of the Victoria string quartet and is a cello tutor at the RNCM. This episode covers how to have a successful career as a freelance musician and advice on starting out. Jen shares her experience from working in the industry and what she has learnt through the years. We also discuss dealing with imposter syndrome, audition nerves and the importance of building a community.

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    42 mins
  • Personal reflections on MPA and explicit monitoring theory

    Personal reflections on MPA and explicit monitoring theory
    Mar 30 2021

    In this episode I share my own personal experiences around performance anxiety including anxiety about warming up and worrying about what the audience is thinking. I also chat about some strategies I have experimented with and found helpful for managing MPA. I discuss the importance of preparation, the role of imagery, and reframing nerves as excitement, referring to recent research in these areas. I also discuss explicit monitoring theory; what it is and how it can affect your performance. I hope you enjoy this episode.


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    Articles:

    Brooks (2014). Get excited: Reappraising pre-performance anxiety as excitement. Journal of Experimental Psychology:

    https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259454454_Get_Excited_Reappraising_Pre-Performance_Anxiety_as_Excitement


    Clark, Lisboa and Williamon (2014). An investigation into musicians’ thoughts and perceptions during performance. Research Studies in Music Education: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1321103X14523531


    Cohen & Bodner (2019). The relationship between flow and music performance anxiety amongst professional classical orchestral musicians. Psychology of Music: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0305735618754689


    Mornell & Wulf (2019). Adopting an external focus of attention enhances musical performance. Journal of Research in Music Education: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0022429418801573


    Corlu, Muller, Desmet & Leman (2015). The consequences of additional cognitive load on performing musicians. Psychology of Music: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0305735613519841

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    22 mins
  • Jane Ginsborg - Strategies for effective practice and memorisation

    Jane Ginsborg - Strategies for effective practice and memorisation
    Mar 9 2021

    On todays episode I'm joined by music psychologist and researcher Jane Ginsborg. Jane is Associate Director of Research at The RNCM Centre for Music Performance Research. She is also Editor-in-Chief of Musicae Scientiae, Associate Editor of Music Performance Research and the Journal of Interdisciplinary Music Studies and a member of the editorial boards of Psychology of Music, Music and Science and Frontiers in Psychology.


    In this episode we discuss strategies for effective practice and memorisation, including how to structure and monitor our practice and how to use performance cues to help with memorisation. We also discuss how to bridge the gap between practicing and performing and what to focus on during performance.


    Articles & book chapters:


    The role of deliberate practice in the acquisition of expert performance (Ericsson et al.):

    https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/The-role-of-deliberate-practice-in-the-acquisition-Ericsson-Krampe/69df93e5e361c089d3ec41a1e4b37f77984bcd6e


    The role of retrieval structures in memorizing music (Williamon & Valentine):

    https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2002-00527-001


    Musical Excellence: Strategies and Techniques to Enhance Performance (Ed. Williamon) Chapter 4: Strategies for memorising music (Ginsborg):

    https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Musical_Excellence/5vvY2BDWZjEC?hl=en&gbpv=0

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    36 mins
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