Hello Christiane

This is available on ResearchGate:

Kenny, D. T., & Osborne, M. S. (2006). Music performance anxiety: New insights from young musicians. Advances in Cognitive Psychology, 2(2-3), 103-112.

http://www.researchgate.net/publication/26450060

This thesis might be of relevance:

Larsen, C. W. (2005). The Influence of Solo Performance Opportunities on Self-Reported Levels of Musical Performance Anxiety among Undergraduate College Music Majors (Doctoral dissertation, Faculty of the Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College).

http://etd.lsu.edu/docs/available/etd-04072005-170522/unrestricted/Larsen_thesis.pdf

Some of the references may be helpful in this paper:

Khalsa, S. B. S., Shorter, S. M., Cope, S., Wyshak, G., & Sklar, E. (2009). Yoga ameliorates performance anxiety and mood disturbance in young professional musicians. Applied psychophysiology and biofeedback, 34(4), 279-289.

http://www.researchgate.net/publication/26719883

I could only access the abstract of this paper:

Nagel, J. J. (2010). Treatment of music performance anxiety via psychological approaches. Medical problems of performing artists, 25, 141-148.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21170476

This is a book that you can word search - it might be informative:

Kenny, D. (2011). The psychology of music performance anxiety. Oxford University Press.

https://books.google.co.uk/books?hl=en&lr=&id=gtM5KRRzAIYC&oi=fnd&pg=PP2&dq=modification+career+path+because+of+extreme+Music+Performance+Anxiety+&ots=6uXjgTQ94A&sig=L3tjZJoEiQFb9no5xgGqlTqP0PM#v=onepage&q=career&f=false

Very best wishes

Mary

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Hello Mary!

Thank you very much for your suggestions.  I am familiar with Kenny and Nagel.  They are mostly giving strategies and options to help MPA sufferers. But it's been a while so I'll look into it again and discover the new authors :)  

I have collected many references on the college musician and MPA info, but I have not come across anything specifically on what you are looking for. Most of the research is on samples of college/tertiary music students, so those who change path are obviously difficult to find as a sample, since they leave their studies early, and leave the music profession.

There is a recent doctoral study by Peter Sheng-Feng Kuan on MPA in the college musician (2012) but I have not read it. May have something or at least references to check.

You may be interested in Osborne 2014:

Osborne et al. - Managing performance anxiety and improving

mental skills in conservatoire students through

performance psychology training: a pilot study   (Psychology of Well-Being: Theory, Research and Practice 2014, 4:18   http://www.psywb.com/content/4/1/18)

Thank you so much Bridget!  I am already familiar with Mrs Osborne's work, and Kenny's also. Thank you so much for taking the time to answer me :)

Hi Christiane - I agree with Bridget that those types of students may be hard to track down in research studies.  However, I'll offer another angle - As a MPA researcher myself, I strive to use objective criteria when evaluating the severity of students' MPA prior to including them into my studies.  And one great indicator of severe MPA (vs. mild MPA) is the level of impairment the MPA is having on their chosen career path, or on their ability to perform according to their school's standard if they're still in school.   I've met a handful of students who started as performance majors in college but switched to Music Education or another curriculum, because their MPA was really impairing their ability to perform well.  Arguably their MPA is more severe because it caused them to actually change majors.   Those are exactly the types of students I want to work with as a MPA clinician, because they can definitely be saved with early intervention, imho.  So, to answer your question - I'm not aware of any studies that focus on professional musicians switching careers due to severe MPA, but that's likely because they'd already been "screened out" of the field while they were in still in college.  Hope this helps!     

Thank you very much David! I am familiar with all of your suggestions, except Khalsa, which I am going to read!!! The other ones are already invading my work space :)

I did not know they were MPA Clinics! Wow!  Can you send me a link?

That's dreamland! :) I would be so interested in knowing how this is working out! 

Christiane

David... I just saw the information!  I'll look into it :)

Christiane - Actually, there are a number of clinics in the US for musicians' issues.  You can find most of them through PAMA's webpage: www.artsmed.org/related-pam-websites.  That's the performing Arts Medicine Assoc of America's webpage. 

As for myself I am a private practice psychologist who conducts research independently with musicians.  I'm currently piloting a newer therapy for MPA with a group of vocalists at a music college in NJ.  The name of the therapy I use is Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. 

Hello Christiane,

I would recommend this article: Patston, T. (2014). Teaching stage fright? Implications for music educators. British Journal of Music Education, 31(1), 85-98. I have attached the article below. Here the author talks about (as David Suggested) how many music performance students suffering from MPA change course and alter their performance aspirations to become music educators. This article has been helpful to me in my research investigating how undergraduate music schools address MPA. What is interesting is how many of these individuals who become music educators due to their MPA issues may be propagating MPA issues among their students. I hope this is helpful.

All The Best,

~Craig