Musical ExcellenceStrategies and Techniques to Enhance Performance

By Aaron Williamon. 2004

134 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Music, Rehabilitation

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In Music

1. A. Lamont
2. I. Papageorgi
3. Graham F. Welch
4. S. Hallam
5. D. Immel
6. Don Greene
7. Jane Davidson
8. H. Gaunt

In Rehabilitation

1. D. Immel
2. Jane Davidson
3. H. Gaunt
4. Don Greene
5. M. Osborne
6. A. Lamont
7. Amanda Leon-Guerrero
8. Gary E. McPherson

Citations in the corpus

• Bodily movement and facial actions in expressive musical performance by solo and duo instrumentalists: Two distinctive case studies (2012, background): “Focus on conditioning of the body now includes concern with diet, exercise and rest (see Williamon, 2004).”
• Emotion, engagement and meaning in strong experiences of music performance (2012, background): “…the situation (choice of venue, inclusion of group as well as solo situations, and practising the performance as well as the piece), and the musical task (selecting appropriately challenging music; Connolly & Williamon, 2004; Gruzelier & Egner, 2004; Kenny, 2006; Lehmann et al., 2007).”
• One-to-one tuition in a conservatoire: the perceptions of instrumental and vocal students (2008, background): “…Chaffin & Imreh, 2001; Nielsen, 2001; Williamon, 2002), and to generic aspects of developing effective approaches to musical excellence as a performer (Davidson, 2004; Williamon, 2004), including physical and psychological aspects of health and well-being (Chesky, 2004; Rosset i Llobet, 2004).”
• A conceptual framework for understanding musical performance anxiety (2007, background): “(For reviews of techniques that have been proposed to alleviate anxiety in musical performance, see Gabrielsson, 1999; Hallam, 2003; Kenny, 2005; Salmon & Meyer, 1998; Williamon, 2004; Wilson, 2002).”
• Managing performance anxiety and improving mental skills in conservatoire students through performance psychology training: a pilot study (2014, background): “This is characterized by physiological symptoms such as racing heart, dry mouth, rapid breathing, sweating, gastric disturbances and dizziness, which can affect the dexterity of fine motor skills required to execute an optimal performance (Williamon 2004; Yoshie et al. 2009).”