The purpose of this study is to investigate stressors among soon-to-be graduating instrumental, vocal, and theatre performance majors. Seventy-two possible performance stressors were compiled into 8 categories: Creative, Intellectual, Lifestyle, Business, Physical, Cognitive, Emotional/ Psychological, and Social with the intention to examine prevalence among performance majors as well as similarities and differences between categories. Participants (N=45) for this study were performance majors within areas of Music Theatre, Vocal Performance, and Instrumental (Woodwinds/Brass, Piano) Performance who answered a 72-item survey. Results showed that Lifestyle, Cognitive, Emotional/Psychological, and Business categories including building a professional resume, overall perception of failure, feelings of inadequacy/rejection, and job instability are among the highest rated stressors and stressor categories for performers. Further results and implications are discussed within the paper. / A Thesis submitted to the College of Music in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Music. / 2019 / November 12, 2019. / Music therapy, performance, performers, stress / Includes bibliographical references. / Lori Gooding, Professor Directing Thesis; Jayne Standley, Committee Member; Kimberly VanWeelden, Committee Member.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_752370 |
| Contributors | Lewis, Ashley Marie (author), Gooding, Lori F. (Lori Fogus) (professor directing thesis), Standley, Jayne M. (committee member), VanWeelden, Kimberly D. (committee member), Florida State University (degree granting institution), College of Music (degree granting college) |
| Publisher | Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English, English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, text, master thesis |
| Format | 1 online resource (65 pages), computer, application/pdf |
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