Performance stress and the very young musician

Journal of Research in Music Education

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 329-345

  Boucher, Hélène ^a   Ryan, Charlene A ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b BERKLEE COLLEGE OF MUSIC   (United States)

Author keywords

anxiety; performance; stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651231353     PISSN: 00224294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022429410386965     Document Type: Article

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