Approaches to performance: A comparison of music and acting students’ concepts of preparation, audience and performance

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Abstract

Live performance is seen as a crucial part of being a professional musician and a performer’s comfort in front of an audience often determines the success and longevity of a career. This article aims to contribute to the study of performance by looking at how music students conceptualise performance and comparing their concepts with those of acting students who took part together in two devised projects. It shows that music and acting students give contrasting accounts of preparation, audience and performance, and that concepts of performance inform pedagogical practices, preparation habits and how students conceptualise their relationship with the audience.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)152-169
JournalMusic Performance Research
Publication statusPublished - 2013

Keywords

  • performance
  • music pedagogy
  • preparing to perform
  • audience

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