Music Performance Anxiety: Further Reading

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

Kenny, D.T. and Ackermann, B. (2015). Optimising physical and psychological health in performing musicians. In S. Hallam, I. Cross, M. Thaut (eds.)(2nd ed.). Oxford Handbook of Music Psychology. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Kenny, D.T. & Asher, A. (2016). Life expectancy and cause of death in popular musicians: Is the pop musician lifestyle the road to ruin? Medical Problems of Performing Artists, 31(1), 37-44.

Kenny, D.T. & Asher, A. (2017). Gender differences in mortality and morbidity in popular musicians across the lifespan. Medical Problems of Performing Artists, 32(1), 113-20.

Kenny, D.T. & Holmes (2018). Attachment quality is associated with music performance anxiety in professional musicians: An exploratory narrative study. Polish Psychological Bulletin, 49(3), 283-298.

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