The mock concert: How early-career performers decipher and develop stage mastery

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Psychology of Music Pub Date : 2025-03-29 DOI:10.1177/03057356251320864

Olivia Urbaniak, Helen F. Mitchell

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Abstract

Expert performers understand the impact of sight and sound on the concert stage and project performativity to captivate their audiences. Early-career performers embarking on a professional performance career can benefit from experts’ strategies to develop their performance skills and enhance stagecraft. The aim of this study was to develop and trial a mock concert as experiential learning for professional stagecraft. Three early-career pianists performed in a mock concert for an audience of their peers. The audience noted their impressions of performances, and all engaged in a focus group discussion. Responses were transcribed and analyzed thematically. The audience articulated their visual impressions and appraised performers’ stagecraft and performativity. The audience was drawn to distinctive and memorable stage demeanour that complemented musical expressiveness. Performers revealed their strategies for performativity to enhance concert preparation, project confidence, and achieve professionalism. The mock concert was an effective way to decipher the sight and sound of stage mastery in a practical learning opportunity for early-career performers.

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模拟音乐会：早期职业表演者如何解读和发展舞台技巧

专业表演者了解视觉和声音对音乐会舞台的影响，并计划表演来吸引观众。从事专业表演事业的早期表演者可以从专家的策略中受益，以提高他们的表演技巧和舞台艺术。本研究的目的是开发和试验模拟音乐会作为专业舞台艺术的体验式学习。三位早期职业钢琴家在一场模拟音乐会中为他们的同龄人表演。观众记录了他们对表演的印象，并参与了焦点小组讨论。对回答进行转录并按主题进行分析。观众表达了他们的视觉印象，并评价了表演者的舞台技巧和表演能力。观众被独特而令人难忘的舞台表演所吸引，这与音乐的表现力相辅相成。表演者们透露了他们的表演策略，以加强音乐会的准备，展示自信，并达到专业水平。模拟音乐会是一种有效的方式来破译视觉和声音的舞台掌握在一个实际的学习机会，早期职业生涯的表演者。

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期刊介绍： Psychology of Music and SEMPRE provide an international forum for researchers working in the fields of psychology of music and music education, to encourage the exchange of ideas and to disseminate research findings. Psychology of Music publishes peer-reviewed papers directed at increasing the scientific understanding of any psychological aspect of music. These include studies on listening, performing, creating, memorising, analysing, describing, learning, and teaching, as well as applied social, developmental, attitudinal and therapeutic studies. Special emphasis is placed on studies carried out in naturalistic settings, especially those which address the interface between music psychology and music education.