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SUMMARY:Curtain call: Investigating the psychophysiology of public perform
 ance - Professor Aaron Williamon\, Royal College of Music\, London
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CONTACT:David Greatrex
DESCRIPTION:Music performance is a particularly apt domain for studying ps
 ychosocial stress. Professional musicians are expected to deliver high qua
 lity performances\, of often well-known pieces\, for audiences who have co
 me to expect technical mastery and novel artistic insight. While the psych
 ology of performance has been studied systematically for several decades\,
  corresponding research into applied performance physiology\, by contrast\
 , is relatively limited. This seminar explores recent research into the ex
 perience and consequence of performance stress\, looking specifically at m
 usicians' cardiovascular and endocrinological responses to performing in p
 ublic. It also introduces the Performance Simulator\, an innovative new fa
 cility that allows musicians to develop and practice requisite performance
  skills.\n\nProfessor Williamon is a professor of Performance Science and 
 currently leads the Centre for Performance Science at the Royal College of
  Music\, London. His research focuses on skilled performance and applied s
 cientific initiatives that inform music learning and teaching. Aaron is a 
 fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and the UK's Higher Education Academy\
 , and in 2008\, he was elected an Honorary Member of the Royal College of 
 Music.\n\nThis talk is co-orgainised with the Society for Education\, Musi
 c and Psychology Research (Sempre - http://www.sempre.org.uk/)
LOCATION:Lecture Room 3\, Faculty of Music\, 11 West Road\, CB3 9DP
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