Music Performance Anxiety Levels of Students in the Music Education Graduate Program (Ankara-Gazi University Sample)

The purpose of this study was to determine the musical performance anxiety levels of the students at Gazi University, Undergraduate Program of Music Education. It was aimed to evaluate students' musical performance anxiety levels in terms of negative performance perception, psychological vulnerability, somatic anxiety, personal supervision and physiological vulnerability. 110 students were participated in the study. "Kenny Music Performance Anxiety Inventory" which was developed by Kenny in 2004 and adapted to Turkish by Tokinan in 2013 was used for data collection. The inventory consists of 25 items. The factors of the inventory were negative performance perception, psychological vulnerability, somatic anxiety, personal supervision and physiological vulnerability. For the analysis of the data, total scores of music performance anxiety and scores of sub-dimensions were calculated. Frequency and percentage values of sub-dimensions were also given in tables. As a result of the research, it was revealed that the participants have a moderate music performance anxiety. The highest level of anxiety among sub-dimensions was personal supervision. Then, the physiological vulnerability was the secondary factor, which leads muscle tension and elevates the anxiety. It was suggested that early intervention should be provided in case of anxiety for the musical performance in the teacher candidates