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Browsing by Supervisor "Panebianco-Warrens, Clorinda Rosanna"
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Sepuru, Phuti
(University of Pretoria, 2015)
The study aimed to explore and understand how six South African jazz musicians acquire and practise the skill of jazz improvisation. Formative influences and practice methods were studied with the hope of identifying factors ...
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Barrier, Olivier Paul Hal
(University of Pretoria, 2017)
Berio’s Sequenza VII is the most famous piece in the modern repertoire for solo oboe, written in 1969 for the renowned Swiss oboist Heinz Holliger, it retains pole position in sales and performances in its genre. It is a ...
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Munro, Andrew
(University of Pretoria, 2013)
Performing music at an advanced level is a uniquely challenging act requiring intense preparation and a multi-modal learning approach. The path from the practice room to the stage is a complex and distinctive path that ...
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Dos Santos, Andeline Julia
(University of Pretoria, 2018)
This multiparadigm inquiry sought to investigate music therapy group processes aimed at facilitating empathic interactions between adolescents referred for aggression in a relatively under-resourced school in Eersterust, ...
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Mönnig, Cassandra
(University of Pretoria, 2019)
Background: It has long been suspected that music instruction has benefits for children’s neural and cognitive development, including auditory abilities. Although the effect of music on attention has been investigated it ...
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Viljoen, Carmi
(University of Pretoria, 2018)
In this investigation, the aim was to explore optimal performance experiences through the lived experience of flow amongst professional full-time and part-time orchestral musicians. The study followed an IPA approach and ...
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Sepuru, Phuti
(University of Pretoria, 2019)
The purpose of this research was to explore the fundamental elements that constitute, shape
and define the thinking and creative processes embodied in musical style of ten prominent
South African jazz pianists. The study ...
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Fouché, Melani
(University of Pretoria, 2020)
The link between music and well-being has been widely studied by researchers. However, the impact of short-term involvement in community music on well-being has not been sufficiently examined. This research aimed to explore ...
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Gersteling, Kevin F.L.
(University of Pretoria, 2021)
This study aimed to explore the lived experiences of expert performing musicians and the relationship between the flow and clutch optimal performance states. Five professional pianists were interviewed to gain an understanding ...
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Grobbelaar, Sondra-Marié
(University of Pretoria, 2017)
For musicians, the ability to sight-read and memorise are skills required for ease of learning and performing. The competitive nature of the classical performing world requires of solo performers, especially pianists, to ...
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Botha, Madaleen
(University of Pretoria, 2021)
Perfectionism is regarded as both a virtue and a vice, due to its paradoxically motivating and dysfunctional possibilities for musicians. The aim of this mixed method study was to obtain a greater understanding of the ...
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Van Staden, Jacobus M.C.
(University of Pretoria, 2016)
Music performance anxiety (MPA) is primarily described as stage fright concerning musicians and performers and affects orchestral and professional musicians severely (Brugués, 2009; Plummer, 2007). As a result, literature ...
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Coghlan, Jeanine
(University of Pretoria, 2020)
This study concerns the idea that musical involvement contributes to a person’s overall wellbeing. This research aimed to explore wellbeing among members of a community orchestra using the PERMA (positive emotions, engagement, ...
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Botha, Marina Elizabeth
(University of Pretoria, 2015)
Concert dress has both a psychological and a physical impact on female performers (Griffiths 2011). This research study aimed to examine the meaning of concert dress in the performances of female classical vocalists.
This ...
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Foxcroft, C.J.
(University of Pretoria, 2014)
Optimal performance requires a relaxed concentration which is incompatible with experiencing certain emotions (Juslin, 2009). This research aimed to explore the extent to which performers emotionally engage with music ...
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Schaap, Elizabeth
(University of Pretoria, 2022-01)
Music performance anxiety (MPA) is a problem common to musicians around the world. Given the ubiquity of MPA, musicians have a need for interventions to combat maladaptive MPA. The primary aim of the study was to explore ...
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Harker, Tamlyn
(University of Pretoria, 2020)
The study aimed to explore Hypermobility Spectrum Disorder (HSD) and the occurrence of Performance-Related Musculoskeletal Disorder (PRMD) in violin players. Six violinists were interviewed, to gain an understanding of ...
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Heymans, Carina
(University of Pretoria, 2021)
Existing literature reveals that musicians and music students are susceptible to poor sleep quality due to several aspects related to the conservatoire culture and the musical temperament. Furthermore, music students’ ...
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Venter, Lauren Joan
(University of Pretoria, 2019)
Few high school learners in South Africa choose Music as an elective. This study extends a worldwide study by McPherson and O’Neill (2010), based on Eccles’ Expectancy-value theory, exploring learners’ motivation to study ...
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Van Graan, Carin
(University of Pretoria, 2010-08-31)
Die hoofdoel van hierdie studie was om Dansrapsodie – ʼn Afrika-stad van Stefans Grové en Fanfare Festival Overture van Jeanne Zaidel-Rudolph ten opsigte van struktuur, melodie, ritme en instrumentasie te ontleed en sodoende ...