Exploring flow and clutch states in expert performing pianists

dc.contributor.advisorPanebianco-Warrens, Clorinda Rosanna
dc.contributor.emailkflgersteling@gmail.comen_ZA
dc.contributor.postgraduateGersteling, Kevin F.L.
dc.date.accessioned2021-08-04T11:21:32Z
dc.date.available2021-08-04T11:21:32Z
dc.date.created2021
dc.date.issued2021
dc.descriptionDissertation (MMus (Performing Art))--University of Pretoria, 2021.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis 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 of their experiences of optimal performance states during performance. The study took a constructivist-interpretivist approach situated in the phenomenological paradigm. It made use of multiple case studies, and data were gathered through semi-structured interviews. The data were analysed through Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis (IPA), as proposed by Smith, Flower and Larkin (2009). Three superordinate themes were identified: Performance-related experiences of flow; The experience of clutch and choke during performance; and Coping skill and performance conditions, which were all discussed relative to ten subordinate themes. It was found that flow and clutch experiences in a music context are predominantly similar to those found in other contexts such as sport. Flow and clutch experiences in a musical context were shown to be distinctive from other fields due to specific task completion requirements. By comparing findings to the proposed Integrated Model of Flow and Clutch by Swann et al. (2017b, 2017c), findings show that the model adequately represents flow as an antecedent of clutch in a music context, and the results provide detailed insights on the experience of optimal performance states in expert performing musicians. The study concludes that clutch is a deeper element of flow, and these optimal performance states are experienced in many similar and distinctive ways compared to existing research in sport psychology. Various non-cognitive traits play a large role in an individual’s ability to obtain and successfully maintain flow and clutch performance states.en_ZA
dc.description.availabilityUnrestricteden_ZA
dc.description.degreeMMus (Performing Art)en_ZA
dc.description.departmentMusicen_ZA
dc.identifier.citation*en_ZA
dc.identifier.otherS2021en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/81137
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherUniversity of Pretoria
dc.rights© 2019 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria.
dc.subjectUCTDen_ZA
dc.subjectMusic performance psychologyen_ZA
dc.subjectClutch
dc.subjectFlow
dc.subjectOptimal performance
dc.subjectPerforming musicians
dc.subject.otherMusic theses SDG-03
dc.subject.otherSDG-03: Good health and well-being
dc.titleExploring flow and clutch states in expert performing pianistsen_ZA
dc.typeDissertationen_ZA

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