Dear colleague,

I am glad to invite you to participate in a survey that I am conducting on music performers. This survey is part of my research project on musicians at the University of Sheffield´s Department of Music.

My aim is to have a better understanding of public performance-related emotional experiences.

The survey is addressed to professional and amateur performers as well as students of all genres of music. It is anonymous and complies with the University of Sheffield´s "Ethics Policy on Research involving human data". Your answers will not be personally identifiable.
It should take around 10 minutes to complete.

If you wish to have further information on this research, do not hesitate to contact me

Feel free to participate or not in this survey and know that you can withdraw at any time without giving any reason if you wish not co complete the survey.

By completing and returning this questionnaire you agree to participate in this study and certify that you have read this information.

I am confident your participation will be extremely helpful to this important field of research.

Many thanks for your contribution!

Elsa Perdomo Guevara

Research on musicians’ public performance-related emotions

1. Age: 
2. Sex:  Male  Female 
3. Country of Residence: 

Details of Musical Background


4. Country where you followed most of your musical studies: 
5. Main instrument: 
6. Years of playing: 
7. Student  Amateur performer  Professional performer (making a living mainly from music)
8. Number of public performances a year: 
9. Main genre: Classical  Jazz  Pop  Folk  other:
10. Playing mostly: solo performances  small ensemble performances  performances as part of an orchestra or a large group

Emotional experiences


11. Indicate how often you feel the following emotions while performing in front of an audience:
As a guideline, think about recent performances and the kind of emotions you felt.
rarely sometimes most of the time
a. elated
b. joyful
c. positively aroused
d. confident
e. unmotivated
f. worried
g. fearful
12. Indicate how often you feel the following emotions while practicing on your own:
rarely sometimes most of the time
a. elated
b. joyful
c. positively aroused
d. confident
e. unmotivated
f. worried
g. fearful
13. Indicate how often you feel the following emotions when not making music (in daily life):
rarely sometimes most of the time
a. elated
b. joyful
c. positively aroused
d. confident
e. unmotivated
f. worried
g. fearful
14. Indicate the type of performance that you enjoy the most:
performing as a soloist  as part of a small ensemble  as part of an orchestra or large group
15. Indicate the type of performance that you enjoy the least:
performing as a soloist  as part of a small ensemble  as part of an orchestra or large group
16. Over time your level of enjoyment while practicing on your own has:
decreased  increased  remained the same
17. Over time your level of enjoyment of performing in front of an audience has:
decreased  increased  remained the same
18. Think of your public performances during the last year. You experienced most of these performances as:
stressful experiences  emotionally neutral  moderately enjoyable  highly enjoyable 

Enjoyable experiences


Think of your most recent "highly enjoyable" public performance experience.
19. When did it happen? 
20. Were you performing as:
a soloist  part of a small ensemble  part of an orchestra or large group
21. Select the emotions that were part of your experience (check all that apply):
elated  joyful  positively aroused  confident  unmotivated  worried  fearful 
others:
22. What made this experience especially enjoyable? (check all that apply)
you felt relaxed and focused
you felt confident and powerful
you felt proud of your performance
you performed up to your standards
you performed better than expected
you felt connected with the audience or co-performers
you felt the audience thoroughly enjoyed your performance
you had a feeling of contributing
you felt that something great was just happening
Others:
23. Indicate if you experienced any of the following feelings
feeling as if there was a special connection, almost tangible, between the audience and you
feeling as becoming a channel through which the music just flowed
feeling as if the music came to you from "elsewhere" (e.g. the composer, God, or any other external source)
feeling as if the music flowed freely from deep within you
feeling of transcendence
feeling as if this was a "perfect" moment
24. You think it happened due to:
a good preparation
your personality traits
playing with co-performers you felt comfortable with
feeling comfortable with the pieces, the public or the situation
feeling physically fit
being in a good mood
unknown reasons
something special that just happened
Others:
25. Had you prepared for this performance in a particular manner or  in your typical way?
26. Had you used any of the following methods to prepare?
yes no Do you think it was helpful?
a. you visualized your performance in advance yes   no
b. you took some chemical or natural product yes   no
c. you used positive "pep" talk yes   no
d. you used relaxation methods yes   no
e. you prayed yes   no
f. you thought of the reasons that moved you to perform yes   no
g. Other methods yes   no
27. How often do you have this kind of public performance experiences? seldom  often  most of the time
28. Do this kind of experiences increase your motivation to perform in public? yes  no

Non enjoyable experiences


Think of your most recent "non enjoyable" public performance experience.
29. When did this performance happen? 
30. Were you performing as:
a soloist  part of a small ensemble  part of an orchestra or large group
31. Did you experience this performance as:
anxiety-provoking  unpleasant  routinary  other:
32. Select the emotions that were part of your experience (check all that apply):
elated  joyful  positively aroused  confident  unmotivated  worried  fearful 
others:
33. You did not enjoy your performance because (check all that apply)
you felt anxious and tense
you felt your performance was not up to your standards
you felt your self-esteem was threatened
you felt unconnected with the audience or co-performers
you felt the audience was uninterested or judgmental
you felt that the fact of you being there playing was meaningless
you felt that anything terrible could happen
Others:
34. You think it happened due to:
a lack of preparation
your personality traits
playing with co-performers you did not feel comfortable with
not feeling comfortable with or not liking the pieces, the public or the situation
feeling physically unfit
unknown reasons
Others:
35. How often do you have this kind of experience? seldom  often  most of the time
36. May I contact you again in case of needing more information? yes  no
In which case, please provide your e-mail address:
Thank you very much for your participation!