Abstract:

This research was conducted to investigate whether there is meaningful relationship between prospective music teachers` music performance anxiety and self-esteem levels, and their music performance anxiety levels differ in terms of gender, age, type of graduated high school and grade levels. The research group was consisted by 78 prospective teachers studying at Dokuz Eylul University Faculty of Education, Department of Fine Arts, Division of Music Education. Music Performance Anxiety Inventory and Self-Esteem Evaluation Form were used to obtain the data. Research results indicate that women have significantly higher music performance anxiety than men. Music performance anxiety does not differ in terms of age, high school type and grade levels. Another result shows that there is significant and negative relationship between music performance anxiety and self-esteem.

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