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Purpose: aim: The aim of this research is to determine whether the performance anxiety levels of students studying at Ankara Music and Fine Arts University, Faculty of Music and Fine Arts Education, Music Education department differ according to gender, grade level, individual instrument type and individual instrument success level. Design/Methodology: . Correlational survey model was used to describe the current situation in the research. The study group consists of 67 music teacher candidates who continue their education in the 1st, 2nd and 3rd grades of Ankara Music and Fine Arts University, Faculty of Music and Fine Arts Education, Department of Music Education in the fall semester of the 2022-2023 academic year. Kenny Music Performance Anxiety Inventory “K-MPAI” developed by Kenny, Davis, and Oates (2004) and adapted into Turkish by Özevin-Tokinan (2013) was used as a data collection tool in the study. Findings: The findings showed that teacher candidates have moderate performance anxiety. In the study, it was concluded that gender, individual instrument type and level of success were variables that caused a difference in the performance anxiety levels of teacher candidates, but the grade level was the variable that did not cause a difference in anxiety scores.

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