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Big Picture

The findings begin here. Across eight weeks with eight young singers, performance anxiety eased not child by child, but as their community changed. Read Post 9.

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More than words

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The Riddle

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Fix You

The stories we tell about music performance anxiety shape what young singers believe about themselves — and the most common ones aren't serving them well. This post challenges three unhelpful narratives about MPA in children, drawing on the research to offer a different reframe: the child is not broken, but the conditions around them may deserve closer attention.