Ms Katrina Rivera
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Katrina Rivera PhD scholar at the School of Medicine and Psychology. Her thesis will interrogate disciplinary assumptions and examine the relationship between music performance anxiety and music education. Katrina holds a Bachelor of Music (Hons) in piano performance from the Australian National University (2013), and a Master of Teaching in secondary music from the University of New England (2018). Outside her studies, Katrina works in Canberra as a piano teacher and an accompanist.
Affiliations
Research interests
Music Performance Anxiety, do we need it? Misconceptions in research and the role of pedagogy in its prevention and treatment.
A transdisciplinary and mixed method approach to interrogating current assumptions within music performance and music psychology and their influence on current research and treatment around music performance anxiety (MPA). The thesis will also examine the relationship between MPA and music education. While grounded in music, the work has clear applications for examining the educational contributions to performance anxiety across contexts, including in training for clinical interactions.
Projects
- Social Identity, Self-Concept and Belonging in Education, Co-investigator
Location
Medical School, Florey Building, 54 Mills Rd, ANU, Acton ACT 2601