The article that I will be discussing is “The Evolution of Music Performance Anxiety and Quality of Performance During Virtual Reality Exposure Training” by Josiane Bissonnette. What this article is talking about is how the use of Virtual Reality technology is used as a method for treating anxiety disorders in students. More specifically, dealing with anxiety relating to music performance. Nine different students participated in this multitude of different sessions spread out over the weeks. What was interesting to find about this article is that there was a significant decrease in music performance anxiety between sessions while also reporting a significant increase in the overall performance quality of the students.
This article relates to my project a little bit in the sense that it also talks about the use of Virtual Reality technology in a music setting. Something to note is that the students using the headsets did see an improvement in their performance and a decrease in their anxiety, which leads me to question how effective immersion can be for the person experiencing it. Maybe examining how the students reacted to being immersed can help provide insight into the type of immersion that I would want my audience to feel when they view my project for the first time.
I spent my day working on more research and framing how I wanted to shoot my project. I did talk to my committee chair the day before who offered great help with different sources as well as some examples of how to provide my next deliverable of a song and a visual component. No, I did not meet with Kristina Devoe.
Bissonnette, J., Dubé, F., Provencher, M. D., & Moreno Sala, M. T. (2016). Evolution of music performance anxiety and quality of performance during virtual reality exposure training. Virtual Reality, 20, 71-81.