Dissertation interesting links

 Anxiety and Performance

J.H. MUELLER
https://books.google.co.uk/books?hl=en&lr=&id=-
FS0BQAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PA127&dq=anxiety+in+performance&ots=P1ynwAm55X&sig
=IC6bN97y6Qaiah0nmvMEpDCNIKc#v=onepage&q=anxiety%20in%20performance&f=fal
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 Musical Performance: A Guide to Understanding

Edited by John Rink
https://books.google.co.uk/books?hl=en&lr=&id=xaYxRe-
5ztIC&oi=fnd&pg=PR7&dq=anxiety+in+musical+theatre+performance&ots=k8ihlRv4QJ&
sig=tYc9zEgaGsENZYxe6GhURpyMjlU#v=onepage&q=anxiety&f=false

 Brief Report: Theatre as Therapy for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Blythe A. Corbett, Joan R. Gunther, Dan Comins, Jenifer Price, Niles Ryan, David Simon,
Clayton W. Schupp, Taylor Rios
https://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5&as_vis=1&q=anxiety+in+mu
sical+theatre&btnG=

 The Singer's Companion

By Sharon L. Stohrer
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781317958178

Dissertation Proposal

The proposal should include the following:

• The proposed title or question of your research project
• A brief outline (approx. 500 words) of the areas that you intend to cover in the research
project. This should be referenced to demonstrate initial background engagement with the
subject area.
• An indicative reading list of at least five secondary sources (articles, books etc.,). These
must be referenced as they would appear in the bibliography.
• An indication (where relevant) of the primary sources (magazines, television programmes,
films, CDs etc.) that you intend to use.

• The questions you hope to answer OR The new knowledge you hope to discover
• How your project relates to other work that has already been done on the topic.
• Your plans for answering these questions /discovering new knowledge.
• Particulars and details that show you are well prepared and likely to complete this project.

• S = Specific
• M = Measurable
• A = Achievable
• R = Results-focused
• T = Time-bound

• For proposal: The prevalence of anxiety disorders in Musical theatre …. improve if you can

• Refine your title:

• Anxiety disorders – define and explain them.

• Provide some statistics to show how significant this is, and why it is worthwhile
investigating
• Explain how you are going to look at this and how this affects musical theatre performers
• Discuss what you hope you will find out. ….(to raise awareness)

• Possible approaches for final project

1. Start with a literature review.
2. Case study approach – choose celebrities with experience of performance anxiety in
musical theatre (2 or 3)