Effects of Passion, Experience, and Cultural Politics on Classical Musicians’ Practice During the COVID-19 Pandemic
The widespread cancelation of cultural events during the early 2020 stages of the COVID-19 pandemic led professional performing musicians across the world to experience an increasing economic fragility that threatened their health and wellbeing. Within this “new normal,” developing countries have be...
| Main Authors: | , , , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Frontiers Media S.A.
2022-05-01
|
| Series: | Frontiers in Psychology |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.888678/full |
| _version_ | 1811234051398303744 |
|---|---|
| author | Guadalupe López-Íñiguez Gary E. McPherson Francisco J. Zarza Alzugaray Rolando Angel-Alvarado |
| author_facet | Guadalupe López-Íñiguez Gary E. McPherson Francisco J. Zarza Alzugaray Rolando Angel-Alvarado |
| author_sort | Guadalupe López-Íñiguez |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description | The widespread cancelation of cultural events during the early 2020 stages of the COVID-19 pandemic led professional performing musicians across the world to experience an increasing economic fragility that threatened their health and wellbeing. Within this “new normal,” developing countries have been at a higher risk due to their vulnerable health systems and cultural policies. Even in such difficult times, the music profession requires musicians to keep up their practicing routines, even if they have no professional commitments. This is because high level technical and expressive skills are crucial to sustaining a music career at a high performance level. However, it could be expected that not all musicians might have had the same engagement with music practice during lockdowns. In this study, we studied the experiences of 309 professional classical musicians based in European and Latin American countries with different levels of performing experience to examine their passionate (or lack thereof) engagement with music practice. Through the mixed methods combination of multigroup invariance and narrative analyses, we identified distinct profiles of musicians who displayed more harmonious or more obsessive passion orientations before and at the peak of the pandemic. We observed that musicians with higher levels of harmonious passion in particular were more capable of sustaining their practice at the peak of the pandemic and that these musicians were mostly located in Latin America—a paradox, considering that cultural politics supporting the careers of professional performing musicians and entrepreneurial education in Latin America are lacking to a great extent, especially in comparison with the European context. We explain this in terms of the “forced” self-management embraced by musicians in Latin American countries who want to engage with music practice both before and during the COVID-19 pandemic even if the music profession does not generate enough revenue for them. |
| first_indexed | 2024-04-12T11:30:06Z |
| format | Article |
| id | doaj.art-a67d44e76d9f4e969ba5685a940256a4 |
| institution | Directory Open Access Journal |
| issn | 1664-1078 |
| language | English |
| last_indexed | 2024-04-12T11:30:06Z |
| publishDate | 2022-05-01 |
| publisher | Frontiers Media S.A. |
| record_format | Article |
| series | Frontiers in Psychology |
| spelling | doaj.art-a67d44e76d9f4e969ba5685a940256a42022-12-22T03:35:02ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782022-05-011310.3389/fpsyg.2022.888678888678Effects of Passion, Experience, and Cultural Politics on Classical Musicians’ Practice During the COVID-19 PandemicGuadalupe López-Íñiguez0Gary E. McPherson1Francisco J. Zarza Alzugaray2Rolando Angel-Alvarado3Sibelius Academy, University of the Arts Helsinki, Helsinki, FinlandMelbourne Conservatorium of Music, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, AustraliaDepartment of Musical, Plastic and Bodily Expression, University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, SpainMusic Institute, Alberto Hurtado University, Santiago, ChileThe widespread cancelation of cultural events during the early 2020 stages of the COVID-19 pandemic led professional performing musicians across the world to experience an increasing economic fragility that threatened their health and wellbeing. Within this “new normal,” developing countries have been at a higher risk due to their vulnerable health systems and cultural policies. Even in such difficult times, the music profession requires musicians to keep up their practicing routines, even if they have no professional commitments. This is because high level technical and expressive skills are crucial to sustaining a music career at a high performance level. However, it could be expected that not all musicians might have had the same engagement with music practice during lockdowns. In this study, we studied the experiences of 309 professional classical musicians based in European and Latin American countries with different levels of performing experience to examine their passionate (or lack thereof) engagement with music practice. Through the mixed methods combination of multigroup invariance and narrative analyses, we identified distinct profiles of musicians who displayed more harmonious or more obsessive passion orientations before and at the peak of the pandemic. We observed that musicians with higher levels of harmonious passion in particular were more capable of sustaining their practice at the peak of the pandemic and that these musicians were mostly located in Latin America—a paradox, considering that cultural politics supporting the careers of professional performing musicians and entrepreneurial education in Latin America are lacking to a great extent, especially in comparison with the European context. We explain this in terms of the “forced” self-management embraced by musicians in Latin American countries who want to engage with music practice both before and during the COVID-19 pandemic even if the music profession does not generate enough revenue for them.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.888678/fullCOVID-19cross-cultural studyexpertmultigroup invariance analysismusic practicepassion |
| spellingShingle | Guadalupe López-Íñiguez Gary E. McPherson Francisco J. Zarza Alzugaray Rolando Angel-Alvarado Effects of Passion, Experience, and Cultural Politics on Classical Musicians’ Practice During the COVID-19 Pandemic Frontiers in Psychology COVID-19 cross-cultural study expert multigroup invariance analysis music practice passion |
| title | Effects of Passion, Experience, and Cultural Politics on Classical Musicians’ Practice During the COVID-19 Pandemic |
| title_full | Effects of Passion, Experience, and Cultural Politics on Classical Musicians’ Practice During the COVID-19 Pandemic |
| title_fullStr | Effects of Passion, Experience, and Cultural Politics on Classical Musicians’ Practice During the COVID-19 Pandemic |
| title_full_unstemmed | Effects of Passion, Experience, and Cultural Politics on Classical Musicians’ Practice During the COVID-19 Pandemic |
| title_short | Effects of Passion, Experience, and Cultural Politics on Classical Musicians’ Practice During the COVID-19 Pandemic |
| title_sort | effects of passion experience and cultural politics on classical musicians practice during the covid 19 pandemic |
| topic | COVID-19 cross-cultural study expert multigroup invariance analysis music practice passion |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.888678/full |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT guadalupelopeziniguez effectsofpassionexperienceandculturalpoliticsonclassicalmusicianspracticeduringthecovid19pandemic AT garyemcpherson effectsofpassionexperienceandculturalpoliticsonclassicalmusicianspracticeduringthecovid19pandemic AT franciscojzarzaalzugaray effectsofpassionexperienceandculturalpoliticsonclassicalmusicianspracticeduringthecovid19pandemic AT rolandoangelalvarado effectsofpassionexperienceandculturalpoliticsonclassicalmusicianspracticeduringthecovid19pandemic |