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musical performance anxiety mpa considered subtype social phobia affects musicians must face musical exposure public potentially severely affecting emotional stability significantly impairing quality performance research utilized previous scientific knowledge issue qualitative approach musicians needs focus groups order design collective preventive program mpa could implemented within training curriculum professional musicians evaluate adequacy preventive program confidance pilot test conducted sample 17 professional musicians training postgraduate students classical music performance pilot test quasiexperimental model repeated measures methodology prepost oneyear followup application carried results indicate significant decrease mpa program implementation notable improvement effect one year postapplication demonstrating even greater positive impact time data interpreted cautiously due sample limitations represent opportunity future implementation program prevent treat mpa music education centers