Figure 1: Challenges and mitigating factors mediating the process of transition from student to
professional
Challenges:
Time pressures
Competition
Self-doubt
Financial hardship
Performance opportunities
Luck
Music
professional
Music
student
Mitigating factors:
Skills
Personality factors
Professional colleagues
Figure 2: Perceived challenges in establishing a music performance career (percentages of coding
references within each musical genre)
□ time pressures
□ financial hardship
□ competition
□ self doubt
musical genre
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