Daniela Coimbra

Daniela Coimbra is a post-doctoral researcher at the Research Center for Science and Technology in Art (CITAR) at the Portuguese Catholic University, Porto. Her current work, which is in collaboration with the Centre for Performance Science (CPS) and sponsored by a grant from the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology, focuses on psychological and educational aspects of music practice and performance.

Daniela graduated with a degree in music education from the Instituto Politécnico do Porto and gained her MA and PhD in psychology of music from the University of Sheffield, under the supervision of Jane Davidson. Her PhD thesis examined young singers' preparation for performance and their subsequent assessment.

Since 2002, she has been a guest lecturer at the School of Music and Performing Arts, Porto, teaching music psychology to students on the classical and jazz programmes. Her research interests include performance anxiety and assessment, creativity, and personality, as well as the application of new technologies in educational contexts.

Email: dcoimbra@porto.ucp.pt

Publications (selection)

• Coimbra D (in press), A Personalidade dos Músicos, in F Monteiro & A Martingo (eds.), A Interpretação Musical: Teoria e Praxis, Edições CESEM.
• Coimbra D & Davidson JW (2004), Assessing music performance, in JW Davidson (ed.), The Music Practitioner: Research for the Music Performer, Teacher and Listener (pp. 201-213), Ashgate.
• Kokotsaki D, Davidson JW, & Coimbra D (2001), Investigating the assessment of singers in a music college setting: The students' perspective, Research Studies in Music Education 16,15-32.

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