Wearable monitoring of stage fright in professional musicians

We present a wearable system approach to investigate changes in stage fright in professional musicians under realistic performance conditions. Towards this goal, we monitored stage fright in a young professional cellist during three consecutive performances of a skill-demanding piece in front of a professional audience. The wearable system measured ECG and body movement at multiple locations. We found that performance improvements can be measured in dynamics of the cellist´s bowing movements and in heart rate. Our system could be highly beneficial in a musician´s education to assess progress in stage fright training.