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Video-based categorization system and frequency analysis of gestures in saxopho...
Moura, Nádia; Fonseca, Pedro; Graça, Jorge; Trovão, Philippe; Goethel, Márcio; Vilas-Boas, João Paulo; Serra, SofiaThe study of gestures in music performance provides valuable insights for instrumental learning. However, gestural vocabularies vary depending on the instrument being played, according to its postural and technical specificities. The goals of this study were twofold: first, to create a gesture categorization system for saxophone players, and second, to analyse their gestural behaviour across contrasting musical...
Augusto e Jaime Celestino da Costa:: Personal Libraries at Nova Medical School
Costa, Teresa; Costa, Teresa; Serra, Sofia; Cunha, Ricardo; Firmino, PedroAugusto Celestino da Costa, a renowned histologist, and his son Jaime Celestino da Costa, a distinguished surgeon, represent two generations of prominent portuguese physicians. This study examines their personal libraries, which were donated to the Nova Medical School, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, and are now held with restricted access at the institution’s library.Using a mixed-methods analysis that integrates...
Solo music performance assessment criteria: a systematic review
Moura, Nádia; Dias, Pedro; Veríssimo, Lurdes; Oliveira-Silva, Patrícia; Serra, SofiaAssessment is a crucial aspect of music performance. In pedagogical contexts, an effective assessment process can measure student achievement and inform instructional decisions that contribute to improving teaching and learning. However, music performance assessment is particularly challenging due to its inherent subjectivity, involving personal expression and interpretation, which can lead to divergent opinion...
Increased body movement equals better performance? Not always! Musical style de...
Moura, Nádia; Fonseca, Pedro; Vilas-Boas, João Paulo; Serra, SofiaMusicians’ body behaviour has a preponderant role in audience perception. We investigated how performers’ motion is perceived depending on the musical style and musical expertise. To further explore the effect of visual input, stimuli were presented in audio-only, audio–visual and visual-only conditions. We used motion and audio recordings of expert saxophone players playing two contrasting excerpts (positively...
Saxophone players’ self-perceptions about body movement in music performing and...
Moura, Nádia; Serra, SofiaQuantitative studies demonstrate that performers’ gestures reflect technical, communicative, and expressive aspects of musical works in solo and group performances. However, musicians’ perspectives and experiences toward body movement are little understood. To address this gap, we interviewed 20 professional and pre-professional saxophone players with the aims of: (1) identifying factors influencing body moveme...
Bibliotecas públicas, memória e identidade: preservação do património cultural ...
Serra, Sofia; Corujo, LuísEste trabalho teve como objetivo investigar o papel das bibliotecas públicas na preservação da memória e identidade cultural dos migrantes forçados. Através de um enquadramento teórico construtivista, e de uma metodologia qualitativa, procedeu-se à investigação documental e estudo de caso(s). Destaca-se que, apesar da falta de orientações específicas para as bibliotecas públicas relativamente à temática, e da h...
Visibilidade e impacto de uma biblioteca do ensino superior: o caso da NOVA Med...
Costa, Teresa; Firmino, Pedro; Serra, SofiaA NOVA Medical School Library é uma biblioteca que integra a NOVA Medical School, da Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Portugal. O trabalho desenvolvido por esta biblioteca académica da área da saúde passa, sobretudo, pelo apoio às áreas do ensino e da aprendizagem, da investigação e da prática clínica, em consonância com os objetivos de excelência da instituição de ensino superior a que pertence. Esta investigação ...
Online holistic program to foster health amongst students: a pilot study in a P...
Veiga, Elisa; Duarte, Raquel; Capela, Inês; Pinto, Elisabete; Silva, Margarida; Sá, Cristina; Sá, Luís; Kunz, Sahra; Serra, Sofia; Pereira, HenriqueDuring the COVID-19 pandemic, several preventive mental health interventions took place to increase the psychological well-being of university students due to the high levels of stress, anxiety and negative emotions experienced in that period. This context reinforced the role of universities in supporting students and preventing the mental health risk factors they faced. In this context a multidisciplinary team...
Music performance anxiety inventory for adolescents: psychometric properties of...
Dias, Pedro; Batista, Maria João; Serra, Sofia; Veríssimo, Lurdes; Oliveira-Silva, Patrícia; Coimbra, DanielaThe aim of the current study was to develop the Portuguese version of the Music Performance Anxiety Inventory for Adolescents (MPAI-A) and to examine its psychometric properties with a sample of 161 adolescent music students in Portugal. Participants completed the Portuguese version of the MPAI-A, the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory for Children, and a sociodemographic questionnaire. The MPAI-A psychometric prope...
The impact of visual display of human motion on observers’ perception of music ...
Moura, Nádia; Fonseca, Pedro; Goethel, Márcio; Oliveira-Silva, Patrícia; Vilas-Boas, João Paulo; Serra, SofiaIn investigating the influence of body movement in multimodal perception, human motion displays are frequently used as a means of visual standardization and control of external confounders. However, no principle is established regarding the selection of an adequate display for specific study purposes. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of adopting 4 visual displays (point-light, stick figure, bod...