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Youth Music Competitions as Pedagogical Platforms: Educational and Artistic Impacts on Confidence Development

Authors
Peiwen Su1, *
1California Youth Music Competition (CYMC), Claremont, USA
*Corresponding author. Email: peggysuviolin@gmail.com
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Peiwen Su
Available Online 15 February 2026.
DOI
10.2991/978-94-6463-988-9_47How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Youth music competitions; music education; performance confidence; artistic identity formation; arts-based pedagogy; self-regulated learning; performance anxiety; adjudicator feedback; expressive development; youth artistic growth
Abstract

Youth music competitions—traditionally viewed as evaluative and high‑pressure events—can function as robust educational platforms when framed through the lens of arts education and developmental psychology. This paper examines how competition structures, staged performance opportunities, and artistic feedback contribute to confidence development and expressive growth in young musicians. By integrating research in music education, performance psychology, and arts‑based pedagogy, the study proposes a refined conceptual framework explaining how competitions support emotional resilience, artistic identity formation, and performance readiness. Findings highlight the potential of youth competitions to transcend ranking and serve as meaningful artistic learning experiences when appropriately guided by educators.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2025 5th International Conference on Education, Language and Art (ICELA 2025)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
15 February 2026
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978-94-6463-988-9
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2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/978-94-6463-988-9_47How to use a DOI?
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© 2026 The Author(s)
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Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits any noncommercial use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made.

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