Dr Berenice Beverley Zammit is a Performance Expert, Consultant and Coach, Chartered Psychologist, Researcher, Senior Lecturer and professional Violinist. She is an Associate of the Royal College of Music, London.
Berenice works with various performing artists (in particular musicians, dancers, actors and musical theatre performers) and non-artist performers (including athletes, tv and radio presenters, and public speakers) on mental and physical strategies which optimise performance. These include, but are not exclusive to, pre-performance routines, performance anxiety, visualisation, confidence, motivation, physical activity and exercise, vocal health, and injury prevention especially for orchestral players and conductors.
As a consultant, Berenice works with various performing arts and sports institutions such as the European Union Youth Orchestra (EUYO), One Dance UK, and the Malta Olympic Committee (MOC) providing expert advice and solutions, and delivering in-person, as well as online, talks and workshops on performance enhancement, health and wellbeing. Berenice's work extends to orchestras and smaller ensembles on areas relating to ensemble practice.
Berenice lectures in Performance Science, Dance Science, Performance Psychology and Music Psychology. She also lectures in Performing Arts in Health and Wellbeing, and Performance Education. Her area of expertise is in performance optimisation, encompassing pre-performance routines, mental and physical strategies for performance, and health and wellbeing in the performing arts.
Berenice's research findings have been presented at the ISPS 2023, Warsaw; ISPS 2021, Montreal; KVNM/RMA Postgraduate Symposium 2021, Amsterdam; SMI/ICTM-IE Postgraduate Conference 2021, Limerick; ISPS 2019 in Melbourne. Her publications can be found here.
As a professional freelance violinist Berenice performs with various orchestras and ensembles mainly in the UK and Italy, and is a member of the Malta Philharmonic Orchestra. She is also a violin tutor and is an Royal College of Music verified teacher. Berenice is often commissioned to write for The Strad.
Berenice provides tailored performance coaching to all artist performers and non-artist performers in English, Italian and Maltese.