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Wicked audition
In choir, we're singing the song "For Good" from the musical Wicked, if you know it. We had an audition for the solo at the beginning ("I've heard it said that people come into our lives.....but I know I'm who I am today because I knew you"). I had practiced singing it in a head voice. But I forgot that if I sing longer than 45 minutes, I can't sing any lower than the E above Middle C in a head voice. The director, suprisingly, called on me first, and I remembered that it had been 2 hours, and I definitely couldn't sing the low B in a head voice. So I had to sing it in a chest voice. In front of the whole chorus. Being a soprano, I have barely any experience singing in a chest voice. Nobody has ever heard my voice alone except for the director, so I was scared shitless. I was shaking all over the place, and I sang horribly. It was just awful. The director was totally suprised, since she knows about my stage fright woes. And the other girls did much better than me. The director knows I'm a good singer, but my audition was ghastly.
I'm sooo embarassed. What do you guys think of this situation?
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Ok, I'm in a local girl choir that tours places like Hawaii & such & during our recent spring semester, we sand the song For Good. I didn't audition for the solo at the beginning, but a lot of the girls I'm good friends with in girl choir did. Personally, the solo at the beginning doesn't have a big range & I'm pretty sure (if I remember right) the lowest it goes is a B flat below middle C. If you have to sing in chest voice for a note that low & you're a Soprano, that's completely normal, since you're used to singing higher pitches.
As for singing in front of groups, I'm just like you. I get really nervous. I can sing in front of people I know well (friends & family) fine. But auditions and such, I shake. I'm working on improving this, but what I'm doing is just singing with/for my friends, & just practicing my singing in general. If you know you can sing good, then you will. Believe in yourself. =)
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If she knows your a good singer, tell her the situation and ask her for another audition. Even if it may not seem really fair, you can always ask. Or say "I know this may seem wrong, but may I audition again, and explain why" Hope I helped
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HAH, in my school, we played wicked for band!! lol. but its ok to do bad every once in awhile. and if the director knew you had a great voice, then thats all that matters. and who cares what everyone else thinks. you are who you are
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Every good singer has their bad days. The fact that you even TRIED singing in a chest voice as a soprano earns u major props from me. I`m a soprano... and a DAMN good singer... and even I cant tell you the names of notes i sing. But I`m still good... whoever taught you was good.
Try singing without worrying what notes your hitting. It`s ok if your a little off every once in a while, sometimes when your singing its good to let the director know that you can mix it up a little bit. You never know, your ad lib on the notes might make you stand out a whole lot more.
I get reeeally embarrassed singing in front of others, but you KNOW you sing good... when you get up there to sing make sure you show them how good you are. They`re your peers... and a lot of them are just as nervous as yoo are whether they wanna admit it or not
Re Re <3
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take this as a learning point. practice in front of friends or family until ur stage fright is gone and about the embarrassment part do be embarrassed b/c some people (probably) did worse than you so just think at least u werent the worst my advice sucks ass so i hope i helped
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same thing happened with me when I was auditioning for a solo, but I'm an alto. There were 19 other girls auditioning for the solo in front of everyone so we were pretty nervous. I knew that most of the girls did better than I did. Since my director knew how I sang, that I was nervous, and that I had been practicing the part she gave me the solo and told me to work on my stage fright. She said she knew I would do much better on stage night and was a little surprised that I didn't do so hot. SO I think you are going to be fine and if your director knows how you sound she will take that into consideration when she is choosing who should sing the part. Don't sweat it, if you don't get THAT solo I'm sure there are others to come.
(key to getting over stage fright, imagine you're by yourself and nobody can hear you but you and the director and don't tense up!)
Good luck!!
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