To: vocalist
Subject: Anxiety before audience?
Date sent: Tue, 07 Dec 1999 12:09:24 CST
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Hello :)
I'm new to this list, and subscribed because as a student of classical voice
I need info and advice...but sometimes I read off-topic discussions to feel
connected to other singers. :-)
I'm a lyrical soprano, 19 years old. I study mostly on my own, but when I
need guidance, my aunt (Svetlana Strezeva;coloratura soprano) gives me
lessons. We have sang two Russian duets together four times now, in nursing
homes, and the first time I was on stage with her, just her voice and mine
and dozens of eyes, I sang with my eyes closed...It felt more comfortable to
stay focused on what I have to do inside! But the last time we sang
together, she insisted that I keep my eyes open and smile, but the problem
is that the minute I see so many people and all looking in our direction, I
get very nervous! Therefore I lose concentration on the position of the
abdomen, chest, and the vocal organs... I feel short of breath, and my voice
sounds as if someone stepped on it...
And another problem about this is that when I feel this "pressure of
audience", it's hard to connect my heart to my voice.

Are there any techniques that can be helpful? I think everyone went through
something similar, and maybe there was a way they found an easy way out from
anxiety to bliss?...




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