Getting Over Stage Fright??

Question

I joined Choir at school.... But i have stage fright and we do concerts.... How do i get over stage fright??? HELP!!!

Answer 1

weal im into singing and acting and the best way my teachers tell me is to practice in front of people that will help TRUST ME!

Answer 2

I took a public speaking class and I had a terrible time going in front of an audience and speaking.  The class taught you tricks and tips to overcome that fear.  Staring at the back of the room helps, not looking directly at the people facing you.  Also, curling your toes helps (I know it sounds silly but it does).  If you can find a public speaking/speech class, it will help.  Otherwise, you'll overcome the fear once you develop a little confidence, so give it time.  

Answer 3

concerts are when people come to want to watch you sing. so they expect to be impressed with your work. if you are too scared the odds are you wont perform as best as you could. so try to make the audience crowd look blurry, by slightly crossing your eyes, at the beginning of the song then after about 3 words of singing uncross them and it will be easy.

or-look at someone. pick someone you know well and that who will always like you no matter what (parents) or better yet, concentrate on your chorus director (if there is one in the audience.) my chorus teacher always comes to our concerts so i just watch her while i sing untill i am comfortable singing without looking at her

Answer 4

Pretend it's not real.  Imagine that you're in class daydreaming about doing a concert.  If it doesn't seem real, it won't seem scarey either.

Answer 5

Practice means perfect. It really does.

At first, you can try to adapt with the stage itself.

When no one's there try to stand on the center of the stage looking down on audience seat. While doing this, (if the stage size is considerably big) usually you'll have a little problem breathing because of fascination and initial nervousness of the stage itself. Try to breath normally. Doing this while also concentrates on your sight and consciousness (too concentrated on the breathing itself only would make your mind blank). After that (it might sound stupid) try to talk as if the audience's there; simple lines like "hello!" "how are you today" to let you get used to the feeling of "speaking on the stage". The method to pretend that no one's there just doesn't work. Why? Because by leaving your mind on the idea that "no one's watching me", in the future you'll be having problem when those people are actually interacting with you on stage (yes, there ARE people watching me), thus, surprise you by catching you off guard.

Anyway, if you're getting used to it, now you can start on practicing *in front of the mirror*. Seriously. Me myself... that was one method I found silly which actually saved my life for one of my important presentation on the class. Make funny faces, scold yourself, anything, as long as you're facing yourself (another image of a human being) and try to get used to it; eventually you'll be able to talk to the image of yourself relaxingly.

And finally, PREPARE YOURSELF. No matter how smart you are at a stage, without any preparation or clues of what are you going to do - you are doomed to have a stage fright. Do practice the song you are going to sing prior to the concert. And if you're on choir, well that's less of a problem because a little mistake here and there won't be as obvious than if you're soloing.

Those were some examples on how you face stage fright. I can safely say that almost everyone in this world is a someone who's stage fright in the first place, but are able to practice and overcome those fears and eventually win the audience. The key is to "get used to" and familiar yourself to the ambiance, topic you're gonna talk about / song you're gonna sing and the audiences itself. Not only performing, I believe that even athletes would feel they're having a "field-fright" when they're visiting a new place to have a contest. Or simply a "class-fright" when you're getting into a new class. If you're able to make such analogy about it, you'll arrive at the conclusion that it's just about familiarizing yourself into the surroundings. And by saying all these I must be honest with you; yes, it is not as easy as it sounds. Everything needs a process. Even me, I can't say I had never have a stage fright before. But after awhile I realized that the solution is not by pretending, but by facing the problem right on the center of it.

Hope this helps.

Answer 6

Just pretend that your just practising in your music room

Answer 7

This may sound odd, but don't go on stage as yourself.  Everyone says pretend things about the audience, but really you should pretend you are someone else.  Someone who isn't scared.  Who's cool and calm and collected.  Who likes being on stage.  Who isn't afraid of the audience.  You will still be yourself, just a different part of yourself.  When you practice, practice as this other character.  Close your eyes an imagine the way you want to perform and how you want other people to see you.  Then open your eyes and work it!  Have fun.  Be anyone you want to be.  When you come off stage you are still you.  Slowly, that other "character" will slip away because you wont need it any more.