Navigating Audition Anxiety

Believe, Breathe, Perform

In-person session: Saturday, Dec 7, 2024 3-5:30

Virtual: Thursday, Monday, Dec 9, 2024 6-8:30 (EST) 

Let’s dive into your story.

You are a smart, hardworking opera or musical theatre singer who has done a ton of excellent preparation for your audition: character work, objectives and obstacles, translations, IPA, countless repetitions.

But somehow, you step into the audition room and you can’t get a breath, your mind races, your knees shake, and your mind races with everything BUT what you need to be doing

So you tried a BUNCH of performance anxiety strategies like these: ate a bundle of bananas for their natural beta-blocker properties; swallowed actual beta-blockers, told yourself to “just get into the character more” and “tell THEIR story” (I mean, you are an actor, right?); told yourself to “just look at it like it’s a performance”

And my favorite: crossed your fingers and pray to the Voice Gods that you’ll have a Great Voice Day.

You are ready to make LASTING, reasonable solutions.

You deserve to show up and sing as yourself.

You deserve to show up with CONFIDENCE and RESILIENCE.

JOIN US FOR

NAVIGATING AUDITION ANXIETY

BELIEVE, BREATHE, PERFORM

Integral Voice Works moves singers to be more confident, curious, and resilient using a powerful blend of voice science, pedagogy, mindfulness, and contemplative education. 

We’ll help you find LASTING strategies to show up as YOURSELF to your auditions.  To sing your pants off (not literally, of course) and feel good about what you’ve done.  To allow all your hard work to shine through your voice.  

What Does Class Look Like?

  • Short centering mediation that has been cultivated for singers to help calm anxiety

  • Group discussion of anxiety and worry as seen in art

  • Why might this anxiety be happening?? Why you are not alone and there is nothing wrong with you.

  • Explore 3 primary ways you can start to build your audition toolbox in your daily practice

  • PERFORM and PRACTICE the concepts together, so you can confidently implement them on your own

  • Playback of virtual session for 60 days

  • mp3 recording of meditation to use on your own

Forget about crossing your fingers, turning around three times while you recite an incantation to the Audition Goddess. 

We’ll help you find LASTING strategies to show up as YOURSELF to your auditions.  To sing your pants off (not literally, of course) and feel good about what you’ve done.  To allow all your hard work to shine through your voice.