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How To Build Confidence? (Singing Teachers)
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Yes Monika! Totally agree with physical warm-ups as well as vocal.
One thing that I’ve found works really well with my students is setting them the challenge of performing in front of a family member/house mate at home. Even if it’s through the door! By eliminating the idea of “oooh, what if someones listening, what if someones judging, what if what if what if” and actually performing with the attitude of “I can” gets rid of any of their nerves about singing or even just being loud in someone else’s company. They can perform warm-ups or songs as long as someone other than me (the teacher) hears/sees/knows that they are learning to sing.
I hope that makes sense.
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I agree Lily – this is one of the reasons I have my lessons back to back. The students can meet each other and also hear each other. Most of them don’t mind and it makes them more used to being heard and less shy of it!
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Wow, great idea Lily!
It reminds me of a student that came in recently and she won’t be able to make the next recital, so we were trying to think of a good performance goal for her (she gets very nervous), and she came up with the idea of using Snapchat! I’ve never used snapchat but apparently you can take a photo or video of just about anything, and it goes up on your snap chat and stays there for 24 hours. So she felt it could be a good way to let her friends know that she’s a singer and to do a few seconds of singing for them (a mini performance), with the knowledge that if she got embarrassed about it, it would be taken down in 24 hours anyway, never to be seen again. A nifty idea!
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Awesome ideas guys! One more thing I have recently started doing is encouraging my students to set themselves a goal to perform at an open mic a few weeks / months down the line. A clear objective of a live performance at a certain point in time gives them purpose, and most importantly motivation to practise, which seems to be a pretty rare occurrence indeed!
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The snapchat idea is excellent! I also find that getting them used to the idea of making silly noises early on is really helpful, as so often in singing you’re trying to make a “nice” sound, which can actually be quite restricting!
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