No don’t worry. This reminds me of my freshmen year, i took choir because i was shy around people and wasn’t so good in crowds. But when the test came to do the do,re,mi, etc. i was pretty nervous, espeacially since we had to use the piano as well. so you can imagine how difficult that was. but we didnt sing in front of the class, she would call us up one by one but the whole class wasnt paying attention they were either doing class work or talking to their friends and stuff, so no one really noticed you singing. And if your teacher is really nice and understanding I’m sure she’ll help you out and try again. So i would definitly go for it. I mean its not that embrassing. do re mi fe do …la…? lol. i forgot the rest. its been a while. but trust just go for it, it’s possible that the test it worth a lot of points and it could affect your grade.

I had to do this a number of times in various choruses and hated it every time. I’m guessing your choir teacher doesn’t want to give you a private voice placement/audition because it will take extra time and is generally annoying, but this teacher needs to know how much it upsets you. I’m an English teacher, and I require presentations every so often and deal with this type of nervous stuff all the time. I’ve always found that students who would sooner cry than get up in front of people are not going to benefit from being forced to do it. Of course it’s important for you to be able to get yourself together and find a way to handle your nervousness in a productive way, but being forced by someone else probably won’t help. I would try to talk to your teacher before class and say something like, “I understand why you want all of us to sing today and I’m really excited about being in this group, but I need you to know how upset and nervous I get when I have to be by myself in front of a crowd like this. I know the test is required, and I would be fine doing it after school, but I’m asking you to let me do this at some other time, it’s really important to me.” The teacher still may not budge, for valid or stupid reasons alike, and you may just have to suck it up, but hopefully the teacher will be able to see that there is no benefit to getting you all worked up about this. Your nervous singing voice won’t be accurate anyway! I hope this helps.

I’ve heard that this a very common thing…my sister is just now doing choir, and has had to do this. I think that taking a few deep breaths probably helps, but do you enjoy singing with the group? Is it just that it is in front of everyone? Maybe you could ask your teacher about either doing in privately with her, or doing it with a friend. I wouldn’t guarentee that it will work, but it doesn’t hurt to try. Good luck, and remember this is just to put you in the area that you should be!

well i was in the same situation as you when i was in highschool — i would do whatever i could in my power to get out of having to give a presentation in class and so forth — if its really that bad then don’t go to school, HOWEVER if you’ll just have to do it the next day, then your pretty much stuck, you could suck it up and do it….or just explain to your teacher before class that you will not be singing infront of the group if asked and are fine with whatever mark is given, good luck

Just tell her you are really nervous before class and ask her if you can just sing to her.

I refused to let my german teacher record my voice, which is how she graded us. I don’t know why, but that bothered me, so she let me wait until the end of class and just recite this poem to her.

The best thing you can do is just take a deep breath and do it you will be fine, it will be over beore you know it x

omg i am so sorry, do you think your mom would let you stay home or sumthin or check you out… idk if your teacher would let you slide through it though…i’m the same way i would never do that..i’m sry but thats all i got =/