Accept nervousness as normal. Even experienced performers get nervous. The more you try to control things, the more you will lose control. I always tell my students to allow the energy flow. The adrenaline rush is necessary for optimal performance.

Take a few deep breaths. Then inhale slowly over four counts, hold for four, then exhale 😮💨 slowly for four. Do that twice. Then while continuing to breathe slowly, think about the character who is singing the song. Allow that character to sing and take yourself off the hook🪝. You will do great!

Rather than trying to relax or distract yourself. Use the adrenaline usefully by warming up your physicality. The actual vocal fold are only a small part of the whole system used when singing or acting through song Do something energetic. Go for a brisk walk, go to the gym. As long as you allow yourself time to recover your heart rate. After exercise you will find vocal exercises much easier and more dynamic because the muscles around your lung and core will be warm. You have also used up soem of that extra adrenaline... there by reducing the effects.

One thing I encourage my vocal students to do when they are nervous before an audition is a breathing exercise. The inhale and exhale exercises help relax the muscles in their body.

I always recommend my students start by drinking a glass of water and doing some breathing exercises, as these are very effective in calming the nerves. Follow it up with vocal drills to loosen up the muscles. Remind yourself of the hard work you've put in and know that you’re fully capable and ready to seize this opportunity.

Remember Who You Really Are, and that whatever happens is exactly what you need (not necessarily what you think you want). Some nervousness can sharpen your focus, so it is beneficial. The rest is assumptions about other people, yourself, or the situation, and they’re not real. Your imagination is scaring you, not the people, the situation or anything else. And your imagination is within your power to control.

Seat in front of a mirror and talk to the nervous you, reassure that you will not let anything happen to her/him and take a few deep breaths. Also, It's okay to be nervous, it means you really care and want to do well. Remind yourself that the audience wants you to do well.

Before anything I try to teach them to acknowledge and embrace feeling nervous, is the body getting ready for something big, it's a natural response. Knowing and accepting this is the first step to get the control back. Then breathing exercises involving counting and control of the diaphragm. Counting helps in being present in the moment and can take the head out of the panicking feeling.

Fully concur with breathwork into humming; access the breath by sighing out so that when the next breath drops in the student can connect with where their breath is, get grounded, and move into humming glides. Once they’re on voice - straight to the text!