Glow: Stepping outside my comfort zone

If we're friends, then you probably know I hate singing in front of other people by myself. I'm extremely self conscious about my voice and will only sing alone when a) I'm in the shower (if no one else is around), b) in the car with the radio blasting, and c) when I'm home alone. I do love singing in choir though. There's nothing quite like singing with a group of people to create a piece of music that has the power to make people cry. I love it. And I've missed singing in a choral group. I haven't been in choir since high school but in October I stumbled upon an opportunity to be apart of a virtual choir. 

Eric Whitacre created a song called Glow for Disney's World of Color, an evening show at California Adventures. The song will be a part of the new winter version for the 2013 holiday season. Can you imagine my excitement?! This was an opportunity for me to be a part of a Disney production - AHHHHHHHHHHH!!!  :)  So excited. 

However, to participate in the virtual choir I would have to audition by submitting an accapella video of the alto part. Oh geez. I had one week to memorize the song, assemble a black background, and get over my nerves/fear of singing alone. But I managed to do it. For about 72 hours straight I listened to the alto part of the song - and drove Matt nuts I'm sure, to memorize my part. I threw together a makeshift black background made out of ikea chairs, a bag of toilet paper and some tomato soup containers (I wish I had taken a photo). And I recorded a video... several videos, managed to pick one and submitted it. 

I found out this morning that my video was not selected as part of the World of Color show which premiered last night. And, I'm not really upset about it. I'm bummed I didn't make the cut, but I've finally realized that my voice is not a defining quality of who I am as a person. Singing is just one aspect of me, not the aspect. Upon submission, I have not regretted my decision once to participate. It was a great experience for me to step outside my comfort zone and try something new. 

Here's a link to the Glow virtual choir of all the singers who submitted auditions, all 1474 of them. I'm not sure how long Disney will keep the recording up, so listen to it soon! 

http://worldofcolorhonorchoir.com/