"Raise Your Voice" tells the story of Terry Fletcher ( Hilary Duff ), a small town girl with a genius singing song, who pursues her dream. Terry has a good voice since she was a child. She loves singing very much, and her dream is to devote herself to singing career. In the quiet and peaceful town, she took the first step towards her pursuit by becoming the lead singer of the church choir. At this time, her understanding brother also secretly applied for her summer program at the Los Angeles Performing Arts School, which is a collection of elites , and wanted to bring her an unexpected surprise. Who knows, the real accident happened. Just before the application was approved, her brother was killed in a car accident.
Terry's heart was broken, and her brother who had always loved her suddenly left her, and she suddenly seemed to have lost all motivation. But she soon cheered up, because she knew that only by living up to her brother's expectations of her could he truly comfort his spirit in heaven. Regardless of her father's strong opposition, with the secret help of her mother, Terry decided to go to Los Angeles alone to pursue her dream for many years. When I first arrived in a big city, everything was so different from his previous living environment. Terry had to adapt to this new lifestyle and urban rhythm . The story revolves around the troubles caused by her lack of orthodox music education and emotional life in school.
Soon, the end of the semester came. In order to get the annual bonus of 10,000 US dollars , the students were nervously preparing for their final performance. Terry and another student Jie ( Oliver James ) are grouped together, and there are some romantic episodes between them. At the last juncture, can Terry put aside the fear and anxiety lurking in her heart and release her passion for music on the stage where the spotlight is flashing?