Hybrid doesn't mean that you need to give up on the idea performing with a large group, it just pushes you to perform with them on another level.

Hybrid is the rock concert to lectures Mozart recital. Why do people like to sing out loud at rock concerts? Didn't they pay good money to hear a vocoder and a bunch of samples? Singing along and being there are a part of the experience, which exists in any number of dimensions beyond auditory and visual stimulation. The physical and emotional levels created through interacting with the other students doesn't need to feel like sitting quietly in the concert hall waiting for the second violins to do some of that classical music stuff, like playing figures, etc. Now does this mean that you need to start a chemistry mosh pit? No. That doesn't sound safe: even in a class without bunsen burners. A great performer can integrate audience feedback and be even greater.

Shifting the limelight from person to person only pumps up the classroom drama, which will make your solos as the lecturer even more compelling.