And woven into the fabric of this harsh existence was music.
And woven into the fabric of this harsh existence was music.
I still have singing lessons every week twice weekly with the same singing teacher I had at the Royal Academy of Music.
As far as I was concerned the important thing was that the music was getting the attention as well as me so it was always a great way to get more of the public to connect with classical music, and opera particularly.
I saw The Sound of Music when I was 10 and thought that it was the most beautiful singing I had ever heard.
That was when I realised that music is the most profound, magical form of communication there is.
Just walking along Shaftesbury Avenue gave me such a buzz - it still does - and communicating with an audience through music is still the biggest thrill in the world.
Music is there to access those dark emotional corners that we don't normally get too close to.
It was really lovely to find another way to express music. I found that singing and dancing have such a lot in common.
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