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Of course I had heard spirituals, but they had not been presented the way I wanted to sing.

About that time I heard a couple of my classmates at Harrison who were juniors and seniors singing spirituals, and that moved me in a way I could not explain. I had crippling anxiety in front of audiences at that point, and I just had to keep overcoming and keep pressing forward. I just kept taking steps to overcome my shyness. But how does a self-described introvert such as yourself overcome shyness to the point of being able to perform in front of people?Ī.

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I didn't know how or when that was going to happen because as a 14-year-old I had a really tiny voice, kind of brassy, yet I was always a large person, so it was very confusing for me – I didn't know how that was going to happen. I had seen snippets of opera and I had been to classical performances, but I hadn't really been presented with a full length opera live. And when I saw "Carmen" I knew that I was her – I had to be her. In Harrison, we were taken to the opera "Carmen" when I was about 14.