SINGER’S STORIES

Read the shared experiences of singers who have and are navigating chronic conditions while pursuing the arts. The stories below include students in college, professional, and avocational settings, sharing their preferred singing practice and accommodations, diagnostic journey, and advise for others with shared conditions and the teachers that support them. Each story is categorized with key words that can be searched as filters. If you would like to share your story, click the button below! We would like to thank each and every one of these incredible artists for sharing their journey with us. We hope it helps those that are seeking community and understanding.

Olivia’s Story
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Olivia’s Story

(Excerpt from Stryker, 2024)

I have noticed my vocal range has changed a lot since I got POTS. I’m not sure whether that’s just aging or whether that was a POTS symptom. But I feel like my voice range has shrunk a lot. It’s difficult to sing for extended periods of time now, just because it’s extremely taxing on oxygen supply. And obviously with POTS, the oxygen supply has to go to a million other places.

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