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.
Rebecca’s Story
(Excerpt from Stryker, 2024)
I often feel like I’m in this strange middle-ground of not really knowing where I fit, and not knowing if I’m able to claim that identity and it not hinder my jobs. I would love to talk about all of this stuff more online, but I worry that people would find it and not give me a job because of it. So, it’s that thing of wanting to claim it, wanting to speak about it, but also having to think, “Is it going to screw me over in the future?”