When I first decided that I wanted to pursue a career as a professional singer, it never occurred to me that being born without my right hand would ever be an issue. To some extent, it never really has been. Yet, in other ways, it has played a significant role in shaping the artist that I have become today. I remember the first conversation that I ever had about performing with a prosthesis was during the summer while at my first apprentice program. At that time the artistic director mentioned that it could be a factor at some point that people might have an issue with, but then jokingly said, “only until you get famous enough to when they won’t care anymore”.
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