I’ve always loved to sing. When I was in elementary school, I joined the church choir. I would guess I was the youngest member by at least 30 years. At ...
Emilie Chiasson pretends to sing outside the Sydney Opera House. - ContributedI’ve always loved to sing. When I was in elementary school, I joined the church choir. I would guess I was the youngest member by at least 30 years. At weekly mass, I would belt out the old church hymns.Here’s the thing. I have a loud voice and when I speak , my voice doesn’t sound loud to me.
In Grade 2 and for part of Grade 5, my class was in a room that was formally the library - due to space needs, it was a classroom. The room did not have windows so to let light in, one of the walls only went up three-quarters of the way. During her time with us, we had to rehearse for the Christmas concert. I loved the Christmas concert. I can recall singing with great enthusiasm. I was full of spirit when she pulled me out of the group and got my classmates to sing without me. She then said, “See, that is what it is supposed to sound like. You’re way too loud.
The other people who were working in that room were super quiet and didn’t require talking to anyone externally to do their jobs. I remember when I questioned where I was seated and how it wasn’t a fit for me to be talking while others needed quiet. Our Buddhist CEO told me that people in Japan work in open-concept offices with 80 people in one room whispering on phones. He said it was like the New York Stock Exchange, but quiet.