That Voice : In Search of Ann Drummond-Grant, the Singer Who Shaped My Life
Overview
As an adolescent in Syracuse, New York, Marcia Menter fell in love with the recorded voice of Ann Drummond-Grant, a Scottish contralto who sang with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, the legendary Gilbert and Sullivan troupe. She dreamed of singing with the company, even though it didn't hire Americans--and even though, as she soon found out, Ann Drummond-Grant had died years earlier. But her dream persisted, and for the young music lover, Drummie's glorious voice remained a living presence--a refuge from the race riots and political upheavals of her school years. Menter earned a conservatory degree in singing before finally realizing she was not a performer at heart. She spent decades searching for Ann Drummond-Grant--visiting places she lived and interviewing people who knew her--and putting together the puzzle of her life. This is the story of a singer and her listener--of two separate lives divided by time and geography but connected in unexpected ways.
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Details
- ISBN-13: 9781647426620
- ISBN-10: 1647426626
- Publisher: She Writes Press
- Publish Date: June 2024
- Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.4 x 1 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.55 pounds
- Page Count: 272
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