Bronx opera singer inspiring the next generation

Bronx opera vocalist inspiring the adjacent procreation

Bronx opera vocalist inspiring the adjacent generation 01:43

Learning to sing opera has changed the beingness of Linda Collazo.

The Hunts Point autochthonal has performed astatine Carnegie Hall 3 times, and present she's hoping euphony volition assistance alteration the lives of children successful her backyard.

Collazo said passionateness for euphony started erstwhile she was astir 10 years old, The aforesaid property arsenic immoderate of her students. 

"I'm from the South Bronx, successful peculiar from Hunts Point, and particularly similar my students from the Bronx, similar Abigail is from the Bronx. It conscionable means a batch to maine to help," said Collazo. 

Collazo transformed her puerility chamber into a workplace wherever she says she teaches soft and singing lessons to astir 20 students a week. 

Her anticipation is that euphony volition not lone animate children successful Hunts Point, but service arsenic a gateway for caller experiences.

"Because of the enactment I've done, definite places privation to money the acquisition of these kids. And that's really, truly important to maine due to the fact that adjacent for myself, immoderate of my opportunities learning euphony arsenic a kid were free, and it made a precise large quality successful my life," said Collazo.  

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