Hello, I’m excited to be a part of this group of people who love French, French culture, history, food and much more. I retired from my professional work as a singing teacher and voice therapist 11 years ago. My life is filled with friends, family and activities I enjoy. This includes (but is not limited to) studying French, travel (to France and other places in the world), reading, exercising (including walking and light hiking), meditation (when I’m disciplined enough to do it), attending concerts (mostly classical music) and operas (at the movies), going to museums, visiting with friends and family, etc.
I was a classically trained singer who performed many times a year in recitals, oratorio and secular works of chamber music and more. A viral injury caused damage to my vocal fold nerves, which meant I could no longer sing. That was several decades ago.
What does this have to do with France, you ask? Well, I have missed having music at the center of my life. I studied flute for a while and even tried the French horn, but I am not an instrumental musician. When I started studying French a few years ago, I found that the resonance of the language, the attention to details (of grammar, pronunciation, accent marks, etc.) filled that loss of music in a way that was unexpected. Since I started studying French, I have become more and more interested in the French language and literature, French culture and France. I’ve been to France once a year over the last 4 years to study French and to travel and as I become more immersed in French, I’ve also become interested in spending more time there.
