When she finally enrolled at California State University at Fullerton, to study with a voice professor, Jane Paul, she arrived at her first lesson hoping to sing an absolutely beautiful aria she had come upon: "Nessun dorma" from Puccini's "Turandot".
Frank Rich of the New York Times was equally impressed, though less convinced that universalism was the note being sounded: "Like other Wilson plays, 'The Piano Lesson' seems to sing even when it is talking.
Early on, her parents signed her up for piano lessons, but she longed to sing.
If he can manage to take a few singing lessons, he can learn to sing some ultrasound tones that are capable of liquefying living tissue or shatter Kryptonite at a distance!
A lesson for crickets wanting to sing like Barry White: chill out.
Mr Mugabe's bully-boys have even marched into schools, interrupted lessons, and ordered young children to sing revolutionary songs instead of reciting their times tables.Meanwhile, Zimbabwe is running out of food.
Unless you have had a few years worth of voice lessons, it really is impossible to sing, not even after alcoholic fortification.
"I tried to give them singing lessons, but they said, 'Do we tell you how to sing?
"So we took her to singing lessons, then to acting lessons, and then got her an agent.
When she was 9, she said, 'Can I go to singing lessons?' And I was like, 'O.K., here we go again, another fad.' " One of the first songs her voice coach had her learn was "Pie Jesu".
