Acts of Surrender 4: Giving Voice to the Past

Like the most recent installment I posted here from Acts of Surrender, my memoir-in-progress, this one takes place during my 10 months in Toronto (1995-96), after my return from Nova Scotia.

When I responded to the ad for my first voice class with voice coach David Smukler, I was still living on Toronto's Thelma Avenue with Fred. I called on it because I thought it was a singing class and I'd always wanted to be able to sing well.

It wasn't a singing class at all. It was a voice class for acto...