Singing Towards the Future The Story of Portia White

Name: Singing Towards the Future The Story of Portia White
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ISBN: 9781894917551

ISBN-10: 1894917553

ISBN-13: 9781894917551

Edition: 2nd 2007

Authors: Lian Goodall

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Portia White, born in 1911, had a dream: to sing on stage. Even as a little girl in Halifax, Nova Scotia, she could imagine an audience before her, clapping as she took her bow. But how could a poor girl growing up in a family with ten siblings make that dream come true? At that time, there were few opera roles available for black singers. To become a recital singer, she would have to go to Europe to study. How could she ever afford that? But Portia was not only a talented contralto, she was determined. With the support of her family and community, she eventually climbed onto stages across Canada, the United States, and Central and South America in the late 1930s and early 1940s. She…

Book details

List price: $18.99
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Dundurn Press
Publication date: 10/1/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 72
Size: 8.25" wide x 9.50" long x 0.44" tall
Weight: 0.440
Language: English

lian goodall began reviewing Canadian childrenA s books in the 1980s and currently has a regular column in the Guelph Mercury and St. Catharines Standard. Her first published book was Diego Maradona. Her second was William Lyon Mackenzie King. She lives in Ottawa, Ontario.