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Aug 31
28m 26s

From Banking to Broadway with Norman Cal...

Claire Waite Brown
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A conservative New York mortgage banker turns his hand to performing cabaret solos and tap-dancing in Manhattan's Times Square. In this episode, Norman Calvo shares how a devastating childhood choir audition silenced his voice for decades, and how an unexpected encounter with an opera singer client in his 60s allowed him to find his voice once more. We expl ... Show More
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