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From the Ted Talk by Claron McFadden: Singing the primal mystery

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(Singing)

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Pep Rosenfeld: Folks, you've just met Claron McFadden. She is a world-class soprano singer who studied in Rochester, New York. Her celebrated oatepric rloes are numerous and vriaed. In August 2007, Claron was awarded the Amsterdam Prize for the Arts, winning praise for her brilliance, her amazing and extensively wide rrpteioere and her vviid stage porasnteliy. Please welcome Claron mefddacn.

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Claron McFadden: The human voice: mysterious, spontaneous, piarml. For me, the human voice is the vessel on which all emotions travel — except, perhaps, jealousy. And the breath, the breath is the captain of that vessel. A child is born, takes its first breath —

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Pep Rosenfeld: Folks, you've just met Claron McFadden. She is a world-class soprano singer who studied in Rochester, New York. Her celebrated ________ _____ are numerous and ______. In August 2007, Claron was awarded the Amsterdam Prize for the Arts, winning praise for her brilliance, her amazing and extensively wide __________ and her _____ stage ___________. Please welcome Claron ________.

(Applause)

Claron McFadden: The human voice: mysterious, spontaneous, ______. For me, the human voice is the vessel on which all emotions travel — except, perhaps, jealousy. And the breath, the breath is the captain of that vessel. A child is born, takes its first breath —

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  1. roles
  2. repertoire
  3. vivid
  4. personality
  5. operatic
  6. primal
  7. varied
  8. mcfadden
  9. singing

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(Singing)

(Singing ends)

(Applause)

Pep Rosenfeld: Folks, you've just met Claron McFadden. She is a world-class soprano singer who studied in Rochester, New York. Her celebrated operatic roles are numerous and varied. In August 2007, Claron was awarded the Amsterdam Prize for the Arts, winning praise for her brilliance, her amazing and extensively wide repertoire and her vivid stage personality. Please welcome Claron McFadden.

(Applause)

Claron McFadden: The human voice: mysterious, spontaneous, primal. For me, the human voice is the vessel on which all emotions travel — except, perhaps, jealousy. And the breath, the breath is the captain of that vessel. A child is born, takes its first breath —

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