Thanks to Krista Stevens for this Challenge👍
“Music is like a dream. One that I cannot hear.”
Ludwig van Beethoven
“My creativity is my power.”
Sally Currie performing as The Dyr Sister
The two quotes above relate to the post you are now about to read. Let me explain a little.
I have four children, the eldest two are still living in England. Sally the eldest is hearing impaired and has been from birth and wears hearing aids in both ears. From an early age she received regular speech therapy as she suffers from high tone deafness, meaning she cannot hear the beginnings and ends of words. I refuse to refer to her as disabled as in my eyes she is not.
By the age of seven and in mainstream education she showed a desire to take music lessons, she auditioned to play the violin and was accepted, much to my surprise. Fast forward through her school years and she diligently studied and passed every single level of music exam available. By then she had moved onto her beloved viola. She joined our hometown Philharmonic Orchestra and travelled with the Youth Orchestra abroad.
Music is her life but she was sensible enough to realise that she needed a career to run alongside her musical interests. She trained hard for seven years and qualified as an accountant which is now her current ‘day’ job. She has always been ambitious and creative but knows that musicians have to work very hard to make a decent living.
Just recently two other talented musicians have joined her and have formed a band. Sally is always composing, writing, singing and performing live concerts usually playing a variety of instruments. She has recently won a commission to write music for a video, has played on the radio and has made several albums. She refers to herself as a contemporary folk artist and I have seen her perform many times. I am super proud of her (as any mother would be) and just like Beethoven, hearing impairment has never held her back in any area of her life.
If you are interested to find out more about her then I have added links below.
The Dyr Sister website https://www.thedyrsister.com/live-videos
This is a link to a little taster of The Dyr Sister music on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/TheDyrSister/videos/603708000384201/
The Dyr Sister interview http://www.soundspheremag.com/spotlight/artist-spotlight-the-dyr-sister/
Sally has come along way and her loss of hearing has for some reason been an asset to her and has never held her back. She will go far whatever she does in her musical future.
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