Keanon Kyles
Sergio A. Mims alerts us to this story on ABC7Chicago.com:
CHICAGO (WLS) --
We've all heard of starving artists - those talented people who work
many jobs to support their dreams. One of those artists works right
here at ABC7, but Keanon Kyles also sings a much different tune.
Kyles
says he doesn't mind the word "janitor" because that's what he does
five nights a week here at Channel 7. But this is just a small part of
this 27-year-old Chicagoan's life. He is, more than anything, an opera
singer.
"I have three jobs. I'm a vocal coach. I'm a maintenance
man at ABC News. I also do visual merchandising for a department store.
And I sing opera on the side," Kyles said.
He teaches voice at
the Fine Arts Building on S. Michigan Ave. That and his two other jobs
add up to 90 hours a week - and then he has to practice his opera.
"It's
a lot of sleepless nights and a lot of long days but it all pays off
with the music because you get to do what you love: music," Kyles said.
He
has already met with considerable success. Last year, he performed in
Italy and this summer, he goes to Glasgow, Scotland for one of the lead
roles in "La Boheme".
But until there's opera career success, life is a tight squeeze and mopping floors is part of getting there.
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