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Internalized Ableism in Disabled Students: Strategies for Learning Support
International singer, actor, and disability advocate David Salsbery Fry shares a preview of an article he wrote for the forthcoming textbook Disability and Accessibility in the Voice Studio, edited by Katherine Meizel and Anne Slovin.
Diverse and Inclusive Casting Is an Artistic Breakthrough of Operatic Proportions
David Salsbery Fry addresses the issue of diverse and inclusive casting through both his personal lens and as it has been shaped by history, and touches on two distinct components: one that moves towards greater authenticity and one that moves towards greater representation.
David Salsbery Fry writes a guest post for The Liberated Voice blog that addresses one of the challenges that singers face, “Singers Are Musicians Too!”
Cover story. October 2015 Vol. 28 No. 8
No More Mask: David Salsbery Fry - “What is most remarkable is that Fry has done all of this with a severe disability…”
Internationally acclaimed operatic bass, actor, and advocate David Salsbery Fry joins The Disabled DIvas on this epic special edition episode to discuss his experience as an artist with hemophilia and autism.
This moving episode features a bold, vulnerable, and inspiring conversation with an artist who’s taking up space unapologetically.
An Artist’s Take on Disability Creativity with David Salsbery Fry
22 February 2023
A candid conversation in which David offers his experience and wisdom as a singer with a disability. We approach our discussion through the lens of disability creativity, which views disability as the artist’s greatest asset towards shaping a character and building a career.
How Opera Could Benefit from WandaVision and Other Musings with Scott Wheeler and David Salsbery Fry on the Release of New Opera, Naga
Scott Wheeler composed the music for the opera Naga, setting a libretto by Cerise Lim Jacobs, and David Salsbery Fry sang one of the roles. On the occasion of the release of the recording of Naga by New World Records, Classical Post invited Wheeler and Fry to muse on the opera industry to which they hope to return. Their conversation includes spoilers for WandaVision.
