Singer James Holt, who is deaf, recently performed at the Royal Albert Hall as part of the Youth Proms.
The video of him performing has now been uploaded to YouTube, and is captioned. Take a look below.
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Linda Richards
January 24, 2016
Very lovely.
Very reminiscent of Don McLean (in both looks and sound).
Linda Richards
January 24, 2016
Very lovely.
Very reminiscent of Don McLean (in both singing and looks.)
James Holt
January 24, 2016
Thanks for posting, I’d like someone to do a sign video of this if anyone is interested 🙂
pennybsl
January 24, 2016
Inspiring for Young Deaf people with similar ambitions.
We’d love the Limping, hopping (to the music) Chicken to interview him……please?
Hartmut
January 24, 2016
My hearing wife said, he is pretty good. His voice and pronouncing words do give away as being late deafened who uses vocal muscle memory to produce the desired pitches.
Mark Holt
January 25, 2016
Thanks for your kind comments, My son James has been bilaterally hearing impaired since birth. However he wears Starkey state of the art hearing aids in both ears. He is a very accomplished musician, he has 4 grade 8’s, a 1st in music composition and is currently studying for his masters. We are very proud of him. It was fabulous to see him play at the Royal Albert Hall.
Mandy Ellison
January 28, 2016
Hello James, well what a surprise to see/hear this. So pleased to see you performing so well and at such a prestigious venue! What a lovely rendition of the song, both words and music. I hope your career is taking off and you are well and happy. Have you forwarded your music tutors the link, I’m sure they would love to hear from you. Best wishes Mandy