Biography of Martha Harlam
Born: September 8, 1951 in NYC
Education: 1956 to 1960 Camp Ave. elementary school Merrick NY.
(Sound of Music understudy on Broadway)
Education: 1961 to 1967 Merrick junior high school
Education: 1967 to 1969 Sanford H. Calhoun high school
Marriage February 13, 1971
Hartt college of music – West Hartford Connecticut- 1969 to 1972
Private studies in NYC to prepare for European auditions
Engagements in Europe ( soloist) Ulm, Bremen, Munich, Salzburg, Pforzheim, 1974 – 78
Divorce in 1984 Mineola , NY USA
Engagements in Germany ( chor) Koblenz, Cologne 1984 to 1988
Ataxia diagnosis in 1988 – Opera singing profession ends In Cologne
Disability training for Theater Management In Euskirchen Germany
Ballet school Kall Germany. 1992 to 1997
Hospice charity founder ( Sweet Charity ) 2004 to 2008
Move from Germany to Spain
Ataxia Disability level 1. 1999
Ataxia Disability level 2. 2003
Cancer Breast mastectomy 2007
Ataxia Disability level 3. 2015
Marriage 2# to partner January 2016
Partner declared permanent caretaker by Germany
“The doctors stood around my bed as they gave their diagnosis of the neurological tests. They were all unanimous in their decision. They all said I would need to give up my singing contracts and start to retrain for a new profession. But what that should be, they didn’t say. This was a scary pivotal moment in my life. “
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