Get To Know Nathan
"Listening to opera obsessively revived my passion for singing, and I enrolled in lessons at The Brooklyn Conservatory where I studied with the wonderful mezzo-soprano Emily Howard. Emily groomed me for my first recital which I recall approaching as if I were walking to the guillotine. To my surprise, when I opened my mouth, a big bellowing voice came out, and the audience applauded approvingly."
- Nathan Benjamin Guc
With a Name Like Guc
I grew up without much luck
For I was born with the last name Guc
And struggled all my early life
With thoughts of who would be my wife
And change her name from something normal
To something that is so informal
And folks with names like Smith and Jones
Were always out to break my bones
You're name they say can rhymes with suck
And suck and schmuck and hockey puck
And what of all the younger folk
Who'd like to make some ugly joke
Your name they say can rhyme with suck
And suck and schmuck and hockey puck
But I will get them back someday
And maybe I will hear them say
Hey that guy Guc was not so bad
It's just his name that drove him mad.
- by Nathan Benjamin Guc
