On the eve of her workshop, soprano Patricia Rozario tells Yolande D'mello about growing up in a Catholic neighbourhood in Santacruz and teaching at the Royal College of Music in London

Royal College of Music (London) faculty, soprano Patricia Rozario's singing career actually started at age six, when she first brought the house down singing with the church choir. In Mumbai to see amateur and professional singers through a six-day voice training workshop at NCPA, Nariman Point, Rozario talks opera singing and reminisces about growing up in Mumbai.

When did you start taking an active interest in music?
I come from a house where music was always playing. My mum played the piano and everyone sang. So, I guess I began singing at age six. In my neighbourhood in Santacruz, we participated in parish competitions at Sacred Heart Church. That was when I first started singing in front of people on a big stage. Later, my parents realised I was gifted and enrolled me with a singing tutor, Baickoo Mehta, who was trained under an Italian singer. When I was 23, I went to London to study music at the Guildhall School of Music.