God First!

  James Hardy started singing at the age of 8 in the church's children's choir and continued singing tenor over the next 7 years in the Youth, Men and Mass choir. At age 13 he was introduced to the world of classical music (mainly Opera) where he listened to the 3 Tenors, using Luciano Pavarotti as his primary vocal inspiration and even gleaned knowledge and experience from his autobiography and music. When he was 15 years old he and his mom briefly attended another ministry where he directed a  small choir for their music department. In the summer of 1998 he attended the Los Angeles Conservatory of Music to study opera and it was there that he met his vocal teacher--who (impressed with his raw talent and potential) spent the next 2 years teaching him the basic foundations and principles of singing correctly. At age 16 he performed in his first musical rendition of the famous Christmas Russian Ballet "The Nutcracker" where he acted and sung the lead rol