Rue Duffy - Hard to Believe That Voice is Only 13
Monday, September 11, 2023 at 2:38PM
By Claudia Kittock
Rue Duffy is 13 years old. Why does that matter? When you hear her sing you won’t believe she is only 13 years old. This young woman has a voice that sounds far older than her short life. She is incredibly talented and a recipient of Be That Neighbor's Sallie Steele Birdsong Scholarship.
Rue can never remember a time in her life when there wasn’t music. She loved to sing with her Dad when she was 2 years old as he played his guitar. Rue started studying with J.D. Steele when she was 6 years old. She heard about him from the stylist who was cutting her hair, and when they met, J.D. heard the potential in her voice and in her personality.
Rue hears music wherever she goes, even when you and I can’t hear it. It is inside her and even though that music may not always come with words, it is there and it is real. When you hear her sing, you can imagine the music inside of her.
She loves virtually every genre of music, and has recently become interested in scat singing. In Rue’s words, “It shows off the singer and what the singer can do with just notes.”
Music is Rue’s dream and she hopes to become a performer. She would love to go to a performing arts high school, followed by attending a college where she could major in voice.
