The Fish Needs a Few Good Men

Oh, don't take me wrong.  This flamboyant fish does not want "Men" in a 
relationship sense.  Besides, my faithful plucustomus with me (unwitting 
partner that he is).  What I need is a few good male singers!!! 

Occasionally I swim in the halls of our hallowed University (don't ask me how, 
I just do it) and look into the Great High and Holy Choral Room.  Behold, 
there is a preponderance of females!  Only in the Highest and most trained vocal 
ensemble is there a semblance of balance between the genders. 

Are men of good voice not aware that there is ample work to be had as a vocalist 
in what humans call the "Real World"?  Why do only a few catch the vision of the
grandeur and glory of being a singer.   Since when did Vocal music become the
domain of the female gender?

As I gravel on this subject, my enlightened mind turns toward music programs in the  schools. There is a point at which young men lose their zeal to sing, for they are not nurtured or encouraged to sing, and this occurs during that dangerously tender  time called puberty.  
A young man's larynx grows like an algae bloom in an untended tank!  He will temporarily have a drastically restricted singing range and then the pitch of his voice will lower.  During this time, young men are not encouraged to keep trying to sing and not encouraged that this voice change they are experiencing is merely a sign of impending manhood,  and they should be proud that they are changing (Perish the thought og the consequences  of not experiencing puberty!)   Teachers of voice and  singing should be on the look out for these forming basses, baritones and tenors, and encourage them to persevere through this vocal mutation, for the rewards will be great on the other side of it.