- Summer Watson
Summer Watson is an English
soprano opera singer fromOxfordshire .She currently lives in London, UK
Education and career
Summer Watson completed her Postgraduate diploma at the
Royal College of Music , London, underGraziella Sciutti and Iris Dell’Accqua.Summer Watson released a solo album called "" on the Sony Classical label at
Abbey Road Studios in 2003. This reached #1 on the US iTunes charts and #2 on theUK classical chart and sold 500,000 copies.Summer Watson has performed in numerous events worldwide including charity events for the Red Cross.
Awards and Distinctions
In 1999 Summer Watson was second place in the Llangollen International Singer of the Year competition. In the same year she was awarded the Countess of Munster scholarship to the
Royal College of Music .Summer Watson was awarded the Anne Driver Award in July 2000 & 1999, the Michael James Trust Award July 2000 & 1999 and the Countess of Munster Award July 1999.
Summer Watson has been nominated as the Ambassador for Magic Bus, a charity involved in getting Indian children off of the street. She has also been nominated the Ambassador of AdoptSriLanka.Com which works to re-build the communities of Sri Lanka after the destruction of the Tsunami.
Partial list of recent performances
Recordings
Other activities
Summer Watson is also an environmental activist and adventurer. In January 2006 she was on the winning Elephant Polo team in Galle, Sri Lanka. In September 2006 she finished the Final Ascent (4,808 meters) of Mont Blanc in France in 3 hours and 15 minutes.
Album reviews
* http://www.oakparkjournal.com/books-music-reviews/2003/Summer-soprano-opera-2003.html
* http://www.musicaldiscoveries.com/digest/digest.php?a=viewr&id=390External links
* [http://summer-sings.com/ Summer Watson website]
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