Summer Watson

Official website/strong> (born 14 September 1976) is a British operatic soprano.Watson was raised in East Sussex and Oxfordshire as her parents' only child. She began to play the recorder at the age of four, and continued with the flute and the piano later on.  She was also singing hymns from an early age, and took part in local music competitions throughout her childhood. At the age of nine, Watson began to learn the art of singing with the help of her music teacher, who happened to be a singer.At the age of ten, Watson travelled to Martinique, an island in the eastern Caribbean Sea, as an exchange student, living with a family she had never met before for the express purpose of learning French. She returned home after two months fluent in the language.Watson scored well in sports, music and languages at school, and went horseback riding in her spare time. While attending Didcot Girls' School in Oxfordshire, Watson vacillated between pursuing French or music, but by the age of 16, she had decided to pursue a career in music.In her final year at the Royal College of Music, Watson organized a debut concert, which attracted HRH Duke and Duchess of York as well as Elle MacPherson, George Michael and others.Described as "a classically trained vocalist whose rich, sumptuous voice can soar effortlessly over music written by some of the world's all time greatest composers",  Watson has since performed in various public and private events in Europe, Asia and the USA, working with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in a number of concerts, including at Cadogan Hall. She has also been a regular performer in the Royal Households of the United Kingdom, most markedly with her performance to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra at Buckingham Palace.Over the years, Watson has also sang in various benefit concerts. She has performed for Children in Crisis,  British Red Cross  and The Head & Neck Cancer Research Trust of The Royal Marsden Hospital^[10] in London, where she also sang for the Indian charity of Magic Bus in a Gala Dinner attended by Elizabeth Hurley among others at the Park Lane Hotel. In addition, Watson has also performed on behalf of a Sir Winston Churchill charity at Blenheim Palace in England and for the Anti-Human Trafficking Campaign for the United Nations at Hofburg Imperial Palace in Austria. Watson has also worked for AdoptSriLanka.com to help re-build the community of Sri Lanka after the destruction of the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami.In 2008, Watson performed in the Bonachela Dance Company production Square Map of Q4 at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, singing music created by Marius de Vries (producer of the film Moulin Rouge! and performers such as Madonna and Bjork). Later that same year, Watson completed a UK tour of arenas in Birmingham, London, Manchester, Sheffield, Belfast and Dublin. She sang as the lead performer with Young Voices to sold out arenas of up to 19,000 people, including The 02 and the Royal Albert Hall. Watson also opened up the Julia Clancey fashion show at Smashbox Studios during the 2008 Los Angeles Fashion Week, singing Mal di Luna, a vocal arrangement of Moonight Sonata by Ludwig van Beethoven. In 2009, Watson performed as a soloist with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra at Priory Park, Southend-on-Sea, England, as part of the annual benefit concert series, Concerts in the Park, organized by the Rotary Club of Rayleigh Mill. Watson also performed with The Celtic Tenors in Los Angeles, and the RDS Concert Hall in Dublin, Ireland.As of 2010, Watson has been spending time in Los Angeles, where she has recorded for DreamWorks films. She also sang at The 2010 Genlux Britweek Designer of the Year Award and Fashion Show, honouring the British designer Matthew Williamson. In December 2010, Watson travelled to Iceland, exploring the country and performing in a major Christmas concert in Reykjavik, headling the concert with Paul Potts and Alexander Rybak. 

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