Summer Watson

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Summer Watson
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Summer Watson is an English soprano opera singer from Oxfordshire.

She currently lives in London, UK

1 Education and career
2 Awards and Distinctions
3 Partial list of recent performances
4 Recordings
5 Other activities
6 Album reviews
7 External links

[edit] Education and career

Summer Watson completed her Postgraduate diploma at the Royal College of Music, London, under Graziella Sciutti and Iris Dell’Accqua.

Summer Watson released a solo album called "Summer" on the Sony Classical label at Abbey Road Studios in 2003. This reached #1 on the US iTunes charts and #2 on the UK classical chart and sold 500,000 copies.

Summer Watson has performed in numerous events worldwide including charity events for the Red Cross.

[edit] 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.

[edit] Partial list of recent performances

Year	Event
2006	RPO 60th Anniversary, Buckingham Palace, London, UK
2006	King Hussain Centre, Aman, Jordan
2005	Launch of inaugural ceremony A1 Grand Prix, Brands Hatch, UK
2004	Christmas Concert with Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Wolfsburg, Germany

[edit] Recordings

Year	Album	Additional information
2004	Colombia Records, for Chris Botti, Solo Album, Cinema in Paradiso, Morricone
2003	Sony Classical - Summer	Debut Album No. 1 iTunes Charts US No. 2 UK classical chart
2001	Hans Christian Anderson Film soundtrack, Hallmark Ltd.
2001	Paul Oakenfold, one track

[edit] 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.