Lavinia Watkins

• Concordia University 1st place Winner 2024
• NATS Nationals Finalist 2024
• IAPMT 2nd place Grand Concours 2023
• SPOTLIGHT - Merit Award Winner 2023
• Opera Focus/Pacific Symphony Encouragement Winner 2023
• IAPMT 3rd place Concours International 2022

Apparently before I could speak I could sing. I sang my first solo at age 5 in front of hundreds of people at The Grove shopping center in West Hollywood. I auditioned and joined the National Children's Chorus at age 6. Over the years I have performed in the most incredible places in the world with them, including the Musikverein in Vienna, Lincoln Center in NYC, Disney Hall in LA, St Stephen's Basilica in Budapest, Suntory Hall in Tokyo and at the DMZ between North and South Korea. in Summer 2023 I performed with OCSA in Ireland; and with NCC in England, Scotland and Wales. I had the privilege of recording a holiday album with NCC at Abbey Road Studios London, available Winter 2023.

I recently moved from LA to Orange County and am a student at he Orange County School of the Arts in the Classical Voice program. I will graduate in 2026.

I study with Dr. Pamela Blackstone, Milena Kitic, Cheryl Lin Fielding and Celena Shafer.