Credentials

Welcome

“Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything.” -Plato

A little about me

Mezzo-Soprano Tracy Watson is a

certified Singing Voice Specialist and a

prolific performer know for the depth

and beauty of her voice, as well as her

interpretive skills. Praised for her

versatility, Ms. Watson is equally at

home on the opera and concert stage.

She began her career in Chicago as a

member of the prestigious Lyric Opera

Center for American Artists after

earning her Master of Music degree

from Northwestern University and a

Bachelor of Arts from Mount Holyoke

College. Her career took her to

Germany where, at her first house

audition, she was immediately

engaged to sing the role of Dorabella

in Mozart's Cosi fan tutte by the

Staedtische Buehnen Dortmund. This

led to her first Niklaus in Offenbach's

Les Contes d'Hoffmann. While living in

Europe, she was fest at the Theater

Oberhausen, where she sang such

diverse roles as ...

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2 years in the German opera theater

system

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Was a member of the Lyric Opera Center

for American Artists

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Concert performances with Bach Society

of St. Louis, Grant Park Music Festival,

Music of the Baroque, Richmond, South

Bend, Flagstaff, San Antonio symphonies

and more

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7 appearances at Carnegie Hall.

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18 years of university teaching experience.

Currently Assistant Professor of Voice at

Central Michigan University. Have been on

the faculty of Loyola, Northwestern and

Roosevelt Universities

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10 years teaching at Northwestern

University's National High School Music

Institute.