Lavinia Watkins

• OCSA CV 'Spirit of OCSA' top prize winner for '23-'24 school year
• Vocal Arts Mgmt Competition Honorable Mention 2024
• Young Vocalists Online Competition Honorable Mention 2024
• International Grande Music Competition Honorable Mention 2024
• Solo at Carnegie Hall, Stern Hall with National Children's Chorus 5/24
• Cast in LA Opera's 'Noah's Flood' 2024
• 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 and Carnegie Hall 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 across Ireland; and with the NCC across the UK. I had the privilege of recording a holiday album (Illumine) with NCC at Abbey Road Studios London, accompanied by the LSO. I have a solo on "I Saw Three Ships." Upon release it quickly climbed to number 3 on the Billboard classical chart and has over 500k streams.

In summer 2024, I studied at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music.

In 2020, I moved from LA to Orange County and am currently a student at the Orange County School of the Arts in the Classical Voice program. I will graduate in 2026.

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