International Singing Star Marjory Watson to Headline Community Carol Concert
Marjory Watson
The Salvation Army in Ayr is delighted to welcome back Marjory Watson as our guest vocal soloist for our 2010 Ayr Community Carol Concert on 12th December at 7.30pm to be held in Castlehill Parish Church. See the details here.
Marjory returned to Scotland last year after working in Los Angeles. Before that she worked as a freelance singer in London. She has appeared as a soloist in many of the country’s best concert venues including The Festival Theatre, Edinburgh, The Cadogan Hall, London, Bridgewater Hall, Manchester and The Royal Albert Hall, London. Internationally, she has performed in the Muziekcentrum Vredenburg, Utrecht and the Cerritos Performing Arts Centre, LA. On television, she appeared as a soloist on BBC1’s Heaven and Earth Show. She is a regular soloist with The All Souls Orchestra (Langham Place, London) and was guest soloist for their Scottish tour.
Marjory is an experienced recording artist and has recorded for many different groups and albums (including Simon Beck’s solo album to be released soon). She released her first solo CD, The Spark of Creation in 2004. She can also be heard as a singing dolphin on the soundtrack of the motion picture The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (2005).
In 2006, Marjory made a successful debut at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe performing her own one-woman show, The Circle of Life.
Theatre credits include: Johanna in Sweeney Todd (Adam Smith Theatre, Kirkcaldy; Kings Theatre, Edinburgh); Sleeping Beauty in Into the Woods (Byre Theatre, St. Andrews) Mrs Cohen/Ensemble in Rent (Dundee Rep, Dundee) Songs for a New World (Starlight Showroom. Dundee). She sang on the recent UK tours of The Rocky Horror Show and 42nd Street.
Marjory recently started teaching at the RSAMD in Glasgow as a lecturer in singing on their Musical Theatre courses.
Marjory and her husband Stuart both attend the Salvation Army in Kirkcaldy where Marjory leads the choir.
