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Drew Watson

Drew Watson, tenor, is quickly establishing himself as an accomplished singer of opera, concert, and sacred literature. He frequently performs with Opera Birmingham and has appeared in numerous productions with the company, including Samson et Dalila, La Cenerentola, La Bohème, Turandot, La Traviata, Aïda, and Le Nozze di Figaro. His other notable opera credits include Fidelio with the New York Opera Studio and Dido and Aeneas with the Columbia University Bach Society. An active recitalist and avid interpreter of the mélodie française, Drew has sung numerous concerts and recitals in both Europe and North America. He regularly appears on the Eternal Word Television Network, where his singing is broadcast to over 120 countries worldwide on a weekly basis.

Drew is an alumnus of Columbia University, where he majored in French and studied vocal performance at The Juilliard School through the Columbia-Juilliard Exchange Program. He was a foreign exchange student in Paris for his final year at Columbia, studying French literature at the Université de Paris VII and vocal performance at the Conservatoire National de Paris. In addition to his passion for music, Drew has an insatiable appetite for French literature and is a Marcel Proust enthusiast. He is currently reading A la recherche du temps perdu in the original French.



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  • The course is WONDERFUL. You simply cannot appreciate how it has enhanced my reading. I felt fairly alone at time, en face de Proust. This course has opened up a world which I sensed, but which I can now piece together.

    Barbara Pilsbury

  • Your lectures have widened my understanding and given me new things to think about. My sincere thanks to you and to Nic. This course has obviously been a labor of love for you two as the course fee is in no way proportionate to the service provided by you.

    Cathy Lamb

  • I am enjoying your fascinating first lecture.

    Peter Albert McKay

  • Thank you, Bill. I am just getting started, have always wanted to read Proust but felt I needed a structured environment. What a great thing for you to do.

    Denise Middlebrooks

  • Enjoying the course—well done. This was my second reading of Proust and to be able to do this within the context of a course gave me so much more than reading it alone. This was fun!

    Deborah Hendel

  • Just writing to tell you that I am loving doing the course—and finally reading Proust properly, something I have wanted to do since living in Paris many years ago. Your guidance, intimate knowledge, and passion for Proust are inspirational.

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