Melanie Marshall is best known for her roles in theatre productions such as Fame, Showboat and the Broadway revival of Fela!

However, the British star of stage and screen had her most noteworthy performance earlier on in her career in 1981, when the spotlight was shining on someone else entirely.

As a member of the renown Bach Choir, Ms Marshall had the opportunity to sing Handel’s ‘Let their Celestial Concerts all Unite’ at the Royal wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer.

She said it was a huge milestone to be part of a history making moment like that.

“I had the privilege of being the only black member of the Bach Choir at the Royal Wedding in 1981. I can’t remember the amount of people who would have seen that prestigious occasion, but a lot of people all over the world witnessed that,” she said. “That was one great time and since then I have performed all over the world.”

Ms Marshall will be taking to the stage for the first time in Bermuda tonight, as part of the Bermuda Festival of the Performing Arts 2014.

The singer said the two-hour show, accompanied by pianist Jason Thompson, would feature “little snippets from [her] entire musical career”.

“I will perform new and old songs from my time in musical theatre and tours, so this concert will be filled with little anecdotes of places I have been, people I have met and shows I have been in,” she said.

“I hope people will leave with a little bit more knowledge of who Melanie Marshall is.”

Ms Marshall first fell in love with performing at the age of six, while singing a version of ‘Bless This House’ in front of an audience of 2,000. She clearly remembers looking out at the crowd and thinking ‘This is what I want to do for the rest of my life’.

“I knew at the age of six that music, performing and singing would always be my profession,” she said.

“I wasn’t nervous at all in front of that audience. I just had a great time and to perform was just second nature and something that all three siblings in my family have taken to.”

Her parents, who left Barbados in 1958 to come to England, both had a great love for music and encouraged it in their household. Primary school music teacher, Edith Ryecroft, was another early influence and instilled in Ms Marshall an enthusiasm for singing and music.

After receiving a Foundation Scholarship to study singing and piano and the Royal College of Music in London, Ms Marshall found a way to turn her passion for entertaining in to a career.

In addition to roles in theatre productions such as Carmen Jones, Fame, Showboat, Soultrain, Kiss Me Kate and Ain’t Misbehavin, she was also able to perform at New York’s Carnegie Hall and at a concert for Bishop Desmond Tutu at the Fairfields Halls, Croydon.

She said she couldn’t imagine a career doing anything she didn’t love.

“I would be very sad to be in a job where I get up every day and am not looking forward to what the day holds,” she said.

“I would be very sad to be in a job where I was thinking ‘If only’. It hasn’t been easy or without its challenges, but I have never regretted my choice because you can create your own work and make your way if you want it bad enough.”

Ms Marshall will return to theatre next month in a two-part story adaptation of Jane Eyre at the British Old Vic Theatre, from February 20 to the end of March.

Tickets to Melanie Marshall In Concert, $65 for adults and $25 for students, are available at www.bdatix.bm. The show will kick off tonight at the Earl Cameron Theatre at City Hall, starting at 8pm.