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Kevin Watson

 

 

Visiting Assistant Professor of Music

 

 

 

 

Education:

 

D.M.E., Indiana University, 2008

M.A.T., Indiana University, 1999

Certificate in Professional Music, Berklee College of Music, 1990

BMus, Queen’s University, 1988

 

Kevin Watson  teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in Psychology of Music, Music Teaching and Learning, and Measurement and Evaluation. As an instrumental music education specialist, Dr. Watson has previously served as an Adjunct Lecturer of Music Education at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music and DePauw University, a Visiting Lecturer in Jazz Studies at the Community College of Rhode Island, and a band director in the public schools of Massachusetts, where he conducted concert, marching and jazz ensembles.

 

As a professional saxophonist, Dr. Watson has performed with artists ranging from Grammy winner Sandi Patti to Rock & Roll Hall-of-Fame member Bo Diddley, among many others.  He has been awarded the Chancellor’s Fellowship from Indiana University, the Berklee College of Music Professional Music Scholarship and the Kingston Ontario Symphony Association Scholarship. As a member of the Rick Russell Band, he was nominated for a Boston Music Award in the category of Best Blues Act.

 

Dr. Watson is a member of MENC: The National Association for Music Education and the Indiana Music Educators Association. His current research focuses on the areas of jazz education and music teacher education.

 

Courses Taught:

MUS E130 Introduction to Music Learning

MUS E519 Psychology of Music

MUS E530 Learning Processes in Music

MUS E535 Measurement, Evaluation & Guidance in Music

 


 

 

   


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