David Watkins
Director of Keyboard StudiesDavid Watkins is director of keyboard studies at Kennesaw State University. He has also served on the summer artist faculty of the Eastern Music Festival. He was a winner of the prestigious Atlanta Music Club Scholarship to attend the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, where he earned the Bachelor of Music and Master of Music degrees in Piano Performance.. He has studied and coached with many renowned artists including Lucille Monaghan, Veronica Jochum, Miklos Schwalb, Robert Helps, Seymour Bernstein, Gary Wolf, Ivan Davis and Lorin Hollander. Mr. Watkins is certified as a master teacher by the Music Teachers National Association. He was President of the American Matthay Association 1994-1998, and was president of Georgia Music Teachers Association from 1994-1996. In addition to his duties at KSU, Mr. Watkins continues to perform and lecture. He presented a piano clinic at the GMEA State Conference in January 2003. In March 2003 he presented a lecture-recital on Liszt’s Transcendental Etudes 10, 11, and 12 at the MTNA National Convention in Salt Lake City, Utah. In the 2001-2002 season, he performed Richard Strauss’ Burleske with Orchestra Atlanta. In October 2003, he performed Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 with the Atlanta Community Symphony Orchestra. In May 2004, he performed Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue with the Atlanta Wind Symphony.
Mr. Watkins has performed on the national convention programs of the Music Teachers National Association (Little Rock, Nashville, Salt lake City), the American Matthay Association (Dayton Art Institute, San Jose State University, Penn State University), and the College Music Society (St. Louis, Toronto). He presented a lecture recital on the Petrarch Sonnets by Liszt at the 1998 National MTNA Convention in Nashville, Tennessee. He also appeared in recital at the 1988 GMTA state convention. His students have received recognition on state, national and international levels. Mr. Watkins has released two commercial recordings on the ACA Digital label.
Mr. Watkins is an active soloist, accompanist and chamber music performer with an unusually varied repertoire at his command. He has performed with the Atlanta Virtuosi Chamber Ensemble in and around his home base of Atlanta and has made appearances with them in such prestigious places as the University of Mexico and the North American Cultural Institute in Mexico City. He has appeared as soloist with the Atlanta Ballet Orchestra, Cobb Symphony Orchestra, Atlanta Wind Symphony, DeKalb Symphony Orchestra. He has performed solo recitals throughout the United States, from California to Massachusetts, under the auspices of many colleges, universities and community concert series, including the Eastern Music Festival, University of Tennessee, University of Georgia, Emory University, Wheaton College, the Atlanta Music Club, Guilford College, San Jose State University and other venues. He also performed regularly with cellist Roger Drinkall; the duo toured throughout the Midwest and South under the auspices of Allied Concert Services. Mr. Watkins has accompanied Metropolitan Opera sopranos Irene Jordan, Linda Zoghby and Patricia Craig in recital. Mr. Watkins made his solo recital debut in New York at Carnegie Recital Hall in May 1986. Mr. Watkins is an international Steinway Artist.
See a schedule of my performances 2004-2005
Links to course syllabi:
MUSIC 2221/01: THEORY III
MUSIC 2222/01:THEORY IV
MUSIC 4490: SURVERY OF CONCERTO LITERATURE (1-0-1)
APPLIED MUSIC SYLLABUSReturn to the Music Faculty page.
