BIOGRAPHY:

DAVID WATKINS, PIANIST

• David Watkins is a member of the piano faculty of Kennesaw State University, just outside of Atlanta. He has also served on the summer artist faculty of the Eastern Music Festival. He earned the Bachelor of Music and Master of Music degrees from the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston. 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.
• Mr. Watkins has performed on the national convention programs of the College Music Society (St. Louis), Music Teachers National Association (Little Rock) and the American Matthay Association (Penn State University). 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 and national 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 been soloist in the Liszt Concerto No. 1, Rachmaninoff Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, second and third concerti, and the Concerto No. 1 by Tchaikovsky with the Cobb Symphony Orchestra. He has appeared as soloist with the Atlanta Ballet Orchestra in Tchaikovsky Concerto No. 3. 
• 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 has 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.

• Piano Performance, Piano Pedagogy, Theory, Piano Literature, Harmonic and Contrapuntal Analysis

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• Solo recitals at Lenbrook Square, Atlanta, Noveember 30, 2001; KSU Stillwell Theater 8:00 p.m. 1/25/02
• Faculty Chamber Music concerts at Kennesaw State University, October 22, 2001 
• Performance pf Burleske by Richard Stauss with orchestra Atlanta, Roswell Cultural Arts Center, 8:00 p.m. March 16, 2002

• Music Theory III, Music 2221/01
• Harmonic and Contrapuntal Analysis, Music 3320/01