Scott Watson

BS Music Education (West Chester University), MM Composition (Temple University), DMA Composition (Temple University)

Dr. Scott Watson is Associate Professor of Music at Cairn University (Langhorne, PA). For 35 years prior he was a band and elective music teacher in the Parkland School District (Allentown, PA). During this time, Watson was recognized by the Parkland School District with a 2015 “Parkland Pride Award” for outstanding achievement; the 2020 PMEA District 10 “Citation of Excellence in Teaching Award”; and the 2022 Phi Beta Mu “Outstanding Contributor Award” (only the 6th Pennsylvanian so honored). 

He is a frequently commissioned composer with more than 120 published works for band and strings at all levels that have been performed around the world at venues including the Academy of Music (Philadelphia), the Midwest Clinic (Chicago) and the White House (Washington, D.C.). Watson is an exclusive composer/clinician for Alfred Publications and a contributor for their Sound Innovations band series. Watson has presented numerous workshops/clinics for music educators around the U.S. and in Canada and Australia, frequently serves as guest conductor/clinician for honor/festival bands, and is the author of the highly regarded music education text, Using Technology to Unlock Musical Creativity (Oxford University Press).