KU Professor of Tuba and Euphonium wins Teaching Award

Please join us in congratulating Professor of Tuba and Euphonium Scott Watson, who was named the winner of the 2022 International Tuba and Euphonium Association (ITEA) Daniel Perantoni Teaching Award.

The ITEA recently made the announcement on their website, pointing to Watson’s solo efforts on his CD, Thoughts of a Cow, as well as educational recordings Stepping Stones for Tuba, Volume I & II.

He was the inaugural Music Director and conductor of the Free State Brass Band since 2014, and plays Eb tuba in the Fountain City Brass Band of Kansas City. He previously served as the Principal of Tuba of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra in Australia in 2018, where he taught at the Conservatorium of Music of the University of Melbourne/Victoria School for the Arts.