CONSERVATORY of MUSIC
Cameron Watson
About
Pianist, composer, conductor, writer, filmmaker, legal scholar and educator, Cameron Watson’s experience and range is unparalleled. Beginning at the University of Calgary, UWO, UBC, The Banff Centre and Switzerland, Watson’s teachers include: Boris Roubakine, Luigi Zanninelli, Gerhardt Wuensch, Leonard Isaacs, William Aide, Jane Coop and the eminent Gyorgy Sebok. From 1977 to 1995, as a full faculty member of Medicine Hat College, Watson was a primary contributor to the musical life of that community: performing (solo and chamber), teaching, creating curriculum, master classes and all varieties of conservatory programs; producing summer festivals, concert series, theatre productions, recordings, television programs—as well as being President of the Medicine Hat College Faculty Association and Director of Choirs at Fifth Avenue United Church. Further, Watson studied filmmaking, screenwriting and film scoring at Simon Frazer, NYU, UCLA and SAIT, producing and scoring broadcast, award winning films both dramatic and documentary.
Now at Alberta College Conservatory and as a sessional instructor in the Department of Music, MacEwan University, Watson continues to be a passionate educator. In addition to teaching/performing in Edmonton, he was six years at Music Camrose—three as head clinician—giving workshops in Edmonton and Calgary as well as adjudicating over thirty festivals throughout Western Canada. As a writer, Watson has contributed feature articles to INTERNATIONAL PIANO magazine. A holder of an LLB from The University of Alberta, in 2000 Watson was named national winner of the Gordon F. Henderson/SOCAN Copyright Award for his essay: “Music Copyright Infringement: A New Understanding”.
Lessons
Cameron teaches online and in-person at the Alberta College Campus. He specializes in teaching advanced students with RCM level 9 and up. He helps students prepare for Royal Conservatory of Music (RCM) examinations, post-secondary, competitions, festivals, and performances.
He also teaches music theory, music history, and composition.
Request lessons with Cameron to discuss lesson availability and rates.
Education
- Bachelor of Music with Distinction, Piano Performance, University of Calgary.
- Master of Music, Piano and Composition, University of Western Ontario. Thesis: “Liszt’s Process of Revision”
- One year of residency (DMA): University of British Columbia (in progress)
- Bachelor of Laws, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta. Major: Intellectual Property.
Performances / compositions / recordings
- Solo recitalist and chamber player where required in all of the above organizations and venues and in all years. [sample programs and list of repertoire on request].
- Recording artist on television and radio including eight separate programs for CBC Radio as well as two published CDs featuring the works of CPE Bach, Beethoven, Ginastera and Prokofiev as well as my own compositions.
- Media artist on YouTube featuring 20+ works including Schubert’s “Wanderer Fantasy” and Rachmaninoff’s “Moment Musicale in C major”
Awards / Achievements
- Contributed feature articles to INTERNATIONAL PIANO magazine.
- Holder of an LLB from The University of Alberta, in 2000 Watson was named the national winner of the Gordon F. Henderson/SOCAN Copyright Award for his essay: “Music Copyright Infringement: A New Understanding”.