File - August Watters

 August Watters
Mandolinist
awatters@berklee.edu
617 306 8055
August Watters is a multi-stylistic, improvising mandolinist,
composer/arranger, and teacher in the Boston area. He has
performed with some of the leading figures in today’s revival of
this most elegant instrument, and the advancement of its musical
traditions. His work as an interpreter, improviser, composer and
arranger bridges contemporary classical music, jazz, folk music traditions, and the
historical concert mandolin repertoire.
Current Activities:
Professor of Ear Training, Berklee College of Music
Current Classes: ear training and ensembles
Former classes: string labs, private mandolin lessons, harmony, composition
Founder: Festival of Mandolin Chamber Music, New England Mandolin Ensemble, Cape
Cod Mandolin Camp, Boston Mandolins, Berklee New Acoustic Music Ensemble
Performances with: Carlo Aonzo, Marilynn Mair, Roland White, Don Stiernberg, Matt
Flinner, Steve Kaufman, Bill Keith, Butch Baldassari, Rodney Miller, Radim Zenkl, Alex
Timmerman and Het Consort, Orchestra dell’ Accademia Internazionale di Mandolino,
Orchester NorthRhine Westfalia, Saarlandisches Zupforchester, and the Providence
Mandolin Orchestra.
Major Festival Appearances:
EuroFest Bruchsal (Germany), Boston Classical Guitar Society, Pittsburg Mandolin
Orchestra Festival, Cape Cod Mandolin Camp, Joe Val Bluegrass Festival (USA),
European World of Bluegrass (Czech Republic) Country Palba (Czech Republic)
National Thumbpicking Festival (USA) J.D. Crowe Bluegrass Festival (USA)
Presentations to:
Scuola Gershwin, (Padua, Italy)
Classical Mandolin Society of America (Montreal, Canada)
International Association of Jazz Educators (Los Angeles, USA)
Monadnock Summer Lyceum (New Hampshire, USA)
American Mandolin and Guitar Summer School (Rhode Island, USA)
Cape Cod Mandolin Camp (Massachusetts, USA)
Steve Kaufman Acoustic Kamp (Tennessee, USA)
Fiddleheads Camp (New Hampshire, USA)
Fiddle Hell (Massachusetts, USA)
Banjo Camp North (Massachusetts, USA)
Education:
Masters of Music Education, Boston University
Bachelor of Music, Berklee College Major: Jazz Composition and Arranging,
Summa cum laude