Jeffery Watson, piano Pianist Jeffery  Watson has appeared as soloist with the Honduran National Symphony, the Pan American Symphony , the Rosario (Argentina) Chamber Orchestra, and the Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra with the Kirov Ballet. Dr. Watson was Associate Professor of piano at DePauw University,  a teaching fellow at the University of Maryland and on the faculty of the Levine School of Music in Washington, DC.   He was pianist with the internationally acclaimed tango quintet, QuinTango, including performances with the Wichita Symphony,  Orquesta Sinfonica Sinaloa de las Artes  (Mexico), as well as at Lincoln Center, the Piccolo Spoleto Festival, the U.S. Ambassador’s Residence in Buenos Aires and at the International Tango Festival in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.    Dr. Watson was associate conductor for the Kennedy Center’s award-winning production of Sunday in the Park with George as part of the Center's 2002 Sondheim Festival. Currently a faculty member of the Washington Conservatory of Music,  he also is a music director and coach for the Maryland Opera Studio at the University of Maryland where he has directed productions of Fatal Song, Tale of Two Cities and Noel & Cole.  He holds degrees in piano performance from DePauw University, the Eastman School of Music and the University of Maryland.