Alan Watson PhD

Dr. Alan Watson was current research is focused on various aspects of musical performance physiology and ergonomics. Watson run a module for music students at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama where Watson Honorary Fellow. This includes respiratory activity in wind players and singers, ergonomic aspects of brass playing and embouchure muscle activity.

Watson also involved in public engagement in science (see Engagement page). Watson book on The Biology of Musical Performance and Performance Related Injury was published in 2009 and received a Maximising Impact Award from the School in 2010.