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Résumé
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Teaching
This year, Kevin was honored to be a recipient of the NJ Distinguished Clinical Intern Award for his student teaching experience at East Brunswick High School. In addition, Kevin was awarded an additional distinction for being in the Top Five Clinical Interns in the state by the NJ Department of Education.
In completion of a four-year Baccalaureate Honors Program, Kevin wrote a capstone thesis titled Achieving Musical Identity: The Dialectics of Taste in the Music Classroom. It examines the formation of musical identity through the lens of philosophy, sociology, and music education. The study’s findings heavily inform Kevin’s teaching philosophy and culminate into an adaptable framework for a lesson plan incorporating diverse music, student-centered learning, and active discussion.
To the right is a portfolio of Kevin’s student teaching experience at East Brunswick High School in Fall 2025. It compiles multiple artifacts that align with New Jersey Professional Standards for Teachers (InTASC).
Teaching videos available to prospective employers upon request.
Conducting
During his student teaching, Kevin taught and rehearsed all music for every curricular choir at EBHS. To the left is a video from the Winter Concert, when he was invited back to conduct the piece he taught the most, Hallelujah (arr. Roger Emerson).
For Westminster Choir College’s 100th Anniversary Chapel Service, Kevin was selected as the senior conductor for the “Anthem of the Graduating Class.”
During Westminster Choir College’s Celebration of Black Music, Kevin was selected to participate in a conducting masterclass with Dr. Felicia Barber, Associate Professor of Conducting from Yale University. To the left is an audio recording of the piece he conducted, “Blow the Trumpet” from Rosephanye Powell’s Quiet Revolutionary. Below are additional photos from the masterclass (March 4, 2025).
In completion of Rider University’s Baccalaureate Honors Program, Kevin led a presentation on Vivaldi’s Gloria (RV 589) at the Westminster Choir College Music Ed. Hall of Fame Awards. At the conclusion of the presentation, he conducted the first movement “Gloria” (May 5, 2025).
Voice
Mantón de Manila: The Senior Voice Recital of Kevin Catalon
From the Program Notes: “The Mantón de Manila is a fringed shawl adorned with elegant embroidery. Thanks to trade routes in Manila, this garment connected China, the Philippines, Mexico, and Spain. In a similar fashion, my identity as a musician and person has been influenced by a tapestry of cultures.”
“Der Neugierige” from Die schöne Müllerin by Franz Schubert.
Performance Class (November 4, 2024)
Piano
A performance of Chopin Op. 7 no. 2, Mazurka in A Minor (December 10, 2025).
Writing
Kevin is a published author in Nota Bene: Canadian Undergraduate Journal of Musicology, a peer-reviewed journal based in Canada that publishes high-quality undergraduate musicology scholarship from around the world. His article “Wiyawi Ebi”: A Study of Kalinga Vocal Music from the Philippines explores the traditional vocal music of the Indigenous Kalinga people.
© 2025 Kevin Catalon