Clinton School grad David Watterson (’11) will soon begin a job as senior manager of community programs at The Music National Service (MSN), a San Francisco-based nonprofit that supports music as a strategy for social good through programs, public education and advocacy, and leadership development.
Watterson’s job will be to engage the public in community-based service and education events that showcase the power of music as a social resource.
“The best way to help people understand the power of music is to let them experience it themselves, so these events seek to give the larger public a taste of our work, whether as a music mentor to a student for a day, or a participant in a group sing-a-long of a Beatles song,” Watterson says.
Watterson landed his job with MSN after partnering with the organization for his final Clinton School Capstone project, in which he implemented a major Martin Luther King Day of Service event that engaged more than 200 San Francisco Bay Area community members together to paint murals and learn, perform and record Bill Withers’ “Lean On Me” within the course of a single day.
“My Clinton School experience has made me think much more critically about what it means to serve the public and the decisions I can make to reap the greatest impact,” Watterson said. “As a professional, I believe I will be able to provide mindful, reasoned leadership that places high priority on civic engagement and utilizing community-based assets.”
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