Reviews of professor Andrew Watkins

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
He is a great professor where I learned a ton in his class! As a music educator, Andy broke down the basics of percussion to an easy to understandable way to learn. Also I felt I became proficient at the basics of playing percussion which was the point of this course. He was accessible outside of class and very nice. I would take his class again!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
I loved his percussion methods class! He is so intelligent and teaches very clearly! The amount of homework is easy and there is always plenty of time to learn the material. Afterwards I felt like I could really play percussion instruments.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
He's cool as a person when he's teaching percussion lessons and when he's not teaching, but in "Percussion Ensemble", he was REALLY rude because he didn't care about the student's school schedule.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Andy is a great guy and PLNU is incredibly fortunate to have an SD symphony musician as an instructor and professor. The PLNU music program tends to coddle music majors, but Andy holds us to the standards we will be held to after we graduate. I appreciate Andy's respect for us as musicians, and am super lucky to have the chance to work with him.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
He's a great guy. I loved taking Percussion Methods with him last Fall and I miss that class. I liked his lessons as well. However, Percussion Ensemble was really boring and it takes away everything that the students are trying to do such as school studies, practicing for lessons, work, family events, etc. He was rude by pulling me out of VJE early

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
A great teacher! He is extremely knowledgable and can back it up with his playing. He provides immediate and effective feedback when ever I was playing for him either in lessons, percussion ensemble, or band. Percussion ensemble was so much fun! We would meet ONCE A WEEK and put together a respectable concert! Take him!