Needham Music

Get to know our summer program teachers!

Dr. Kevin A. Virgilio is one of our amazing brass teachers, and he will be the instructor for our Intro to Music Theory summer class!

Kevin has been playing and studying music for many years! He achieved a doctorate in musical arts at Boston University, made his solo debut at Carnegie Hall in 2023 after winning the annual BU at Carnegie Spotlight competition for his performance of Sergei Rachmaninoff's Elégie, Op.3 No.1, and was named winner of the 2024 BU Soloists' Competition with his performance of Fantasma/Cantos II for Trombone and Orchestra by Tōru Takemitsu!

He is currently on faculty with the Handel and Haydn Society, Needham Music, and Brookline Public Schools. He performs regularly in theater productions at the North Shore Music Theater and the Cape Playhouse. He is a founding member of Run With the Winds, a running club for wind and brass instrumentalists to improve cardiovascular health. To date, they have run three marathons together.

To tap into Kevin's doctoral knowledge of music theory, sign up for our Intro to Music Theory class on our website (needhammusic.com) today!