2024 IBMA Momentum Mentor of the Year award winner Tony Watt has performed throughout the United States, Europe, and on the Grand Ole Opry. He has toured with Leigh Gibson, Alecia Nugent, and Alan Bibey & Grasstowne among others, and his performance, jamming, and teaching videos on YouTube have over 1.5 million views, including Cherokee Shuffle with Noam Pikelny and Andy Falco which has been viewed over 200,000 times. Tony is an Associate Professor at Berklee College of Music in Boston, teaching bluegrass within the Ensemble Department and the American Roots Music Program. He is a graduate of IBMA's Leadership Bluegrass and is the Vice President and Education Co-Director of the BBU. He was the Camp Coordinator for Ashokan's First-Ever Bluegrass Camps and the Jam Coordinator and Beginner Track Coordinator for Mandolin Camp North & Banjo Camp North. Tony is also the director of The Bluegrass University, which presents JamVember, a weekend-long bluegrass jamming "non-festival" held the weekend before Thanksgiving. He is also the host of Bluegrass Tuesdays at Lily P's in Cambridge, MA, which is one of the longest-running and most successful bluegrass nights in the country. Tony currently teaches lessons, classes, and jam sessions throughout the Boston area and anywhere in the world online via Zoom.