(born June 24, 1933) is a Jesuit priest, composer, educator, and retired Academic Dean (Emeritus) of the College of Arts and Sciences of Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington.

Waters began his studies at Gonzaga University in Spokane, WA in 1953, earning the degree Bachelor of Arts in 1957.

He then began graduate studies at Gonzaga's Mount St. Michael Seminary, earning his Master of Arts in Philosophy in 1958.

[1] In 1980, Waters did 30 hours of study in Arts Management at Shoreline Community College, the course conducted by Dr. Michael Warlum, PhD.

In 1970 he did post-graduate studies in avant-garde compositional techniques with Italian composer Bruno Bartolozzi in Florence, and he additionally worked as Visiting Professor of Music for Gonzaga-in-Florence until 1972.

1995 "Under a Soft Rain" (Brass Quintet) Pocono Mountain Music Pub., Tobyhanna, PA 1995 "In Dulci Jubilo" Publ.

Epoch Universal Publications, Phoenix 1982 "Make God Music" Publ: Epoch Universal Publications, Phoenix 1970 "Psalm of Entreaty" Publ: Church Music Assn of America, Cambridge, MA 1967 "Mary, Mother of the Church," Publ: G.I.A., Toledo, Ohio 1967 "Psalm of Thanksgiving" Publ: McLaughlin & Reilly Co. 1965 "Mass of the American Martyrs" Publ: McLaughlin & Reilly Co. 2009 I Sing Ballads for Breakfast Alone for the Charm of Them; premiere, Metaline Falls, Washington, February 14, 2009, with Paul Grove, guitarist 2007 Spring, a song by Kevin Waters, was performed at Holy Rosary Catholic Church, Seattle, Washington, by Glenn Guhr, baritone soloist, and the Northwest Symphony Orchestra, Anthony Spain, music director, on March 10, 2007.

2006 August 27, 2006 Spring, a song by Kevin Waters, was performed at Henderson State University, Oklahoma, by Robert Best, baritone, and Elvia Puccinelli, piano.

September 15, 2006 Spring, a song by Kevin Waters, was performed during the 2006 National Conference of the Society of Composers, Inc at Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas, by Robert Best, baritone, and Elvia Puccinelli, piano.

September 30, 2006 Prelude on Veni Creator Spiritus, a piece for Organ and Trumpet by Kevin Waters, was performed at the concert Music in Jesuits, Spring Hill College, Mobile, Alabama, by Shane Courville, S.J., trumpet, and Kevin Waters, S.J., organ.

1999 Waumandee Township, concerto for Organ, Winds, Brass and Percussion; American Guild of Organists regional convention, Spokane, July 7, 1999, 1996 The Cataldo Trio, trio for Flute, Cello, and Piano; The Met, Nov. 14, 1996 1996 Clare Symphony, Gonzaga U. Symphony Orchestra; The Met, Oct. 23, 1996 1992 Television premiere of Dear Ignatius, Dear Isabel, an opera; telecast by KSPS-TV, Spokane's PBS affiliate, February, 1992.

1976 Sinfonia for Independence Day, overture; Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Milton Katims, Conductor; April, 1976.

1974 The Eye of the Quetzal, a play with songs and incidental music; Guadalajara, Mexico; three performances July, 1974.

1964 Inversnaid, a choral song for two sopranos, women's chorus and chamber orchestra; College of Notre Dame, Belmont, California; May, 1964.

2005 Ave Verum, on Composers of the Northwest, CD recording, June, 2005, with Dr. Janet Satre Ahrend at First English Lutheran Church, Billings, Montana, for the Regional Convention of the American Guild of Organists.

2005 Ave Verum, on A Recital of Northwest Composers, CD recording, September, 2005, with Dr. Janet Satre Ahrend at The Cathedral of Saint John the Evangelist, Spokane, Washington.

2005 Lines from Shakespeare, on SCI: Society of Composers, Inc. Concerts I&II, CD recording, October, 2005, with Gonzaga University Wind Ensemble, Robert Spittal, conductor, for Region VIII Conference of the Society of Composers, Inc., at the University of Montana, Missoula.

The work demonstrates multiphonics, controlled oscillations, and other avant-garde techniques developed in the nineteen sixties.

A reviewer of that concert wrote that in the "exploration of each instrument as an entity–and the seemingly endless effects each can achieve–one feels as if [the composer] is manipulating the inner ear, and the listener’s sense of balance so that one reacts in a subtle though physical manner: not toe-tapping physical, but an inner torso movement that for this listener was completely involuntary and memorably image-provoking.

"[citation needed] 1999 Riffs, Echoes, and Rhapsodies (1999); Duo for Guitar and Violoncello, with Paul Grove, guitar, and Kevin Hekmatpanah, violoncello, on Paul Grove in Recital, a CD produced by JB's Musical Services, Spokane, December, 1999.

1998 A Divine Image, Song with text by William Blake, with Erik Oland, S.J., Canadian Baritone, and Kevin Waters, S.J., pianist, on Belvedere College, S.J.

1995 “To Christ the Paschal Victim.” On Encore, a CD of music by Gonzaga University's Choir, Spokane, produced December, 1995.

2000 Worship Music: A Concise Dictionary, Edward Foley, Editor, A Michael Glazier Book, The Liturgical Press, Collegeville, Minnesota, 2000; Contributors include J. Kevin Waters.

1996 "Assessing Outcomes of Jesuit Education," Address to the university, Gonzaga 1977-79 Liturgical Music Workshop, given annually at Our Lady of Peace College, Montecito, California.