Residency by trumpeter and vocalist Susan Hoffman Watts (Philadelphia)
- Thursday, November 20th, 2008 - Sunday, November 23rd, 2008
- Old Cabell Hall
- Free
Charlottesville – The McIntire Department of Music, the Jewish Studies Program, and the UVA Klezmer Ensemble will host trumpeter and vocalist, Susan Hoffman Watts of Philadelphia for a three-day residency from November 20-23, 2008. Watts not only plays klezmer music exquisitely, she also has an intriguing family background. The daughter of Elaine Hoffman Watts, a brilliant percussionist who was awarded a 2007 National Endowment for the Arts National Heritage Fellowship for her contribution to klezmer music, Susan is a fourth generation klezmer performer from the Hoffman family, Philadelphia’s premier klezmer family. Her family emigrated from the Ukraine and was instrumental in pioneering the Philadelphia style klezmer sound, a tradition that Susan’s music continues. Watts has enjoyed a vibrant klezmer career, appearing with such groups as the Klezmer Brass All-Stars, Mikveh, and the KlezDispensers. She has toured extensively, continuing a cultural and family tradition and teaching people of all different backgrounds about her music and heritage.
Watts will be in residency at UVA from November 20-23 and will coach the ensemble on its interpretation of klezmer tunes and Yiddish songs in preparation for this concert, as well as make visits to various music and Jewish Studies classes:
Thurs. Nov. 20, 11:00 am -12:15 pm, American Jewish Popular Music (Joel Rubin), S008 (classroom visit)
Thurs. Nov. 20, 2:00-2:50 pm, Music and Everyday Life (Michelle Kisliuk), room 107 (classroom visit)
Thurs. Nov. 20, 5:30-7:00 pm, Jazz Improvisation Workshop (John D’earth), room B012 (workshop)
Thurs. Nov. 20, 7:30-9:30 pm, Klezmer Ensemble rehearsal, room 107
Fri. Nov. 21, 2:30-4:30 pm, Klezmer Ensemble rehearsal, 2:30-4:30, room 113
Sat., Nov. 22, 6:00-9:00 pm, Klezmer Ensemble rehearsal, room 113
Sun. Nov. 23, 8:00 pm, Concert with UVA Klezmer Ensemble, Old Cabell Hall Auditorium
Who: Trumpeter and vocalist Susan Hoffman Watts (Philadelphia)
What: Residency and concert
Program: Residency with UVA Klezmer Ensemble by Susan Hoffman Watts
When: Thursday, November 20 - Sunday, November 23, 2008
Where: Old Cabell Hall at the University of Virginia, various locations
Tickets: n/a except for concert
Single tickets are $10 for adults, $5 for students, and $5 Arts$ for UVA Students, and can be purchased at the Cabell Hall Box Office at (434) 924-3984, 12pm to 5pm, Monday through Friday. For more information, visit https://music.virginia.edu/events