The Washington Conservatory of Music 

presents 

 Jeffery Watson, piano

 December 4 | 3 pm | FREE (donations accepted)

Westmoreland UCC Church | 1 Westmoreland Cir., Bethesda

(intersection of Mass. & Western Aves. - border of DC & Bethesda)

 Program

Vallée D'Obermann                    Liszt

   from Années de Pèlerinage

Concert Etude No.3                   Liszt

   "Un sospiro" 

Phantasie in C Major        Schumann

Ballade in G minor                  Chopin

Post-Concert Audience Reception 

Pianist Jeffery Watson has appeared as soloist with the Honduran National Symphony, the Pan American Symphony, the Rosario (Argentina) Chamber Orchestra, the Alexandria Symphony and the Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra with the Kirov Ballet.  Dr. Watson was pianist with the internationally acclaimed tango quintet, QuinTango, including performances with the Wichita Symphony, Orquesta Sinfonica Sinaloa de las Artes (Mexico), as well as at Lincoln Center, the Piccolo Spoleto Festival, the US Ambassador's Residence in Buenos Aires and at the International Tango Festival in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.  He performs regularly throughout the US as both soloist and collaborator, including recent residencies at the University of Virginia, the University of Wisconsin at Stevens Point, the George Washington University and the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa.

He was associate conductor for the Kennedy Center's award-winning production of Sunday in the Park with George as part of the Center's 2002 Sondheim Festival and music director and coach for the Maryland Opera Studio at the University of Maryland where he has directed productions of Fatal Song, Tale of Two Cities and Noel & Cole. In 2009 he performed along with soprano Susan Bender in Croatia for the International Conference of the College Music Society and was guest artist at the Fairbanks (Alaska) summer music festival. In the Spring of 2011, he was soloist and clinician at the 3rd International Piano Festival in Lima, Peru.

Dr. Watson holds degrees from DePauw University, Eastman School of Music and the University of Maryland with additional studies at the University of London's School of Oriental and African Studies and the Chautauqua Institution. He is a faculty member of the Washington Conservatory of Music.

About the Washington Conservatory

Pay-As-You-Can Policy

It is very simple: we believe that everyone, regardless of financial situation, deserves to hear outstanding live music. And we believe in the honesty of our audiences. Some can pay $40 to $100, as they do in major area venues. Some can pay much less. Everyone hears the same world-class concert. Seating for concerts is on a first-come basis.