David Watts ~ Songs Without Words (and a Few With)

David Watts returns as a soloist to the Cadenza stage with a warm, audience-friendly program that bridges original solo piano works with reimagined songs. Featuring both instrumental pieces and select vocal performances, the program includes fresh interpretations of songs like As So It Goes, Moondance, and You’re My Home, alongside original compositions. The result is an engaging and accessible concert experience rooted in melody, storytelling, and jazz-influenced harmony.

Watts is known as a composer and song stylist. Equally comfortable as a pianist, singer, director, and composer, Watts has performed as a soloist, as leader of his own quintet, as a sideman, and as a director.