"Places": a song recital featuring Kara Baldus and Kelsey Klotz

Join Kara and Kelsey for an afternoon thinking and dreaming about places: places that inspire us, that frighten us, or that contain curious mysteries. The recital will include selected musical pieces of a variety of genres—from jazz to pop music to show tunes to indie favorites—in a musical exploration of various places, whether physical, in our lives, or in our relationships with others. Songs to be performed include: 
 
“The Boy Next Door” by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane
“The Trolley Song” by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane
“Somewhere Over the Rainbow” by Harold Arlen and E. Y. Harburg
“Girl From Ipanema” by Antônio Carlos Jobim
“500 Miles High” by Chick Corea
“Autumn in New York” by Vernon Duke
“Don’t Get Around Much Anymore” by Duke Ellington
“Alice in Wonderland” by Sammy Fain
“Lost Boy” by Ruth B.
“Not Going Anywhere” by Kerenann
“Tonight You Belong to Me”
“The Hill” from Once

“I’m a New Soul” by Yael Naim

Kelsey Klotz is a musician and educator in the St. Louis area. She began piano lessons at 7 years old, and began studying voice at age 11. She graduated with a Ph.D. in Musicology from Washington University in St. Louis in 2016. Klotz’s research concentrates on the cultural construction of cool jazz around narratives of white privilege, focusing particularly on Miles Davis, Dave Brubeck, and the Modern Jazz Quartet. In 2010 she graduated summa cum laude from Truman State University with her B.A. in piano, where she was the recipient of the Truman Piano Fellowship. Klotz currently works as a lecturer for the American Culture Studies Program at Washington University and as a music teacher at Immacolata School.

 Kara Baldus is a singer/songwriter. She started taking piano lessons at the young age of 5 years old and began playing professionally by age 15. Baldus is a graduate of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville with a Masters Degree in Music Performance. Her accomplishments include being chosen for the 2003 IAJE/BET Sisters in Jazz Collegiate All-Stars where she performed at jazz festivals in Italy, France, Holland, Canada as well as the Kennedy Center on the Millennium Stage. In 2013, her original band, Dropkick the Robot, won an award for their song, "Missed Out," in the John Lennon Songwriting Contest. Baldus’ influences include Bill Evans, Oscar Peterson, Stevie Wonder, Aimee Mann, and Fiona Apple. She currently teaches jazz piano at Washington University in St. Louis, MO.