CLAUDIA VILLELA & VITOR GONCALVES
UNIT “B” by Chocolate Maven
821 W. San Mateo Road
Santa Fe, NM 87505
Friday, September 12th
Concert Start: 7:00pm (Doors at 5:30pm)
$35 (SFMC Members) / $40 (Non-Members)
Purchase Tickets HERE
A New Mexico Jazz Festival Event
It’s tempting to describe Claudia Villela as a musician’s musician, considering that some of her most ardent fans and supporters are also her most illustrious colleagues. Pat Metheny has sung Villela’s praises, as have Kenny Werner, Vitor Gonçalves, and Béla Fleck. The Brazilian-born vocalist, pianist, percussionist, and composer makes music of rare sophistication and beauty, and it’s as a performer that her transcendent gifts are most obvious, whether she’s spinning a new piece on stage with a fellow improviser or elaborating on an intricate setting for her poetic lyrics in Portuguese.
It’s an understatement to say she connects with her audience. She lights up the room while instantly getting the audience totally engaged. “You give her any musical idea, and Claudia completes it in a way that’s very beautiful,” says guitarist Romero Lubambo, who recently performed several concerts with Villela before recording a forthcoming duo album. “I can play any rhythm or sequence of chords and she’ll be on top of the music, creating a melody that makes sense. There are not a lot of people who can do that, but she did that. We’d just start playing and make the whole song in front of the audience.” And that’s just what happened at her Pre-Covid concert in Santa Fe with accordionist Vitor Gonçalves. SFMC is excited to bring back this amazing duo, this time to the beautiful stage of UNIT B.
Claudia & Vitor will also be appearing in partnership with SFMC at The Outpost Performance space on Thursday, September 11th
LISTEN TO CLAUDIA AND VITOR HERE
Unit B is a dinner-theater style dining venue featuring high caliber live performances. The restaurant typically opens for dinner, wine and craft cocktails at 5:30pm. Food and drinks will be available until the kitchen closes approximately 1 – 2 hours after the show starts.
We will verify your ticket purchase by name when you arrive. There is no need to print tickets in advance. Your show ticket entitles you to a seat in the space, which will be allotted on a first-come first-served basis.
DINNER RESERVATIONS: To ensure that Unit B is able to accommodate your whole party together, or to request a specific seating location, please make a table reservation in addition to your ticket purchase. To make a reservation, please fill out this form.
Please note that while Unit B does their best to accommodate specific seating requests, depending on the size of your party and the order in which your reservation is received, they may not always be able to do so. For groups of 5 or more, a table reservation is required in order to ensure you will sit together. Please note you may be seated at a table with an unrelated party.
For any additional questions, please email hello@unitbsantafe.com.
