Sessa Coming to West Kortright Center

EAST MEREDITH — The West Kortright Center is proud to present Sessa on Saturday April 19th.

This is an indoor concert with limited seating; doors open at 6:30pm, show begins at 7pm. Tickets are $25 in advance. Members receive a 10% discount, kids 12 and under are 50% off. Visit westkc.org to purchase tickets.

Sessa’s songs are sung in Portuguese, with visceral, sensual lyrics, and melodic flourishes not unlike those of Tom Jobim. However, the music gets a deliberate minimalist treatment rarely found in contemporary Brazilian music, more reminiscent of the bareness of Leonard Cohen.

Sessa’s concerts are already stuff of legend, as he takes the stage accompanied solely by a female backing choir and Afro-Brazilian percussion. While the songs often deal with subjects such as the sensual body and spiritual transcendence, the music points to new, more subtle directions for Brazilian pop music – a deep, minimalist, almost insinuated use of the endlessly rich textures and rhythms that define the songwriting history of Brazil, which Sessa joins as one of its most promising new voices.
Event schedules and guidelines are subject to change. Call (607) 278-5454 or contact info@westkc.org with any questions.

2025 West Kortright Center arts and community programs are funded in part by our members, by contributors to the 2025 Program Fund Drive, by the Bert Santora Trust, the Tianaderrah Foundation, and by grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature, and from the A. Lindsay & Olive B. O'Connor Foundation and the Robinson-Broadhurst Foundation. Special thanks to our Season Sponsor Catskill Country Living and our community sponsors: Argosy Designs, Birdsong Farm, Bovina Center Montessori School, Delaware National Bank of Delhi, ecoagents, Golden Artist Colors, Greentree Home, Livestock Foundation, Nathan Love Animation, Sportsfield Specialties, Rockland Cider Works, Price Chopper, and The Table Rock Group at Morgan Stanley