What started as a poem written at the age of 13 named ‘Maji’, transformed into an Acapella song titled ‘Awa’. A song to process experiencing a divorce between her parents as a teenager and moving away from the island she grew up in.
WATRA participates as the Singer-songwriter teacher in the Summer Music & Performance camp 2021. Giving vocal and songwriting lessons to 10-15 year old children in which their creative process results in a live performance on their last Summer Camp day.
Vocal performance by WATRA for the Siegfried Hart trio. Performance by Ivan Quandus on the bass, Terrance Green on the keys and Siegfried Hart himself on the drums at the Caribbean Sea Jazz Festival in september 2017.
WATRA performs as the opening act for the Aruba’s Soul Beach Music Festival 2023 on May 27th, alongside with local band Pianist Kyle Winklaar, Guitarist Serghio Janssen, Drummer and percussionist Jeremy Bonarriba and Bass player Reno Steba. Live performance with all original, multilingual compositions.
