“If any concert is likely to change your life, it will probably be this one!” Music-News.com A matchless creative genius Jazz | USA For decades, 10-time Grammy winner Bobby McFerrin has broken all the rules. He has blurred the distinction between pop music and fine art, goofing around barefoot in the world’s finest concert halls, exploring uncharted vocal territory, inspiring a whole new generation of a cappella singers and the beatbox movement. His new band, spirityouall, is a bluesy, feel-good celebration of Americana, an unexpected move from the music-industry rebel who single-handedly redefined the role of the human voice with his collaborations with Yo-Yo Ma, Chick Corea and the Vienna Philharmonic, his experiments with multi-track recording, his improvising choir Voicestra, and his legendary solo vocal performances. Bobby McFerrin created the irrepressible hit Don’t Worry Be Happy early in his career, then calmly went back to pursuing his own iconoclastic musical journey, improvising on national television, singing melodies without words, spontaneously inventing parts for 60,000 choral singers in a stadium in Germany, ignoring boundaries of genre, defying all expectations. “I try not to ‘perform’ onstage,” says Bobby. “I try to sing the way I sing in my kitchen, because I just can’t help myself. I want audiences to leave the theatre and sing in their own kitchens the next morning. I want to bring audiences into the incredible feeling of joy and freedom I get when I sing.” Come sing along with this legendary artist to experience the joy and freedom music brings. FESTIVAL PLUS The Bobby McFerrin Masterclass This is an adventure in vocal improvising, community, creativity and joy. If you are a vocal ensemble, a cappella group or individual interested in improvisation or having prepared material critiqued, audition to work with Bobby McFerrin in this once-in-a-lifetime masterclass. Not quite ready? Join the masterclass as an observer and watch as singers are coached to open themselves up to the process of true, unrestricted improvisation. Expect McFerrin to engage you as he coaches and mentors. Be captivated and inspired to sing along in this joyous, contagious celebration of the power of the human voice. If you are interested in being coached in this masterclass, please write to us at [email protected]