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Thursday, February 21st, 2008 at 8:00 PM
Bobby McFerrin
Edgar Meyer

Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage
Bobby McFerrin, Vocalist
Alison Krauss, Violin/Vocals
Edgar Meyer, Bass


Perspectives:
  Bobby McFerrin
  
Crossing genres and redefining the possibilities of the human voice, Bobby McFerrin teams up with the unparalleled master of the double bass, Edgar Meyer.


Saturday, February 23rd, 2008 at 2:00 PM
Carnegie Hall Family Concert Series: Bobby McFerrin
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage
Bobby McFerrin, Vocalist
Polygraph Lounge


Perspectives:
  Bobby McFerrin


Tuesday, March 4th, 2008 at 7:30 PM
Bobby Mcferrin
Voicestra

Zankel Hall
Bobby McFerrin, Vocalist
Voicestra

  
A virtuoso display of vocal improvisation by 12 gifted singers with broad stylistic experience, ranging from jazz to R&B to Indian classical opera.

Perspectives:
  Bobby McFerrin


Sunday, April 6th, 2008 at 2:00 PM
Orchestra of St. Luke's
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage
Orchestra of St. Luke's
Bobby McFerrin, Conductor
Dominique Labelle, Soprano
Nathan Gunn, Baritone
Morgan State University Choir
Eric Conway, Director

PROKOFIEV  Symphony No. 1, "Classical"
RAVEL  Le Tombeau de Couperin
BOBBY MCFERRIN  A Cappella Improvisations
FAURÉ  Requiem

Perspectives:
  Bobby McFerrin


Thursday, April 10th, 2008 at 8:00 PM
Bobby McFerrin
with special guest Yo-Yo Ma

Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage
Bobby McFerrin, Vocalist
Orchestra of St. Luke's
with special guest Yo-Yo Ma, Cello

BACH  Allegro Assai from Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in A Minor, BWV 1041
FAURÉ  Pavane in F-sharp Minor, Op. 50
VIVALDI  Concerto in G Minor for Two Cellos and Orchestra, RV 531
BOBBY MCFERRIN  A Cappella Improvisations
  
Encores:
BARRIÈRE  Allegro Prestissimo from Sonata for Two Cellos (performed by McFerrin/Ma)
BACH  "Air on the G String" (from Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068) (performed by McFerrin/Ma)
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV  "Flight of the Bumblebee" (performed by McFerrin/Ma)

Perspectives:
  Bobby McFerrin


Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008 at 8:00 PM
Bobby McFerrin
Chick Corea
Jack DeJohnette

Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage
Bobby McFerrin, Vocalist
Chick Corea, Piano
Jack DeJohnette, Drums

  With an elastic voice evoking an array of instruments, ten-time Grammy Award–winner McFerrin and two Miles Davis veterans—masterful keyboardist Corea and legendary drummer DeJohnette—join together for the first time in this novel take on the piano trio.

Perspectives:
  Bobby McFerrin


Friday, May 2nd, 2008 at 7:30 PM
Bobby McFerrin Young Artists Concert: Instant Opera
Zankel Hall
Bobby McFerrin, Workshop Leader

Workshop Participants
Clarice Assad
Max Baillie
Tim Buchholz
Akim Funk Buddha
Stacey Carter
OluShola A. Cole
Camille Dalmais
Nihan Devecioglu
Ayelet Rose Gottlieb
Anne-Marie Hildebrandt
Christiane Karam
Sofia Koutsovitis

  After a five-day Professional Training Workshop with McFerrin, participants specializing in a variety of singing traditions will create Instant Opera—an improvised, a cappella work based on the story of the Tower of Babel. This work explores the origins of language while celebrating cultural differences.


Perspectives:
  Bobby McFerrin



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