Bobby McFerrin

About the Artist

Bobby McFerrin, a ten-time Grammy Award® winner, is one of the world’s best-known vocal innovators and improvisers, a world-renowned classical conductor, and a passionate spokesman for music education. With a four-octave range and a vast array of techniques, McFerrin is a vocal explorer who has combined jazz, folk, and a multitude of world music influences—choral, a cappella, and classical music—with his own ingredients. With a comedian’s sense of timing, an unrestrained zany streak, and an infectious love of every genre of music, each of his solo concerts is not a just “performance” but a communal sharing and celebration of music. The New York Times enthuses, “No matter what kind of music he happens to be performing or witnessing, he throws himself into it totally, his infectious smile challenging the audience to enjoy the performance as much as he does.”