SESSION TYPE: Plenary SESSION TITLE: The Music Instinct with Bobby McFerrin STRAND: General DAY: Saturday TIME: 1:00 - 2:15 pm LOCATION: Chase Center Grand Ballroom, 3rd floor

Ten-time Grammy Award winning composer, vocalist, conductor BOBBY McFERRIN loves performing worldwide with concert audiences, students, educators, and the listening public. Across the US and Canada, in Europe, and from Abu Dhabi to South Korea, McFerrin is frequently described as an “uncategorizable” musician. He dazzles, charms, shares and teaches. With his singular talents, BOBBY McFERRIN distills dissimilar cultures into the essence of unburdened and gratifying communication... overriding the restrictions of language, history, culture, and politics to illuminate that which we all share in our DNA – the power of music to teach, to entertain, and to create community.

BIOGRAPHY

Bobby McFerrin is one of the natural wonders of the music world. A ten-time Grammy Award winner, he is one of the world’s best-known vocal innovators and improvisers, a world-renowned classical conductor, the creator of “Don’t Worry, Be Happy”, one of the most popular songs of the late 20th century, and a passionate spokesman for music education. His recordings have sold over 20 million copies, and his collaborations including those with with Yo-Yo Ma, Chick Corea, the Vienna Philharmonic, and Herbie Hancock have established him as an ambassador of both the classical and jazz worlds. As a conductor, Bobby is able to convey his innate musicality in an entirely different context. He has worked with such orchestras as the New York Philharmonic, the Cleveland Orchestra, the Chicago Symphony, the Philadelphia Orchestra, and the Vienna Philharmonic.

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