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Bobby McFerrin to conduct Oregon Symphony
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Vocal virtuoso Bobby McFerrin will
conduct the Oregon Symphony in a
program
of
M ozart
and
Tchaikovsky and perform a capella
selections on Tuesday, May 16, at
7:30 p.m. at the Arlene Schnitzer
Concert Hall in the Portland Center
for the Performing Arts. Media
support for this Special Event
concert is provided by KINK fm
102.
“C lassical m usicians are so
impressed with McFerrin because
of his ability to create counterpoint,
with his sense of pitch. He hears so
well. And he’s got so much energy,
it’s hard to believe he’s human,”
said Leslie Shank, assistant
concertmaster o f the ST. Paul
C ham ber
O rchestra
(The
Washington Post, Nov. 1996).
McFerrin will lend his infectious
enthusiasm and ear for counterpoint
to two Mozart works, the Overture
to “The M agic F lute” and
Symphony No. 29 in A Major, as McFerrin o f the chart-topping single and video o f "Don 't Worry, Be
well as to I Chaikovsky’s rich Happy, ” will be performing with the Oregon Symphony on Tuesday,
Serenade for Strings. In between May 16 at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall.
the M ozart and T chaikovsky
portions o f the program ,
M cFerrin will excuse the
orchestra to give a solo set
featuring his trademark vocal
stylings.
One of the music world’s most
widely talented performing
artists, Bobby McFerrin has
maintained a highly successful
career while continuing to
explore a broad range o f
musical styles and forms. He
has won great recognition for
his incomparable solo vocal
appearances and best-selling
recordings, as well as for his
many collaborations with
today’s leadingjazz artists. His
most recent activities include
extensive touring both as a solo
performer and with his own
jazz and vocal ensembles. The
current focus of his musical
endeavors, however, has been
on symphonic conducting, to
which he devotes considerable
time each season. He has
studied extensively with Gustav
M eier, one o f A m erica’s
foremost conducting teachers,
and in 1990 made his debut
with the San Francisco '
Symphony to celebrate his 40lh
birthday. He has since returned
to San Francisco many times
and has gone on to lead nearly
every m ajor A m erican
orchestra as well as many
prestigious international ensembles.
He is also part o f the artistic
leadership o f the St. Paul Chamber
Orchestra, which he joined in April
o f 1994 as Creative Chair. His
conducting activities with that
orchestra include subscription
series, educational and outreach
programs, tours and other special
concerts.
Tickets range in price from $ 18.75
to $75 and may be purchased at the
Oregon Symphony Ticket Office
Monday - Saturday, 9 a.m. to 5
p.m. or by phone at 228-1353 or
800/228-7343 or via the
S ym phony’s web site at
www.orsymphony.org. Bobby
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