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Beginning May 28, Kennedy Center celebrates the beauty of the unaccompanied human voice with A Cappella: Singing Solo.
Representing vocal traditions and communities from around the world, May 28-June 6, the Kennedy Center presents A Cappella: Singing Solo, a celebration of the human voice--from gospel to sacred chants to barber shop quartets to jazz, from the Czech Republic to Norway to Mexico to South Africa.
"We're happy to put the spotlight on this unique form of music," said Garth Ross, the Kennedy Center's Director of Programming for Performing Arts for Everyone, "and to showcase its breadth and diversity as witnessed by the many cultures and groups who will perform on the Kennedy Center stages."
Bobby McFerrin is one of the natural wonders of the musical world. A ten-time Grammy Award winner, he is one of today's best-known vocal innovators and improvisers, as well as an acclaimed classical conductor. On June 1 in the Concert Hall, McFerrin hosts "A World of Voices," featuring Grammy-winning male vocal group Chanticleer; Grammy, Emmy, and Academy Award-winning South African ensemble Ladysmith Black Mambazo; the Grammy-winning female group Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares, renowned for their Bulgarian folk songs; and La Capilla Virreinal de la Nueva España, who perform music from Mexico's colonial era.
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