Bobby McFerrin teams up with students for Sanders Theatre performance

“Bobby McFerrin and Harvard Artists,” a concert featuring vocalist, conductor, and improviser extraordinaire Bobby McFerrin with Harvard University undergraduate performers, will be presented at 8 p.m. tonight,Wednesday, Feb. 27, at Harvard’s historic Sanders Theater, 45 Quincy St., Cambridge.

Presented by the Office for the Arts at Harvard, “Bobby McFerrin and Harvard Artists” is part of a four-day residency featuring Bobby McFerrin sponsored by the Office for the Arts at Harvard’s Learning >From Performers program. McFerrin has been leading a series of workshops with Harvard undergraduates since Feb.24 that will culminate in tonight’s concert performance.

Tickets are $30 and $25 for the general public, and $10 for Harvard students, available through the Harvard Box Office in Holyoke Center, Harvard Square, or by calling 617-496-2222 (TTY: 617-495-1642).

For more information, see the Office for the Arts web site: http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~ofa/

From left, Neil Ellingson, April James, Bobby McFerrin, and Olga Yevglevskaya share a laugh at a workshop. (Staff photo by Rose Lincoln) Bobby McFerrin (right) leads a workshop with jazz students including Alec Spiegalman ’03. (Staff photo by Justin Ide)
Above, tudents in a dance workshop share a laugh. Entertainer Bobby McFerrin is leading performance workshops this week for Harvard undergraduates. (Staff photo by Rose Lincoln)

Jazz student Dan Fox ’02 (right) plays piano during a jazz workshop led by Bobby McFerrin. (Staff photo by Justin Ide)

Bobby McFerrin (center) works with members of the Kuumba Singers. (Staff photo by Justin Ide) During a break in a performance workshop, Sheldon Reid (left), director of the Kuumba Singers, talks with workshop leader Bobby McFerrin. (Staff photo by Justin Ide)