Introducing…The Vocal Orchestra, created by beatboxer Shlomo

We’re excited to announce one of two headline shows coming to E4 Udderbelly Festival at Southbank Centre in 2012.

The Vocal Orchestra, created by Shlomo, is a spine-tingling hour of incredible musical entertainment. A celebration of everyone’s favourite tunes using seven mouths, seven mics and no instruments!

Combining jaw dropping human beatboxing, glorious vocal harmonies and floor wobbling basslines, The Vocal Orchestra is a breathtakingly original show, written and created by internationally acclaimed beatboxer Shlomo, and performed by a company of the world’s most exciting beatboxing superstars.

This uplifting mash-up of intricate group beatbox routines and roof-raising interpretations of all-time classics will leave you whooping, clapping and dancing all the way home.

Check out this taster of what to expect…

Catch The Vocal Orchestra, created by Shlomo, at E4 Udderbelly Festival at Southbank Centre from Monday 9 April 2012. Get tickets here.

Artist in Residence Shlomo’s new dance collaboration & podcast

Southbank Centre Artist in Residence Shlomo will be performing new week as part of a double programme of dance performances by the award-winning Shobana Jeyasingh Dance Company. Shlomo will be lending his vocal talents to the world premiere of a new work called ‘Bruise Blood’. Check out the event page here for full details, trailer and tickets.

Shlo also has a new episode of his excellent Babelbox podcast up where he chats about his experiences at the festivals this summer and interviews the people he works with with along the way including 2007 Meltdown Festival Director Jarvis Cocker.

Shlomo’s Babelbox Podcast

Upcoming: Shlomo’s Beatbox Concerto

Anna Meridith (who you might have seen this year working with Goldie on the BBC’s Maestro) and our inimitable artist in residence Shlomo have been commissioned by Southbank Centre to write a new work entitled ‘Concerto for Beatbox and Orchestra’.

We’ll let them explain the project in their own words:

The new piece will be performed on February 19th and 20th 2010 at the Queen Elizabeth Hall with a specially created 20-piece orchestra, plus the Vocal Orchestra (Shlomo’s 8-piece beatbox choir) embedded within the ensemble.

Shlomo has promised to keep us updated on the progress of this hugely ambitious project on his blog.

Tickets for the beatbox concerto and all of Shlomo’s performances and collaborations at Southbank Centre are available at:
http://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/festivals-series/shlomo-s-series