Shlomo’s blog

Check out this film by Gemma Riggs detailing the process behind the new classical work CONCERTO FOR BEATBOXER AND ORCHESTRA which premieres on February 19th 2010 at the Queen Elizabeth Hall.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rto5HB1rHFE

Although tickets for the premiere of Shlomo’s CONCERTO FOR BEATBOXER AND ORCHESTRA have now sold out, we are pleased to announce a special second performance on SATURDAY 20TH FEBRUARY at 11am at the Queen Elizabeth Hall. This will be a family show as part of Southbank Centre’s Imagine Festival. Please bring your little sister or brother, son, daughter, or cousin and get them hooked on the beatbox bug! BUY TICKETS HERE

Imagine Festival

sitting here trying to nail this score. there’s a part where i have to make two notes at once, which means learning how to blow a raspberry in tune, and then sing another note on top. right now i’ve been blowing raspberries into a guitar tuner for nearly an hour. this is my job. http://shlo.co.uk/beatboxconcerto

Check out this mini-performance for beatboxer, cello, bass clarinet and percussion.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8wPSd5Twsk

Composer – Anna Meredith
Cello – Oliver Coates
Human beatbox – Shlomo
Bass clarinet – Stuart King
Percussion – Sarah Cresswell

Concerto for Beatboxer and Orchestra takes place on Feb 19th and 20th at the Queen Elizabeth Hall.

Congratulations to Arike who won the prize draw for a copy of the Vocal Orchestra DVD after handing in a feedback form at the recent production of BOXED.

Help Haiti whilst busting some beats! You can now bid for a private beatboxing masterclass for you and ten mates.

BID HERE.

All proceeds go to Oxfam’s Haiti appeal. There’s loads of other treasures up for grabs, including a personal song wriiten for you by Damon Albarn, VIP backstage Glastonbury tickets, and a Magic Numbers gig in your garden.

SHLOMO_WORKSHOP

Check out this short by David Dunkley about COLLISION – an exploratory project at @southbankcentre that finished yesterday
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UScKDoqFaJQ

Find out more on the COLLISION BLOG.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBG6Rxk1L_I

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00ps0p Check out this piece on BBC Radio 3’s Music Matters to hear my first reactions to Anna’s score: BBC Radio 3 – Music Matters (36 minutes in). You can listen again until next weekend!

Cooking for 40 artists at Southbank Centre’s Collision project was EPIC FUN TIMES with my gang of helpers from Se1 United… it went down a storm

Apple crumble and Jacket Potatoes READY!