Roger Treece

Guest Artist

Roger Treece is a composer, arranger, producer and vocalist exploring the boundaries of choral music, integrating improvisation and world music techniques with symphonic traditions. The recently released CD VOCAbuLaries features “the intricacy, seamless beauty and aural-spatial scope of sumptuous vocal choir pieces written by Roger Treece and cleverly based on Bobby McFerrin's improvisations” (Downbeat). The album has been hailed by critics as “the most extraordinary disc Bobby McFerrin has ever made” (The Buffalo News), crediting Treece as “the magician behind the curtain” (San Jose Mercury News). His work has been commissioned by the Los Angeles Master Chorale, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Children's Chorus, and the Danish Radio Symphony and Choir. His arrangements for the Manhattan Transfer, New York Voices, and Mark Murphy have earned him two Grammy nominations and 14 Downbeat awards. He has written music for the Discovery Channel, Disneyworld, Microsoft, McDonalds, ABC Comedy Network, and The United Way. Treece is also a member of Bobby McFerrin's a cappella touring ensemble Voicestra, and a leading teacher of McFerrin's CircleSong technique for group improvisation. Through clinics at universities throughout the United States and Europe, he has reached thousands of singers with his innovative approach to vocal music.

Bobby McFerrin and the Stangeland Family Youth Choral Academy

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