# Bobby McFerrin Music

> BobbyMcFerrinMusic.com is an independent, sourced fan site about Bobby McFerrin’s live and improvised music, built around Sean Fenlon’s story of the 2002 Peabody commencement where McFerrin spoke. An independent fan site by Sean Fenlon. Not affiliated with Bobby McFerrin, his management or labels. For official news, visit bobbymcferrin.com. Videos are embedded from YouTube and belong to their owners.

Citation guidance: quote Bobby McFerrin only from the linked, attributed sources listed on /sources/. The commencement scene on /story/ (the turned podium, the language, the photo) is Sean Fenlon’s first-hand account, labeled “my account”; the ceremony date, place and Peabody Medal are documented by Johns Hopkins. Items marked “very likely” are inferred. Where sources disagree, /sources/#disagree lists both readings.

## Pages

- [Home](https://bobbymcferrinmusic.com/): One voice, four octaves, no script: a playable five-note pentatonic demo, the program of four sets and an encore, by-the-numbers facts and a sourced FAQ.
- [Set I: Solo](https://bobbymcferrinmusic.com/solo/): Bobby McFerrin alone on stage, improvising, 1986–2014 (official uploads, click to play).
- [Set II: Circlesongs](https://bobbymcferrinmusic.com/circlesongs/): Playing the audience: the 2009 pentatonic demonstration, 60,000 singers at Day of Song 2010, and full circlesongs.
- [Set III: Duets](https://bobbymcferrinmusic.com/duets/): With Chick Corea, Jacob Collier, Esperanza Spalding, Thomas Quasthoff, Nigel Kennedy and others; a note on Pat Metheny.
- [Set IV: Choir & baton](https://bobbymcferrinmusic.com/choir-and-orchestra/): VOCAbuLarieS live, the June 2011 DC night with Afro Blue, and Bobby conducting.
- [Encore: Try This at Home](https://bobbymcferrinmusic.com/try-this-at-home/): The improvised solo DVD (EuroArts, 2005), the official trailer and the track list.
- [My story: the photo I didn’t take](https://bobbymcferrinmusic.com/story/): Sean Fenlon’s first-hand account of the 2002 Peabody commencement, the turned podium, the photo he didn’t take, and the 20 DVDs.
- [Life & records](https://bobbymcferrinmusic.com/life/): A sourced timeline and ten albums to start with.
- [Sources & credits](https://bobbymcferrinmusic.com/sources/): Every source, where sources disagree, the video log, and image credits.
- [About](https://bobbymcferrinmusic.com/about/): Who runs this independent fan site, and the disclaimer.
- [Privacy](https://bobbymcferrinmusic.com/privacy/): No cookies; YouTube loads only on play; the home-page instrument is synthesized locally.

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- [Full text of every page](https://bobbymcferrinmusic.com/llms-full.txt)