Mr. Percival FRIDAY 13TH AUGUST MULLUM CIVIC HALL Doors open 7pm/Show 8pm Tix: Presale (+BF) - $17/$12 (8-16yrs), Door - $22/$15 (8-16yrs) Available from: Barebones Bangalow, Mullum Books, All Music & Vision (Byron, Ballina, Lismore) and www.kupromotions.oztix.com.au  Delicious food available!

Darren Percival has achieved an outstanding reputation in Australia as an artist, musician, vocal coach and jazz singer of talent, imagination and skill. With over twenty years of professional experience, he has worked as an entertainer, recording artist, singing teacher and innovator with resounding results.

A childhood spent in Mexico inspired the canvas for his ‘spontaneous vocalization’, and recording monthly cassette tapes for family and friends back home in Australia propelled his fascination with recording the human voice and being able to play it back.

Darren learnt his craft studying singing techniques with Alan Dean, Kerrie Biddell and Mark Murphy. At 17 he was the youngest ever finalist in The Australian Singing Competition and when he left high school he toured California with the Big Band he fronted for his senior years at school. When returning to Australia he toured with veteran Australian entertainers Bobby Limb and Dawn Lake, and later that year he joined a troupe of ballroom dancers as a guest vocalist.

 
After hours experimenting in the studio, Darren developed his ability to sing unaccompanied by any instruments and created his unique sound. The introduction of a series of looping pedals moved the music from the studio to the stage. After an inspiring trip to New York City in 2004 to study with his mentor Bobby McFerrin, Darren returned to begin performances of his spontaneous vocal creations as Mr. Percival with the live show ‘Out Of the Loop’.

Few artists paint with sound. Darren has travelled on such a colourful musical adventure throughout his career, and has found an original way to reflect his environment in each performance by using only his voice…

 
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