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Jes Sadler Biography
Jes Sadler is an educator, singer and vocal percussionist from London, UK. Jes spent nine years touring with a cappella group The Swingle Singers as Baritone and Vocal Percussionist, giving concerts in many of the world's top venues, recording seven albums and serving as the group's Technical Director. Jes left Swingles in 2006 and became a founder member of 'Beatbox Choir' The Vocal Orchestra - a collective comprising some of the UK's outstanding human beatboxers and vocalists. Founded by the beatboxer Shlomo, the ensemble's debut performance was headlining the International Human Beatbox Convention at London's South Bank Centre in 2007. Over the following years they played to thousands at The Big Chill and Glastonbury festivals, the South Bank Centre's Chorus vocal festival and The Udderbelly and collaborated with artists as diverse as Jarvis Cocker, Ashley Walters, Mutya Buena, Cleveland Watkiss and Imogen Heap. 2010 saw Shlomo & The Vocal Orchestra take things to another level with the premiere performances of human beatbox musical 'BOXED' and the groundbreaking Concerto for Beatboxer and Orchestra by composer Anna Meredith. An accomplished educator, Jes was Lead Tutor with Battersea Arts Centre's pioneering project the BAC Beatbox Academy. This project continues to find and work with young people in South London by introducing them to beatboxing, enhancing their skills and developing their musicianship and collaborative abilities. Jes was also involved with the SPARK and Sing Up! UK education programmes, encouraging primary-aged children to find and experiment with their voices with his courses "My Voice - My Instrument" and "If You Can Speak, You Can Beatbox!". Since 2008, Jes has regularly led workshops for and judged the Voice Festival UK collegiate a cappella championships. He became a patron of Voice Festival UK in 2011. Jes moved with his wife to Verona, Italy in 2012 and now works full-time teaching English to a wide range of learners using the Speak Your Mind method at the school's headquarters in the centre of the city, as well as continuing to pursue various musical and spoken-word projects. He is much in demand as a session vocalist for film, commercials and recordings and - being an ensemble specialist - Jes has performed with a number of other groups, the most recent and notable being a four-year stint in elite a cappella band The Magnets. Member of Swingle Singers |
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