SCHOOLS
Elementary, Middle, and High Schools
Interactive Assemblies with a Message (k-12, up to 300 students, 45 min - 1 hr)
SungBeats will begin the assembly by amazing your students with champion-level beatboxing, and explaining the connection between human language and vocal percussion. He will proceed to teach students how to beatbox in a fun, lighthearted way, often instructing the entire audience to beatbox at the same time. He will recreate hit songs with multi-layered vocals on his loopstation, and invite students to the stage to record their voices live. As your students connect and collaborate with each other, he will tie in a message about how music production and beatboxing are metaphors for teamwork and collaboration. Sung aims not only to share his musical talent, but also to uplift and inspire the audience with personal stories of the challenges and adversity he faced in choosing beatboxing as a career path, from his early days as a full time street performer in the subways to the present day.
Interactive Workshop (k-12, max group size 50, 45 min - 1 hr)
This beatboxing workshop is a deep dive into the wonderful capabilities of the human voice and the origins of beatboxing. Students will explore their voices in a silly, fun, and judgement free space, learning how to create vocal percussion, sound effects, basselines, trumpets, synthesizer sounds, and vocal scratches—all with the human voice! Sung will then split the students into groups and have them beatbox battle or jam collaboratively in teams. Sung will conclude by allowing students to record their voices on a loopstation (vocal layering) to create live music on the go.
Entertainment for Graduations and Post Proms (up to 300 students, 1 hr)
An interactive beatbox, vocal-looping show is the perfect form of entertainment for safe post-proms and graduations. Seniors yearn for memorable experiences and a sense of connection with each other as they approach their last days of school. What better way to facilitate these connections than by bringing everyone together to experience music in a completely unique way?
“Our Middle School and Upper School had the amazing privilege and honor of hosting Sung Beats at our opening school assembly. An incredible artist and human, Sung not only seamlessly connected with the students but he also inspired them, ignited their collective curiosity, and included them in his passion and craft. The energy in the auditorium while Sung performed was electric and full of life. Students left feeling grateful for having witnessed and learned about beatboxing, looping, perseverance, creativity, and passion. Sung is exceptionally talented and unbelievably grounded. Was a pleasure to have him back at our school and can’t wait to have him back!”
— Jen Haliday, Assistant Head of School
Friends Academy
“Many students and faculty reached out to me to say what an amazing experience they had at the assemblies. Even parents shared what a great experience their kids had! Thank you for coming to TvF and sharing your talents with us!”
— Yoshie Otomo, Vice Principal
The Academy of TV and Film
“People are still talking about the event. A huge thanks for your big energy and incredible talent. We had so much fun! Hope to be able to bring you down again sometimes in the future.”
— Dandy Pilon, VP for Advancement
Guadalupe Regional Middle School
“I write this letter to highly recommend, beatboxer extraordinaire, SungBeats. As a parent volunteer co-chair of the Multicultural Committee at Little Red Schoolhouse (LREI), our committee organizes one of the largest and most popular school wide events called Karamu. Karamu is a multicultural celebration which includes live, diverse entertainment. I had previously seen Sung perform at a NetKAL event and immediately thought to nominate him for Karamu. The Karamu planning committee voted on which acts to include and Sung easily made the cut. (The top 3 out of approximately 15 acts considered.) Sung was extremely professional prior to and during our Karamu celebration. Although the school wide event is for all grades (K-12), the majority of attendants are middle school aged and younger. The children (and the parents!) all loved Sung’s performance. His performance was highly skilled and engaging. He was able to have a few kids join him on stage for part of the performance, as well. This was a big hit! Although Sung performed at the 2016 Karamu event at LREI, people still talk about his performance now. Some parents even personally hired Sung to perform at private events after Karamu. Once again, I highly recommend Sung Lee as a performer. If you are looking for a uniquely gifted artist who is also professional and a pleasure to work with - SungBeats is your man.”
— Julie Young, Multicultural Chair
LREI
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sung presents interactive performances, interactive assemblies with a message, and interactive beatbox and vocal-looping workshops. All programs emphasize music, collaboration, participation, and tons of laughter!
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Sung offers both, depending on what the school’s needs are. The interactive performance will be mainly geared towards entertainment, while the assembly will have an added educational message, storytelling, and Q&A. In addition to the musical component in assemblies, Sung will inspire the students with stories of adversity as a full time street performer of 7 years and the importance of persistence and never giving up. Watch highlights of Sung’s performance for high school seniors.
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Sung believes in the power of music as a way to bring people together. Through his programs, SungBeats provides a unique environment where students (even the quiet ones) can let go of their inhibitions while practicing confidence, self-expression, collaboration, and team building.
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For middle school and above, Sung will motivate and uplift your students with stories of his inspirational journey from a full-time street performer to beatbox champion.
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Sung will tailor his program to different age groups (k-12) and keenly cater to the room’s energy. For example: for younger groups, the communication style will be tailored accordingly, beatboxing will be simplified, and the song choices will be age-appropriate.
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Sung will teach students how to beatbox, arrange the first impromptu beatbox/voice jam in the history of your school, make music with your students’ voices, and perform a custom track for your school. Expect Sung to engage the crowd, bring students up to the stage, encourage collaboration, and have tons of laughs and audience participation while telling relatable and inspiring stories. Watch Sung interact with elementary school kids.
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To put it simply, beatboxing is the art of musical expression using the human voice. Percussion, strings, trumpets, basses, synthesizers, and many other sounds can be replicated and artistically arranged to create real music. The artform, which gained popularity in the 1980s, is not necessarily confined to hip-hop or any single genre. Beatboxing is simply a tool or instrument for musical expression! Watch Sung beatboxing at comicon.
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Live looping is the art of layering one’s voice to create full songs on a device called a loop station. A loopstation is a recording device that allows an artist to combine multiple layers at once. Think of it like the modern version of a one-man band. Example of Sung’s vocal-looping
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Sung’s technical requirements are straightforward and similar to the setup of a keyboard or a guitar. He will usually need a sound system, wireless microphones, and a stage monitor as basic requirements. Sung will coordinate with the school and make the best efforts to work with what is available in-house or additionally bring his own equipment.
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Yes, Sung is happy to split the school up into 2 or 3 groups by age and do back to back presentations.
Contact SungBeats:
For College / University Bookings, email: chris@bass-schuler.com
For a free consultation, general inquiry, or other all other booking interests, fill out the form below or email sungbeatbox@gmail.com.