Summer Reading Performer: Skippy the Human Drum Machine

Luke “Skippy” Harbur is a performer, producer, and educator whose project, musicbyskippy, creates arts experiences for multigenerational audiences. Through beatboxing, songwriting, and other sound producing skills his work celebrates identity and combats isolation culture.

As an educator, he combines the English alphabet, movement, and vocal techniques to teach beatboxing, language development, and anxiety/stress relief. Audiences learn vocal warm ups, movement, singing techniques, and beatboxing sounds through workshops and family focused concerts.