It’s the tail end of June and here at TAS we are about to launch into our Shine Festival projects in July! An exciting month for a cappella! We have a pop singing workshop , the National Competition and a Dance Party concert lined up for you and to top it off, a multitude of performances opportunities for local groups at the Esplanade Concourse. We are also in the midst of fund-raising for to set up our office and staffing so if you are looking for tax-exemptions this financial year, please do consider the society and do your bit to contribute to growing this community. Write us at angie@a-cappella.org.sg to find out how you can contribute. Sponsors who are looking for sizzling hot projects to tie-up with, we have the world’s best groups lined up for the shores of Singapore from November 06 – March 07. For more details please email angie@a-cappella.org.sg We’ll bring your much more in July. Happy reading! For The A Cappella Society Angie www.a-cappella.org.sg * These updates are corre

Part of the Shine Festival by MYCS and the National Youth Council The A Cappella Society Presents Pop Vocal Workshop with Singer / Songwriter Annie Nepomuceno (USA / PHILIPPINES) 18th July 2006, Tuesday 3.30pm to 6pm (student vocal workshop) 7.30pm to 10pm (public workshop) YMS Arts Centre $25 (student) / $35 per participant PRIVATE LESSONS 19th July: 9am to 3pm and 7 to 10pm 20th July: 9am to 3pm Per hour: $90 (1 person) / $60 per pax (2 persons) Please call 94506872 or email angie@a-cappella.org.sg to book your seats. Come join award-winning singer / songwriter, Ms Annie Nepomuceno in this workshop that will explore singing technique for pop singers. This workshop is organized in-line with the National A Cappella Championships which provides assistance to singers and groups who are looking to pick up tips from an expert in the field. Ms Annie performs with a cappella group III of a Kind in concerts and sings as a recording artiste (back-up singing in concerts and recordings) on to

GOT! stands for Gathering Of Talents. And that is exactly what is happening each Wednesday evening at the Singapore Art Cafe , located within the library@Esplanade. The open mic session on July 12 will feature vocal bands. Take this opportunity to perform in front of an appreciative audience or simply as a pre-competition warm-up before the July 20 National Competitions. For more details, contact Jonathan at jon@singaporeartcafe.com .

Singapore Men's Chorus (SMC) is having a concert entitled " Love's Journey " - an international tour of songs about relationships in all their stages. Building on the success of their inaugural concert, SMC spreads its wings with songs from three continents to entertain you. Yuan Sheng Dai (Superband 2006 participant), otherwise known as OST is a subset of the choir and we do a cappella both as a small group as well as in a choir. Our repertoire for this concert includes songs of different languages and genres, accompanied by musical instruments as well as purely a cappella, and they all revolves round the theme of love (thus it's called "Love's Journey"). If you are interested in listening how a cappella can be done by a group of 30 men, or how choral singing sounds by purely men's voices, please come and bring along your friends as well to enjoy an evening of beautiful music with us !!! Very affordable tickets at only $16* are available at S

Resonance A Cappella presents Vocal Obsession II I hear voices in my head... Do You? This June, Resonance A Cappella will be back with their second major concert in Vocal Obsession II , featuring songs of diverse genres ranging from ballads to jazz to pop to rock--all done without the help of musical instruments. Included in their repertoire are several familiar favourites -- Sing along to popular hits like Evanescence's Bring Me to Life and Backstreet Boy's Incomplete , glide through the seasons with Summertime and Autumn Leaves , and relax to the tunes of Michael Buble's The Way You Look Tonight and David Tao's æ?®é??æ??å??... all of which are just part of a dazzling repertoire that stretches the limits of the human voice. They may be college students, but this is something you've got to hear to believe. Hestitate no more, get your tickets now, and catch them in action on Saturday 24th June 2006 , 1930 at Singapore Polytechnic Auditorium . Date: 24th June 2

Budak Pantai is performing at their place at blue Moo in June ! Reservations for seats will be starting from 9 June (Friday) so log on to http://www.bluemoo.com.sg to book seats. Date: 30 Jun 2006 (Fri) Time: 7.30p.m Venue: blue Moo (rooftop of YMCA Orchard) Entrance fee: $10 per person* * Entrance fee will include cowpons for either 2 drinks, or 1 drink and a snack item

Key Elements (KE) will be performing in this year's Arts Festival Fringe at RAFFLES CITY atrium on the following dates and times: Sunday, 11th June, 1pm Wednesday, 14th June, 7pm ADMISSION is FREE! Come and enjoy the lush harmonies and sensational rhythms of a cappella music with KE as we bring you familiar pop favourites as well as jazz standards, all given a refreshing KE treatment, made possible by our very own in-house arrangers - Jason Ong & Benedict Goh. The elements are - Susanna (Susannite) - Mezzo-soprano Hui Lian (Huilium) - Alto Benedict (Benedite) - Tenor / arranger & part-time beat-boxer Kim Beng (Kimbium) - Tenor / resident diva Jason (Jasonium) - Baritone / resident slave-driver, arranger & beat-boxer Vaughan (Vaughanese) - Bass / arranger Visit their website at http://www.i-lurve-ke.com Hope to see you there!

Upbeat 7 (Wed) & 10 June (Sat) 2006 7 pm Raffles City This six-member a capella ensemble will enchant shoppers with their close harmony arrangements of jazz, oldies and contemporary pop songs.