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Announcement

Dear folks and fans of a cappella music, I have opened a discussion group for those who are interesting in music for singing otherwise known as a cappella music or a capella. The group is called Arts on the Move. You are highly encouraged to join in. Here are the details on artsonthemove: Group home page: https://groups.yahoo.com/group/artsonthemove Group email address: artsonthemove@yahoogroups.com Ready to start? Get the ball rolling by posting the very first group message. Then add photos, create an event, or whatever. In short, make yourself at home in your new group. Simply drop by the artsonthemove homepage now. To keep the online conversation moving, be sure to invite friends, family, and others who share your passion. Cheers, Ching mei Webmaster

How to Create an A Cappella Song by Carl Hose

A cappella music is performed without instrumental accompaniment, usually with more than one voice. An effective song done a cappella incorporates strong lyrics with a vocal musical arrangement. The variety of a cappella styles ranges from classical choir to barbershop quartet to the style known as do-wop, made popular in the 1950s. Here's how you can create an a capella song for you and your vocal group. Things You'll Need: blank music staff paper ,notebook, pencil, digital recorder and an eraser Instructions 1 Write a song that features the members of your vocal group. Typically you will have a high, two mid-range and a bass voice. You can write the lyrics on music staff paper and notate in traditional music notation if one or more of the members of your group are familiar with music notation, but many vocal groups performing a capella simply write lyrics in a notebook and indicate the parts by labeling the lyrics with an s (soprano), a (alto), t (tenor), and b (ba

MICappella on the news

Introducing MICappella, the vocal band formed by resident vocal percussion Peter Huang who is famous in the a cappella circles. They were interviewed by U-weekly which is a Chinese magazine steeped in Chinese entertainment.

FROM THE DESK OF THE A CAPPELLA SOCIETY - August 2014

Hi everybody! Time flies so fast, we have recently crowned Resonance as the Open Category champions at this year’s A Cappella Championships earlier last month and we’re already planning for our International A Cappella Festival. Do keep your eyes peeled for more information on our website! Your team at The A Cappella Society www.a-cappella.org.sg * These updates are correct to our best knowledge. Should there be any errors, kindly note that they are non-intentional. UPCOMING EVENTS Fest Logo Final web.jpg 1-31 October 2014, 7.30PM TAS@Aliwal Arts Centre Programme and more information on our festival page at www.a-cappella.org.sg! Catch Swiss rogues, The Glue and Hong Kong’s top vocal group, Gay Singers headlining this year’s International A Cappella Festival with concerts helmed by favourites TAS Voices, NANU and VocaBlends as well. Opening Concert feat. The Glue, Urban Harmony, NANU, TAS Voices and more 4th October 2014, 6PM Shaw Foundation Symph