Greetings everyone! More exciting news this month! We launch the sales of the A CappellaFest’04 Concert at the end of this month on SISTIC. It’s a good time to grab the best seats in the house! Join our top acts at this 2-night only event and initiated all your friends to the beauty of a cappella music-making.
We also have great news for Real Group fans with the launch of their coffee table book. And delicious information about a new chat the has been set up by CASA (where I sit as a board member). From locating local talent (Tat Tong) who are based overseas to introducing school choirs to a cappella with practically free CDs, this issue is just loaded with lots of news.
Have a blast and don’t forget to get your tickets to A CappellaFest’04!
Yours In Harmony
Angie
(1) FEATURES
A CAPPELLAFEST 2004
A CappellFest’04 tickets go on sale on the 30th of May at SISTIC. Get your tickets to this year’s hottest a cappella show! Join top names like Budak Pantai, In-A-Chord, Akatones, Tic Tac Tone, Notations, nanu, Ngam and the Wolu Singers and be enthralled and inspired by their creativity and the beauty of the human voice!
30th & 31st July 2004
7.30pm, ACS Barker Concert Hall (Dunearn Rd)
Tix: $26, $22, $16 (students)
www.sistic.com.sg
NATIONAL A CAPPELLA CHAMPIONSHIPS ‘04
Registration deadline has been extended to 15th June for groups who need more time. Calling all high school, college and open category groups. Send in your demos and join us in this first competition to hone new groups. Write to zara@pacific.net.sg for a copy of the rules and regulations today.
(2) SUNDAY VOCAL JAM – JUNE 2004
SVJ resumes this June after the May break. Come on down! Admission is FREE!
Regular Programme at the Jam: Welcome & Intro, Vocal Warm Ups & Tips, Presentation by Resonance, Jam Time!!
Sunday Vocal Jam
June 2004, Sunday
3pm – 5pm
Mox Bar Café
21 Tanjong Pagar Road, #04-01.
Opposite the road from Maxwell Market, next to the Methodist Church and directly above Ya Kun Kaya. Write to zara@pacific.net.sg or sms 97921429 for seat reservations. Call 94506872 during office hours.
(3) VOCAL TRAINING
New classes commencing in May (Monday Nights and Saturday). Write us for more details at zara@pacific.net.sg . This 8 week, level 1 class will take you through the fundamentals to good singing. $200 per participant. 1 ½ hrs per week. Class size of 8.
(4) SINGAPOREAN-MADE A CAPPELLA MUSIC ABROAD
Meet a Singaporean who is simply crazy over a cappella music! Not only is he smart and talented, he is also very driven! He is Tat Tong. www.tattong.com
Check out his first album, entitled Evocations, a recording of original songs he has penned and all of which has been recorded in a cappella. Kinda like a one-man vocal band! Join him at our next Sunday Vocal Jam!
(5) ASIAN A CAPPELLA COMMUNITY UPDATES
KOREA: Korean A Cappella Festival was held at the end of May which presented many different groups in performance and including visiting group from Japan as well. More details soon.
MALAYSIA – KUALA LUMPUR
The wicked Pitches are hard at work in preparation for their 2nd concert this year in October entitled Funkapella! Check them out at http://www.geocities.com/wickedpitches
(6) REAL GROUP COFFEE TABLE BOOK
The Real Group is planning a magnificent, exclusive "coffee -table" book about their career; "The Real Group Book" - 200 pages, full colour. Complete history, interviews, lots of photos, behind the scene, details, rehearsal, voicing, technique, arrangement, touring, recordings, studio, etc etc. Each book costs $45 without freight. Freight costs approximated at $25.
If you are keen to get a copy of this book, please email us at zara@pacific.net.sg
Real Group website: www.realgroup.se
(7) JOIN THE CASA A CAPPELLA CHAT ROOM
Come chat with your a cappella friends around the world!
The Contemporary A Cappella Society has created an online resource for you to connect up with the a cappella world live. The CASA.org Chatroom is now open, running, and available for you to chat online with a cappella creators, singers, and fans just like you 7 days a week, 24 hours a day. CASA has also scheduled topic chats. You can reach the CASA.org Chatroom via AOL, AIM, or iChat. (For AIM, go to www.aim.com to download the free software. iChat is included with Apple OS X.)
For AOL:
1) Select "Buddy Chat" on the buddy list menu.
2) In the box "Screen names to invite" type "christessbot"
3) In the box "Name of Private Chat Room" type "CASA"
4) Press Send
For AIM for Windows:
Put "aim:gochat?roomname=CASA" into your webbrowser
or
1) Go to People and select "Send Chat Invitation"
2) For "Screen names to invite" type "christessbot"
(Ignore the "Invitation Message" box.)
3) For "Name of Buddy Chat Room" type "CASA"
4) Click the "Send" button.
For iChat:
1) Go to File and select "Go to Chat..."
2) In Chat Name type "CASA" and click the Go button
(8) TUNES TO TEENS – Practically FREE CDs for your students.
Calling Choir Directors of Secondary and Primary Schools, if you are keen to attain some fabulous a cappella CDs for your students, this is one good source! Simply write to chris@casa.org for more information. Each choir is able to receive up to 150 pcs of CDs.
“Tunes To Teens is a non-profit program of the Contemporary A Cappella Society (www.casa.org) designed to put a cappella CDs into the hands of developing singers. Chorus by chorus, TTT sends junior high and high school students a cappella CDs donated by a variety of sources. The program's goal is to spark interest in a cappella music in up-and-coming singers.
Donated CDs are sent out to junior high and high school chorus directors. The director will send me US$1.50 for each student in their chorus (one CD per student), to help cover our expenses. Students should not be charged to help contribute to the fee. These CDs should be free to them; they are not buying them. Most choruses will pay for their fee through school funds. This is very important, because I want them to see this as a gift to them, from CASA, from the donator of the CD, and from you and the school.
CASA sends a director a box of a cappella CDs of a variety of different styles, and they give each of the students in their chorus a CD to keep as their own. The students can lend or swap them with their friends, further spreading their exposure. Choruses can participate repeatedly in TTT if they become CASA members. Non-member choruses may only participate once.”
We also have great news for Real Group fans with the launch of their coffee table book. And delicious information about a new chat the has been set up by CASA (where I sit as a board member). From locating local talent (Tat Tong) who are based overseas to introducing school choirs to a cappella with practically free CDs, this issue is just loaded with lots of news.
Have a blast and don’t forget to get your tickets to A CappellaFest’04!
Yours In Harmony
Angie
(1) FEATURES
A CAPPELLAFEST 2004
A CappellFest’04 tickets go on sale on the 30th of May at SISTIC. Get your tickets to this year’s hottest a cappella show! Join top names like Budak Pantai, In-A-Chord, Akatones, Tic Tac Tone, Notations, nanu, Ngam and the Wolu Singers and be enthralled and inspired by their creativity and the beauty of the human voice!
30th & 31st July 2004
7.30pm, ACS Barker Concert Hall (Dunearn Rd)
Tix: $26, $22, $16 (students)
www.sistic.com.sg
NATIONAL A CAPPELLA CHAMPIONSHIPS ‘04
Registration deadline has been extended to 15th June for groups who need more time. Calling all high school, college and open category groups. Send in your demos and join us in this first competition to hone new groups. Write to zara@pacific.net.sg for a copy of the rules and regulations today.
(2) SUNDAY VOCAL JAM – JUNE 2004
SVJ resumes this June after the May break. Come on down! Admission is FREE!
Regular Programme at the Jam: Welcome & Intro, Vocal Warm Ups & Tips, Presentation by Resonance, Jam Time!!
Sunday Vocal Jam
June 2004, Sunday
3pm – 5pm
Mox Bar Café
21 Tanjong Pagar Road, #04-01.
Opposite the road from Maxwell Market, next to the Methodist Church and directly above Ya Kun Kaya. Write to zara@pacific.net.sg or sms 97921429 for seat reservations. Call 94506872 during office hours.
(3) VOCAL TRAINING
New classes commencing in May (Monday Nights and Saturday). Write us for more details at zara@pacific.net.sg . This 8 week, level 1 class will take you through the fundamentals to good singing. $200 per participant. 1 ½ hrs per week. Class size of 8.
(4) SINGAPOREAN-MADE A CAPPELLA MUSIC ABROAD
Meet a Singaporean who is simply crazy over a cappella music! Not only is he smart and talented, he is also very driven! He is Tat Tong. www.tattong.com
Check out his first album, entitled Evocations, a recording of original songs he has penned and all of which has been recorded in a cappella. Kinda like a one-man vocal band! Join him at our next Sunday Vocal Jam!
(5) ASIAN A CAPPELLA COMMUNITY UPDATES
KOREA: Korean A Cappella Festival was held at the end of May which presented many different groups in performance and including visiting group from Japan as well. More details soon.
MALAYSIA – KUALA LUMPUR
The wicked Pitches are hard at work in preparation for their 2nd concert this year in October entitled Funkapella! Check them out at http://www.geocities.com/wickedpitches
(6) REAL GROUP COFFEE TABLE BOOK
The Real Group is planning a magnificent, exclusive "coffee -table" book about their career; "The Real Group Book" - 200 pages, full colour. Complete history, interviews, lots of photos, behind the scene, details, rehearsal, voicing, technique, arrangement, touring, recordings, studio, etc etc. Each book costs $45 without freight. Freight costs approximated at $25.
If you are keen to get a copy of this book, please email us at zara@pacific.net.sg
Real Group website: www.realgroup.se
(7) JOIN THE CASA A CAPPELLA CHAT ROOM
Come chat with your a cappella friends around the world!
The Contemporary A Cappella Society has created an online resource for you to connect up with the a cappella world live. The CASA.org Chatroom is now open, running, and available for you to chat online with a cappella creators, singers, and fans just like you 7 days a week, 24 hours a day. CASA has also scheduled topic chats. You can reach the CASA.org Chatroom via AOL, AIM, or iChat. (For AIM, go to www.aim.com to download the free software. iChat is included with Apple OS X.)
For AOL:
1) Select "Buddy Chat" on the buddy list menu.
2) In the box "Screen names to invite" type "christessbot"
3) In the box "Name of Private Chat Room" type "CASA"
4) Press Send
For AIM for Windows:
Put "aim:gochat?roomname=CASA" into your webbrowser
or
1) Go to People and select "Send Chat Invitation"
2) For "Screen names to invite" type "christessbot"
(Ignore the "Invitation Message" box.)
3) For "Name of Buddy Chat Room" type "CASA"
4) Click the "Send" button.
For iChat:
1) Go to File and select "Go to Chat..."
2) In Chat Name type "CASA" and click the Go button
(8) TUNES TO TEENS – Practically FREE CDs for your students.
Calling Choir Directors of Secondary and Primary Schools, if you are keen to attain some fabulous a cappella CDs for your students, this is one good source! Simply write to chris@casa.org for more information. Each choir is able to receive up to 150 pcs of CDs.
“Tunes To Teens is a non-profit program of the Contemporary A Cappella Society (www.casa.org) designed to put a cappella CDs into the hands of developing singers. Chorus by chorus, TTT sends junior high and high school students a cappella CDs donated by a variety of sources. The program's goal is to spark interest in a cappella music in up-and-coming singers.
Donated CDs are sent out to junior high and high school chorus directors. The director will send me US$1.50 for each student in their chorus (one CD per student), to help cover our expenses. Students should not be charged to help contribute to the fee. These CDs should be free to them; they are not buying them. Most choruses will pay for their fee through school funds. This is very important, because I want them to see this as a gift to them, from CASA, from the donator of the CD, and from you and the school.
CASA sends a director a box of a cappella CDs of a variety of different styles, and they give each of the students in their chorus a CD to keep as their own. The students can lend or swap them with their friends, further spreading their exposure. Choruses can participate repeatedly in TTT if they become CASA members. Non-member choruses may only participate once.”
(9) GIG UPDATE
- 16th July National A Cappella Championships @ Mox
- 30th & 31st Jul A CappellaFest 2004 – Voices Carry at ACS Barker Concert Hall.
- 21st Aug AMK Choir Concert.The 2nd half of this concert turns into a vocal festival of sorts with guest group, nanu, accompanied by AMK’s guy group Hose Reel and it’s gal group.
- 17th & 18th Sep nanu’s inaugural public concert @ Mox Bar. Tix at $35.
- 1st, 2nd & 3rd Oct FUNKAPELLA in KL - Wicked Pitches at The Actors Studio in Bangsar. 8.30pm
- 23rd Oct Flying Pickets Concert & Workshop. * www.flyingpickets.com
- Nov /Dec Camp A Cappella 04.
Free Admission unless otherwise stated. If you wish to list your gigs and performances with us, please write to Angie at zara@pacific.net.sg we will be putting up this information on our web site as well.
(10) CONTACT US
If you'd like to submit articles, news and updates, volunteer your services or send in your comments, please do not hesitate to write us! We look forward to hearing from you.
For folks who are keen to join this mailing list, please send us a note to the same address.
The A Cappella Society
zara@pacific.net.sg
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