UpBeat in Concert - Pastime With Good Company Date: 11 (Thur) & 12 (Fri) Aug 2005 Time: 7.30p.m (140 mins with intermission) Venue: Esplanade Recital studio Prices: $20 (plus $2 Sistic fee) Website: http://www.upbeat.sg Book your tickets thru http://www.sistic.com.sg/SOPApp/SOPPortal/portal_proxy?uri=,Vz1r!j,3H6Bt2Z4vNhuJ,SQsl2j3yBc5KAzsJFM UpBeat is the Open Category Champion of the Singapore A Cappella Championship 2004. Since its formation three years ago, this six-member group has sung for many national events and has carolled at Esplanade's Outdoor Theatre. It has also been in masterclasses with A'cappella ExpreSSS and the Swingle Singers. For their first staged concert, UpBeat has selected songs from yesteryears that will bring a glow to your heart. These are the songs they grew up with, songs they love, songs they hope to share with you... So join UpBeat for a stroll down memory lane as they reacquaint you with the songs you grew up singing. With their repertoire of...

Tic Tac Tone performed at the opening of the NEW National Library on 23 July 2005 (Sat) at 7.30pm . Here's the lowdown... TTT sang in front of the audience who were passing by the new National Library. They presented their stuff with a dash of humor as well as promoting their impending concert word of mouth by Ken (TTT's baritone) + flyers giveaway. They sang songs such as Shang Hai Tan (gasp?), Everlasting Love & Turn The Beat Around. It was really a "blasting" time because the speakers were really LOUD! So take note of their concert in Sept ! Secret Diary 9 -10 Sept 2005, 7.30p.m Esplanade Recital Studio $21 (incl $1 Sistic fee) $18 for purchase of 4 tickets & above.

As you know, Esplanade offers some free evening performances on Wed & Thurs evenings, i managed to catch Verve Enharmonics singing on 21 Jul 2005 at the concourse, whereby it was the 2nd night they sang there. The quintet consisting of 2 gals & 3 guys, were actually formed from the NUS a cappella club, Resonance after graduating from NUS. They captivated the small audience with popular hits such as Sukiyaki, Moments of Magic + We Will Get There medley, Not Worth It by Dreamz FM, Our Story by Tension. In fact, Verve Enharmonics are the champions for this year's A Cappella championship 2005. For more information about Verve Enharmonics, email Gail at VerveNH@gmail.com .

Lunchbox: Jazz from the Movies Key Elements (Singapore) When: 26 Jul 2005 (Tue) , 12.45 PM Where? the Esplanade Concert Hall How long? 30mins, no intermission Admission is FREE If you have an appetite for jazz or a cappella music and want to hear such music from your favourite movie, come fill your lunch-hour with a soulful, humorous and riveting performance by the a cappella group, Key Elements ! They promise to satisfy you with familiar blockbuster movie tunes and standards like Fly Me To The Moon , Route-66 and even a Teresa Teng number! Each song will be given a refreshing treatment and guarantees to send you humming and swinging your way back to work. Key Elements is a YMCA associate for the arts 2005. Another Esplanade Presents Programme

Secret Diary: A Tic Tac Tone Concert 9 (Fri) & 10 (Sat) Sept 2005 Time: 7.30p.m Esplanade Recital Studio $20 * (add $2 for Sistic fee) Duration: ~ 1 hr 30 mins with interval of ~ 15 mins Free seating within the venue Book thru Sistic website: http://www.sistic.com.sg/SOPApp/SOPPortal/portal_proxy?uri=4bYV7!C4Brd1J.tOGowA7oqItmF-b5vAzsJFM Tickets are also sold at Esplanade Box Office located on the Mezzanine Level from noon -8.30pm daily.

Budak Pantai will be performing @ their usual venue of blue Moo. Date: 22 Jul 2005, Fri Time: 7.30p.m Prices: $10 (adults), $8 (students with student pass) Venue: blue Moo cafe (on the roof of YMCA orchard) Bookings open on Jul 11 !! Please visit their blog @ http://budakpantai.motime.com for details.

Join us for our next jam session in July! We sing, we eat and we laugh a lot. Basically a cosy afternoon where singers get to exercise their vocal chords and non-singers get to try their hand at singing contemporary a cappella tunes with the help of other singers. Come join us! No prior singing experience required! Drinks start at $1.80. Date: 10th July 2005 , Sunday Time: 3pm to 5pm Venue: Fig & Olive Cafe Address: 51 Bencoolen Street, #01 - 06 (Somerset Apartments, across from NAFA School of Design carpark entrance) FREE admission. BOOK YOUR SEATS NOW ! Write us at contact@a-cappella.org.sg . Programme: Fun Warm Ups & Exercises Singing & Jamming to 2 songs Nearest MRT: Bugis. Map: click to enlarge.