Esplanade Presents: Bitesize - A Cappella 101 with The A Cappella Society

Esplanade Presents: Bitesize - A Cappella 101 with The A Cappella Society
27 Dec 2008 Sat, 2pm
Esplanade Rehearsal Studio
$15 via SISTIC website or outlets
TAS website : http://www.a-cappella.org.sg

Come learn how a cappella groups do it without musical instruments and try it out for yourself!

This two hr workshop is conducted by Angelina Choo, Director of the a cappella Youth Voices and the newly set-up TAS Children’s Pop Choir. An Arts Manager by training, she has been performing in choirs since she was six and has been instrumental in the development of Singapore’s a cappella scene through her training, performance and outreach programmes at the society. She continues to pursue a cappella singing through Nanu and new Jazz a cappella group, TAS Singers.

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