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.

From the Desk of The A Cappella Society – May 2006 Hello everyone! In this issue, we have many audition opportunities for you and as promised, updates on coming a cappella events. For those who are intending to attend Camp A Cappella 101 – please register with us by Friday afternoon! We are also calling for competitors for our annual A Cappella Championships. If you are a team looking for a project to engage yourselves in, this is a great place to start. This year we include an award for best sounding group who will get sponsored to record a track with T2 Productions and a whole lot more. Happy reading! For The A Cappella Society Angie 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. (1) FEATURES CAMP A CAPPELLA 101 – THIS SATURDAY 3rd JUNE Camp A Cappella 101 will be held this year on June 3rd (Sat) from 9am – 5pm . Mr Larry Detwiler who has over 15 years of experience in training a ...

iLLers presents "In Your Face!" Singapore's 1st & only true arena of Hip Hop battles (B-boy & Hip Hop Dance / Beatbox / Rap / DJ) to take the opponents' $, get street credibility and gain international/regional recognition. More details at www.the-illers.com/inyourface 23rd June @ DXO (9pm - 4am) $18 pre-sale tickets only (inclusive of cover charge, 1 free drink & 1 iLLersHip Hop Tag) Battle - Behold as Hip Hop soloists & crews battle to be champions of the streets. Champions of 7 times will be crowned grand champions. The grand champion would have won $2250 plus prizes and will have to be ready to battle the " In Your Face " grand champions from Kuala Lumpur, Hong Kong, Taiwan and China. Knowledge - SG Pioneers of Krump: Master Cephas and hidden Showcase - Masters of Beat-boxing battle: Dharnivs Zul Party - Bumpin' Hip Hop & R'n'B from dusk till dawn : DJ Raw - DXO Resident) For further enquiries and ticketing, please e-mail ...

Verve Enharmonics (VnH) is featured on Youtube singing their gig at HCJC in 4 short videos made by one of their members - http://www.youtube.com/results?search=Verve_Enharmonics

Press Release : 10th May 2006, Singapore 1) CAMP A CAPPELLA 101 3rd June , 9am - 6pm , St Margaret's Secondary School $25 per participant. Please email angie@a-cappella.org.sg for registration form Calling all interested participants to this year's Camp A Cappella 101. This is the 1st of 2 installments for the camp this year. This first installement will be led by Mr Larry Detwiler who has been conducting a cappella classes and programmes for over 25 years now and whose high school a cappella group, Joint Sound is the only group in the world to be included in all CD compilations for Best High School A Cappella Recordings each year. You will learn to perform 2 songs at the camp and will be led through topics from singing technique to workong on blend and harmony and exploring stage craft 101 and vocal percussion 101. Participants will get to try everything hands-on and will be broken up into teams to work on the songs. Groups and individuals are welcomed. For...

From the Desk of The A Cappella Society – Apr 2006 Happy April everyone! I hope you have been well – it’s the season for flu and sore throats. Be sure to drink loads of water! This issue of the newsletter brings you updates on a full list of workshops and concerts coming your way soon – do check them out and get your tickets soon. Do not forget to keep voting for Juz B as they compete their way into the top spot in the Superband Competition. So far they have been doing excellently, scoring the highest points given out by the judges. Kudos guys! Please do not hesitate to send us details about your performances and or snippets of info whenever you can contribute to angie@a-cappella.org.sg We’ll be right back with the May issue. Happy reading! For The A Cappella Society Angie 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. (1) FEATURES CAMP A CAPPELLA 101 Camp A Cappella 101 will be held...

Did anyone catch Juz-B on Superband last evening? If you miss the show, you can watch a snippet of them singing on http://www.superband.com.sg/juz-b.htm . Well, they gave a stylish performance of Jay Chou's "Fa1 Ru2 Xue3" though one of the judges commented on their pronounciation. But still, it's still a pretty good performance especially the way they ended the song. Cool.

Have you caught Juz-B on Channel U's "Superband" recently this week? Despite the fact that they are a group of young Malay guys, they broke the language barrier and croon in a cappella style to Taiwanese pop-rock band Shin's " Si Le Dou Yao Ai ". They really gave a stellar performance so pick up your mobiles and sms to vote for them ! Here's the video link... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEx8wP0AMQA&search=JuzB

An a cappella version of a Honda car ad... http://84.40.3.164

Easter Concert featuring Key Elements & other arts groups by YMCA 31st March 7.30pm ACS Barker Concert Hall. Please call 64302288 for tickets . FREE Admission

Budak Pantai is singing on 7th of April (Friday) at 7.30 p.m for their regular stint at blue Moo cafe on the rooftop of YMCA Orchard, as published on 16th March on Lianhe Zaobao. Log on to http://www.bluemoo.com.sg for seating information.

Budak Pantai goes MARCHing into another do-good project this month and are holding a concert entitled " We Give A Dam " to help raise funds to build a dam (yes, that which holds water) for a small community in Kenya, Africa. The fund raiser is organised by the Audit department of Standard Chartered Bank. Details are as below: Date: 31 March 2006 (Fri) Time: 6.30p.m (1-hr concert) Venue: YMS Arts Centre (Waterloo Street) Tickets: $20 Anyone who wishes to buy a ticket and support the project, please write to Joe at Joseph.Wong@sg.standardchartered.com

The New York Voices is famed for their excellence in jazz and the art of group singing. The Grammy Award winning vocal sensation will be collaborating with Paquito D'Rivera in his musical interpretation of Antonio Carlos Jobim's classics like Corcovado, Desafinado and works by other contemporary Brazilian composers as well as his own celebrated compositions. Opening Act: Vocaluptuous , formed by a few of the pioneers for a cappella music in Singapore, the local sextet is one of the better known groups. Their album, All Wrapped Up was nominated for Best Holiday Song in the international Contemporary A Cappella Recording Awards, they will open for Brazilian dream with their jazz, bossa nova, latin flavourites. Visit http://www.mosaicmusicfestival.com/prog3A.html for ticketing information.