AcaFest Review
The A CappellaFest this year, Listen Now!, was held in Mrs Lee Choon Guan Concert Hall in ACS Barker on 30th and 31st July 2008. The participating groups included The Acappella Society’s Youth voices and singers (TASYV and TAS singers respectively), VoCollision, Key Elements and Jamaica Café from Indonesia. Most of the audience was made up of secondary school students, which was the main target group for this concert. An afternoon show was held for primary school students. The highlight of the show was the second half performance by Jamaica Café which especially awed the audience.

Encore! The European Season in Singapore
The European Union countries represented in Singapore, the Delegation of the European Commission, the four European cultural institutions – Goethe Institute, British Council, Italian Cultural Institute, Alliance Française – and the European Chamber of Commerce are proud to present Encore! The European Season in Singapore. Launched with the opening of the 18th European Union Film Festival, the Season spans over a period of eight months and encompasses several dozen events across every field of European arts and culture – music, theatre, dance, visual arts, literature, film and street performance.

Key Elements: Jazz for the Record
1 Do Re Mi 2 Stompin' at the Savoy 3 Stay Away From Bill 4 We Are KE 5 Better Than Anything 6 Route 66 7 Accentuate the Positive 8 'Swonderful 9 Historia de un Amor/Besame Mucho 10 Lean Baby 11 Fly Me to the Moon 12 Bernie's Tune 13 Opening (from A Singapore Girl Story)

1st International A Cappella Festival 08
Champs of the 2008 Harmony Sweepstakes, German quintet Vocaldente quickly got the crowd laughing and on their feet. Cole Porter's "Let's Misbehave" is beautifully done, as is Kenny Loggins' "Footloose", the Rat Pack favorite "Everybody Loves Somebody", Freddie Mercury's "Don't Stop Me Now" and a tongue-in-cheek spoof of Abba's "Mama Mia." Vocaldente sings all these songs in very good English, but their strength is in their innocent, non self-conscious humor. The sweet, pure falsettos, faux horns, strings and other instruments, comic asides and samples combined with their totally deadpan posing and pretending to play their faux instruments, are all, quite simply, hilarious. While laughing at this, we're noticing that their stuff is amazingly arranged and that they are top-drawer professional singers and vocal percussionists. From seeing them live, it's also clear that they are having big fun up there, and so are we. Two kinds of genius come together here, comic and musical, to award-winning effect!

Vokal Total
Germany's biggest A Cappella Festival, 17 Oct-13 Dec 2008, 25 concerts featuring 31 groups from Europe and America. 17.10. Die Echten 18.10. cash-n-go 19.10. Pikkardijska Terzija 24.10. Principianti Die A-Cappella-Mix-Night mit: aMuSing, StimmBand und Voicenet 25.10. Terzinfarkt 26.10. Ganz Schön Feist 30.10. Vocal Sampling 31.10. in-Voice 07.11. Cadence 08.11. Martin O. 09.11. Principianti Die A-Cappella-Mix-Night mit: Die Quartbreakers, High Five und Bliss 14.11. Klangbezirk Special Guest: Don Camillo Chor 15.11. Flowalicious 16.11. Rock4 21.11. Voice Male 22.11. Harmony Central 23.11. Viva Voce ? A-Cappella-Boyband 28.11. 4she Special Guest: Herrenbesuch 29.11. maybebop 05.12. Camerata 06.12. Füenf 07.12. VoicesInTime 10.12. Wise Guys 12.12. vocaldente 13.12. U-Bahn Kontrollöre in tiefgefrorenen Frauenkleidern

Blue Intentions
Blue Intentions, one of the newest additions to Singapore's jazz a cappella circle, is an a cappella sextet comprising past and present members of Resonance, Equivox, and Verve Enharmonics (defunct). Bonded by our common love of good food (???? with or without the ??), board games (two sheep for grain and ore?), the old standards, the new wave, synocopated rhythm and vocal harmony, Blue Intentions is committed to exploring the boundaries of the human voice, boldly scatting our way into territories where no (wo)man has scatted before. Blue Intentions is Shin Ni (soprano), Gail (alto), Ern Theng (tenor), Alan (baritone), Chris (bass), and Edmund (vocal percussion).

Press Release August
1st International A Cappella Festival Germany's latest A Cappella stars, vocal dente, winners of prestigious awards and competitions in Europe (Ward Swingle Awards) and the USA (Harmony Sweepstakes) are coming to Singapore for two exclusive nights of their worldwide hit-programme "Let's Misbehave". Join them for an intimate, acoustic performance at The Arts House. With a rich and varied repertoire covering more than 80 years, they entertain and delight their audience with songs and pieces from the Comedian Harmonists to rock 'n' roll and ABBA, from the big 80s hits to the latest pop, always presented in the gloriously elaborate sound of five professionally educated voices. Their vocal imitations of rhythm and instruments, their self-written arrangements and the humourous entertainment sections complete the presentation, enlivened by self-ironic spoken interludes and sweeping dance choreographies. And the five young singers don't even need a microphone for this.

A Cappella Championships 08
Join a total of 16 groups over 2 days at the Esplanade Recital Studio for a good dose of a cappella as they compete for the coveted title of Champion in the Choir category (11th Aug) and the Ensemble category (13th Aug). The competition is held in collaboration with The Esplanade Theatres On The Bay and supported proudly by CASA, the Contemporary A Cappella Society www.casa.org, National Arts Council and the National Youth Council. Hurry! Get your tickets today! Tickets are already well sold and at $20 available from all sistic counters or www.sistic.com.sg. It's a once a year event and you definitely won't regret this opportunity. We hope to see you there.

world of voices
Be spellbound as we bring you exciting performances amidst the lush greenery and natural ambience of the Singapore Botanic Gardens! Featuring voices in perfect harmony from an award winning choir group, a cappella group, a beatboxer & the first Singapore Idol Taufik Batisah. Stand to win attractive prizes by participating in the online photography competition and the concert’s quiz segments. Come in your most stunning red and white outfit and receive ArtReach goodies. In conjunction with NDP 2008, early birds will receive an NDP 2008 goody bag! So pack your picnic baskets and come party with us!

Listen Now! - A CappellaFest 08
This year's AkaFest was held at ACS Barker's Lee Choon Guan Concert Hall and our groups delivered an exuberating concert! If you missed this year's concert, make it a point to catch next year's! The first pictures of the concert are now online, for a clip of the concert, head to http://www.metacafe.com/watch/1569721/jamaica_cafe_a_cappella_festival_2008/ Our guest group, Jamaica Cafe rocked the house down with their 'super chill' approach to entertainment and good'ol harmony. They had everyone singing, including most of the guys in the audience! Our local teams also wowed the crowd with their unique approaches to a cappella performance. If you missed it this year, be sure to catch it next year!