Posted by Vocal Asia editors
Established in 2010, Vocal Asia is an organization that unites the A Cappella communities around Asia to create a communication platform for Asia's A Cappella musicians, singers, and audience. Organized by this platform, Vocal Asia Festival (VAF) is one of the biggest international events in Asia dedicated to contemporary A Cappella music, including a forum, workshops, master classes, and concerts. As a "moving festival" between different cities in Asia, VAF was held in Taipei (Taiwan), Shenzhen (China), Taoyuan (Taiwan), Gwangju (Korea), Shanghai(China), Taitung(Taiwan) from 2011 to 2016.
This year, the festival will be held in Hong Kong from August 16 to August 19. VAF gives the participants a chance to exchange culture and music experience, and learn from not only the master groups invited by Vocal Asia, but also from each other.
⊙ Feature of This Year
● Get your groove on! World renowned vocal jazz group - New York Voices' first time ever teaching workshops in Asia.
● The concert and workshops relate to the theme of this year: Cross-over.
● Create harmony through A Cappella education workshops.
● Think outside the box – join body percussion and vocaloops workshop!
● Pajama party? This year, you don’t even have to walk out to the street for the workshops and concerts, because THEY ARE ALL IN ONE BUILDING!
⊙ Venue : Youth Square
Youth Square provides wide range of facilities including theatre, studio, multipurpose area, hostel, retail shops and offices to facilitate youth development activities.Located at 238 Chai Wan Road, Chai Wan, Hong Kong, Youth Square is just a 5 minutes short walk from Chai Wan MTR station via footbridge.
⊙ Workshop Instructors
New York Voices (USA)
Peder Karlsson (SE)
Tobias Hug (DE/UK)
Ray Chu (TW)
Sung Mo Han (KR)
Kitamura Kaichiro (JP)
Eric Monson (USA/HK)
Yuri Ng (HK)
Patrick Chiu (HK)
Jo Jo Pang (HK)
⊙ Application
For application related information, please click here.
GROUP participant please click here for the application form.
INDIVIDUAL participant please click here for the application form.
*For groups that wish to receive coaching sessions, please note the order of session selection is based on the order of application submission.
Important Dates:
March 1, 2017 – Application begin
April 20, 2017 – Early Bird application and payment deadline
May 30, 2017 – Workshop selection begin
June 15, 2017 – Regular application and payment deadline
June 30, 2017 – Workshop selection deadline
Vocal Asia - www.vocalasia.com
Vocal Asia Festival - vaf.vocalasia.com
Email - [email protected]
