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國際團隊迴響

To me Taipei is always one of the most charming Asian cities.  It’s safe and neat. People are friendly and helpful. As long as you can manage some English (and perhaps Chinese), it’s easy to discover a lot of the city’s treasures.

And I have to add that the annual Taiwan International Contemporary A Cappella Festival makes Taipei MUSICAL.  As one of the most representative a cappella events in Asia, the diversity of its musical styles rivals any similar musical activities on this planet.  For example, in OCT 2008, audiences heard not only mainstream pop, jazz, rock, classics, but even a cappella settings sung in dialects from northern Europe and southern Taiwan!

In the past eight years, the festival served as a platform on which groups from Italy, Germany, Slovenia, Austria, Hungary, Sweden, Spain, Japan, South Korea, Macao, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, and Taiwan itself, shared their art with the world.

I was very excited when I got the chance to guest-perform in the Festival with my group “Gay Singers”. Singing in front of a generous and supportive crowd was an awesome experience.  Listening to the wonderful performances of groups from different parts of the world was equally dazzling.  It felt like I had got the whole world in a few days!

Music unites people. It’s our pleasure to meet friends from different continents. We usually started our conversations with music, and ended up with Taiwanese food or our own countries or how “I love you” was spoken in a certain language – basically anything.

On behalf of Gay Singers, I would like to thank Taiwan Choral Music Center for including us in this unforgettable event.  I would also like to thank each volunteer worker who has participated in the Festival (especially the “tour guides” who brought us here and there.)  Our gratitude also goes to all the audiences who have given us their strongest encouragement.

Music does cadence, but friendship lasts.  We look forward to meeting all of you soon!

-- Hong Kong Gay Singers
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I really appreciate you for the warm assistance.
And we 'cool-a cappella' have a great time in Taiwan.
Thanks again with my heart.
But we all say, we have wonderful experience with Taiwan festival.
And we all say we will try to keep our best to make our dream come true.
I hope you see us with expectation.         
 -- 韓國 cool-a cappella from Korea

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Thank you TCMC!
This is Vocaldente, proud and happy winners of this year international contemporary a cappella competition in Taipei.
We are back in Germany since a few days. The winter is just upcoming and we meet German fans. But still we talk a lot about our exciting time. Frequently, memories of those nice experiences and impressions set us back to Taiwan. We were glad how warmly TCMC took care of us. Everything was scheduled and well prepared. So we could concentrate on the reason, why we have been to Taiwan mainly: our A Cappella art.
No doubt, the competition was the most tensioned point of our Asian Tour. We are so grateful, that we could win first prize.
The Level was extremely high. The other groups were great! It was such a pleasure to see all those different styles in the Asian a cappella scene. It was an honor, to get judged in that positive way by such a qualified jury. All in all we’d like to say, that we got to know another great competition and festival compared to those in Europe and the US. Congratulation!
Thank you TCMC for the invitation and organization. Thanks to all people, who worked for the festival and finally made it possible to happen. Thanks to all, who were celebrating international a cappella music with us – on stage or in the audience.
Taiwan rules! See you next year.    
-- 德國 Vocaldente from Germany

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We would like to thank you so much for giving us a wonderful time.
The days in Taiwan passed like a flush.
 
We could get confidence in our teamwork through the prizes we had won in the competition, but at the same time, we faced world level and realized what we should do to progress.
 
Meeting with many people in Taipei, Joint concert with lovely kids in Taidong, the earnest eyes of the  university students in Hoalien, and
the friendly junior high school students who tried talking to us in Japanese in Yilang...
Everything is precious memories for us which we won't forget.
 
We are really looking forward to visiting Taiwan and seeing you all in the near future.
 -- 日本TAKARABUNE from Japan

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Thanks for your all the work on Taiwan International Contemporary A cappella Festival!
We really enjoyed to be join the festival.
I also have some experience making like your festival, so I know how much you made  efforts on  this.
真的 辛苦你們了 !!
 
Even the days were not really long to us, but we enjoyed the all the time and we were happy to be there.
All of the So What members want to join again the festival next year or soon !
Please invite us again! ;-)
 
Thanks again and take some rest for yourself too!
Hope to see you again!
 
感謝您!                                   
-- 韓國 So What from Korea

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We’re back in Sweden! Everything went out well.
Nice to be home but I miss Taiwan... 
– 瑞典 Irmelin from Sweden

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Klangbezirk is back in Germany and we wanted to thank you all for the great work you did with the festival and the tour!

We had a lot of fun and wonderful concerts! We're still on tour in Germany so this is just a short email to let you know, that all of us went back well and are really happy about the trip to Taiwan.

We hope to see all of you again soon and keep in contact,
the best wishes from Klangbezirk    
-- 德國 Klangbezirk from Germany

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Thank you for inviting us to the 8th Taiwan International A Cappella Festival! We treasured the opportunity to learn from all other groups from Taiwan and all over the world, and the chance to share music from Hong Kong to the audience.
 
Thanks to the team from TCMC (especially Catherine and Ruru) for all the arrangements and the great hospitality to us during our stay in Taipei. Without their help, our trip would not have been so smooth. And thanks for your advice on how we may run our collegiate group in Hong Kong.  Best wishes,

-- 香港 Mosaic from HongKong

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若問我「姬聲雅士」(Gay Singers)的台北之行有甚麼得著，那我的回答肯定是「學習與友誼」。

雖然Gay Singers是以「示範團隊」的身份參與台灣國際重唱藝術節，但我們像是去學習多於示範。縱使敝團在香港已頗具認受性，但畢竟這邊的「阿卡貝拉」水平不高，我們還是需要把握機會向來自不同地域的團隊多多學習。

我們相信，學習音樂的最理想方法，是彼此學習，而不是單從老師身上學習，故此，對我們來說，重唱藝術節實在是一理想「學堂」。在短短的三日兩夜裡，我們見識得到台灣團隊的實力，也有機會欣賞到日本、南韓、澳門，甚至遠至瑞典和德國組合的演出，真巴不得可以多留幾天啊！

除音樂廳外，許多其他場景都是我們的學習平台：在後台休息間，可觀察其他團隊的熱身方法；在“International Party”裡，可近距離仔細品味Klangbezirk的唱腔；即使在較嘈雜的「趴趴唱」場地，幾乎零距離地欣賞「寶船」的演唱，也是一堂十分不錯的觀察課。當中的所見所聞，都不是在觀眾席上或DVD播放器前所能得到的。

此行另一得著 – 應是更大的得著 – 當然是寶貴的友誼。能認識來自澳門大學及Irmelin的歌手，並從他們口中得知一些關於他們所屬地區的「阿卡資訊」，固然教人興奮；但能與一眾「海外同業」，包括朱大哥、Kaichiro(北村嘉一郎先生)、Hyunil(崔賢逸先生)，甚至Vocaldente或Takarabune的朋友敘敘舊，縱然時候不多，也叫我們深覺不枉此行。得強調的是，大家雖然來自五湖四海，但交往時都非常用心，並非單在 “social- ling” (香港話，意即純粹應酬)。我們離開後，Klangbezirk還專誠托合唱中心把他們的CD寄給我們，足見彼此間的重視。

雖然重唱藝術節的重點項目是為期兩天的比賽，但各團隊真的做到了「比賽第二，友誼第一」。在台上，大家都使出了渾身解數，為爭取獎項付出全力，但在台下，卻絲毫沒有半點競鬥的味道，不管在旅館的餐廳，還是在international party，大家都總是笑瞼迎人，用各種語文談論著那說不完的「阿卡話題」，毫不吝嗇地分享自己的CD，誰又記得，大家曾在台上「兵戎相見」呢?

很想在這裡衷心地說些感謝話: 感謝朱大哥的邀請，讓Gay Singers可以出席此盛會；感謝Ruru的專業安排，使我們的行程極為順利；感謝各TCMC義工朋友們的招待，教我們在台北的每一刻都有賓至如歸的感覺；感謝每一位觀眾，您們的熱情，是我們最大的力量!

CASA(The Contemporary A Cappella Society of America)的Dave Brown先生曾寫道:

“A cappella group members are among the most humble and approachable members of the music community, and a cappella fans are among the most generous.”

在台北國際重唱藝術節裡，姬聲雅士完全感受得到!

-- 香港 姬聲雅士 Gay Singers from HongKong

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國內團隊迴響：

    這是我第二次參加歌手組的比賽，隨著一年一年越來越多人參賽，大家的實力也都越來越好，比賽已經不只是個比賽，像是一年一度的狂歡會，大家把這一年練的成果將其發表，感動自己也試圖感動觀眾，因為比賽也認識的很多人，很多和我一樣喜歡合唱音樂和阿卡貝拉的朋友，我們透過音樂和聲音交流，期待不久的未來，這樣美好的音樂可以被推廣出去，不管在台灣的哪一個角落，都有阿卡貝拉的音樂，在大街小巷傳唱著。

謝謝中心如此費心的舉行這樣的比賽，讓我們能有個舞台和目標，今年來了好多國際團，光是看示範演出和國際賽，就讓人覺得值回票價，三年前第一次看重唱比賽，看到歌手組的演出，當時只覺得很新奇，從來沒有想過有一天我也會組團站在台上唱歌給大家聽。很謝謝朱元雷老師帶我們認識了阿卡貝拉，才會有機會可以站在舞台上發聲，組團唱阿卡貝拉。能找到一群肯和你一起唱歌的人真的很難，要珍惜可以唱歌的日子，珍惜那些能和你一起唱歌的人，因為你永遠不知道，會不會哪一天你就沒辦法唱歌了。     
-- Jigsaw 台北 and 台中

雖然咱們Oops一個獎都沒有得到，但最重要的，是得到了唱歌的快感、以及對阿卡貝拉的熱愛
我想，只要大俠還有一口氣的時候，咱們Oops一定都會按時參賽的啦XDDD
也很開心在這次比賽中認識了很多熱愛阿卡貝拉的好手們                                                                               
希望之後有機會，大家都可以唱出理想中最美的聲音囉!!!!!  
-- Oops 台南

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義工迴響：

能擔任藝術節的義工感到很開心，已經當了藝術節4年的義工，每年都有看到藝術節的進步！跟團隊們相處是一件很開心的事情！
-- Christine

因為很喜歡阿卡貝拉音樂，還有之前和國際團隊交流接觸的美好印象，
讓我鼓起勇氣想要擔任這次的國際隨團招待的義工。於是我學到重唱藝術節的主旨："Music, Friendship, and an experience of a life time."。希望下次我還有機會帶團或是擔任義工，這真的是次很棒的體驗。
-- Cello

很開心！當義工真的太開心了！可以跟大家齊心協力完成一件事，真的是太棒的事！看到義工們都這麼努力付出，感覺真的很好！
-- 魏貽暉

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觀眾迴響：

今年比賽真的看得很過癮，期待之後的比賽囉，台灣真的越來越棒了。謝謝中心那群認真努力的人，因為有他們，我們才有耳福有辦法可以比賽可以站在舞台上唱歌，不管是在台上還是台下，都是一件幸福的事情，你說是吧？
-- 台北觀眾

第一次聽到這樣的演出，實在是太精采了！可以每年都來嗎？ 
-- 花蓮觀眾

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評審迴響：

真的很驚訝國內團體參賽踴躍！而且國內團體整體的水準皆有大幅度的提升，並在比賽時有極好的呈現！而主辦單位很用心，讓這麼多風格不同的國際賽隊在台灣參賽演出，嘉惠國內觀眾！                         
 --2008台灣國際重唱藝術節評審 賴家慶

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大師班迴響：

這是我人聲課程第一次上課，而第一次上課就受到震撼，整個人就是驚訝跟驚喜!!! 這次我聽朋友說台灣合唱音樂中心有請到日本重量級的Vocal Percussion人聲打擊講師而且學了20年了~ 不得不震驚一下～~wow~~
他來台灣教課，只教三天，初級班、進階班、風格與團體打擊班，他有獨特風格，擅長的是Jazz音樂。課堂中聲音教的不多，三四個聲音，一個大鼓音、Hihat、小鼓 & 連鼓音，不過就足夠了! 運用的自如，出神入化 ~ 聲音雕琢之細! 普通人不練個三五年很難做出好的表現~
─大師班學員 ECHO  轉載自 echo 的個人部落格

 
比想像中有趣，老師教的實在是太好了！老師好帥喔！  --學員

下次什麼時候開課？   --學員
   
老師教的新的方式，吸入式打擊法減輕了以前作打擊一直需要換氣的狀況。
--O-Kai Singers人聲打擊 葉孝恩

2008 國際重唱藝術節DVD

今年的DVD包裝中有兩片DVD，物超所值！除了比賽，我們也將德日國際團隊音樂會精選歌曲納入。

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