AcaFest Review

The A CappellaFest this year, Listen Now!, was held in Mrs Lee Choon Guan Concert Hall in ACS Barker on 30^th and 31^st 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.

This concert has helped to increase the awareness of the a cappella music scene, especially among youths. It exposes students to a new genre of music and hopefully garner their interest in spreading the joy of singing a cappella too. Also, with Tote Board fundings and Edusave, schools are able to absorb most of the ticket cost and ease the students’ burden in attending the concert. However, the ticket sales were not going very smoothly as the concert was held at the end of July, when many students were preparing for their common tests. As a result, some teachers were reluctant in committing their students to attend the show.