Workshops Friday Afternoon

How do you organise a project choir aiming to bring talent and competence together to create regional and/or national synergies? Syng Selected is a national youth choir created and funded by the Danish youth choral organisation SYNG, and in this session you will experience a presentation – historically, organisationally and musically – of Syng Selected. After the showcase, we want to open a discussion about the big benefits as well as the challenges included in such projects. We will include different perspectives and encourage other singers, leaders and organisations to share their experiences with similar activities. The goal is to have a fruitful exchange of ideas and thoughts on operating the ambitious project choir.
This workshop is presented in collaboration with SYNG. More on Morten Vinther

The Vocal Painting (VOPA) system offers an advanced set of tools to lend shape and structure to “music of the moment” in any choir. Both conductors and singers are able to implement live arranging, live composing, re-arranging, re-composing, use of contrasting elements such as shifting keys, modules and time signature etc. during a performance. It can also be used within traditional repertoire to convey details during rehearsals and live in concert. VOPA has its roots in Soundpainting, which is the universal multidisciplinary live composing sign language for musicians, actors, dancers, and visual artists. Presently the language comprises more than 1500 gestures.

VOPA is a vocal evolution of Walter Thompsons original music sign language, developed by professor Jim Daus Hjernøe from The Royal Academy of Music, RAMA Vocal Center, Denmark. In VOPA it has become a new language for vocal art, used to complement conventional conducting techniques of choir music. VOPA is currently consisting of 75 signals and more are in the making. The signals are easy to understand and the conductor can use them to adjust the musical expression within every desired musical parameter. Through the development of VOPA, as a pedagogical tool and an artistic methodology, the signals have shown to be surprisingly effective as an easy and fast way to create music with singers of all levels, from audience participation to the highest professional level of vocal arts.
This workshop is presented in collaboration with RAMA Vocal Center. More on Jim

Visiting AAVF on your own? Join the Single Singers!
You are coming to Aarhus alone or without a group to sing with. You’re an experienced singer and you enjoy all of the great concerts and workshops. But…. what you would actually really like to do, is to perform at the festival yourself. Look no further. Join the Single Singers!
You will be provided with sheet music to prepare your parts at home. We’ll have just two rehearsals and then a stunning performance on a big stage at the festival. You will certainly impress your vocal friends around the world and you will be part of the ever growing international Single Singers community! So, if you’re coming to AAVF on your own, or without a complete group to perform with, contact us about joining The Single Singers at AAVF You have to:
- have a festival pass
- come on your own or with only part of your group
- be able to learn your parts at home
- be able to attend to both rehearsals and the performance (TBA). You can apply or ask for more information via info@thesinglesingers.com or, if you’re on Facebook, via Annemarie Homan or Emily May ‘t Hoen.