RE-BALANCE BODY VOICE & MIND 

Three and a half days of intense explorations of voice and movement

for body-mind balance

and creative, vibrant well-being.

Scroll down for the Mandarin version

中文見下方

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Voice Yoga Winter Solstice Retreat 2022. Photo: Jackal Mei

WHAT IS THIS RETREAT ABOUT?

In Voice Yoga’s dynamic group process, you go beyond your habits and expectations. Something larger than yourself emerges: a flow of hidden creative potential.

Grounded in physical exercise such as yoga and breathwork, we practise all kinds of sounds without meaning. We do not emphasize a beautiful singing voice either. We are looking for pure, direct expressions of physical resonance and vibration through mouth, limbs, hips, feet, skin and inner organs. Voice Yoga is grounded in the idea that many of us are often trapped in body-mind dualities and many other dualities. We look to go beyond these dualities; to dissolve the many lines we draw around everything and make them permeable. To accept that rigidity is often there and has its function, but to strive for more fluidity. In these moments, when things flow without a worry, we can experience great joy, like an innocent child.

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PROGRAM OUTLINE

We start Thursday December 19th at 9:30 AM and suggest you arrive the evening before.
We finish after lunch on Sunday 22th, around 2:30 PM.

Day 1

9:30-12:30 introduction to the program. Light exercising, breathing exercises, start moving, toning, improvising, restorative (half-)sleeping/dreaming.
12:30-14:30 lunch & siësta
14:30-16:30 Guided movement and sound practices, walking meditations, improvisations

16:30-17:00 Tea time
17:00-18:00 Guided movement and sound practices, walking meditations, improvisations

18:00-19:30 dinner & rest

Day 2

9:00-12:30 Slow meditative warm-up with breathing, exercising, toning, sounds and noises, lie-down exercises.

12:30-14:30 lunch & siësta
14:30-16:30 Guided movement and sound practices, walking meditations, improvisations

16:30-17:00 Tea time
17:00-18:00 Guided movement and sound practices, walking meditations, improvisations
18:00-19:00 dinner

Day 3

9:00-12:30 Slow meditative warm-up with breathing, exercising, toning, sounds and noises, restorative (half-)sleep/dream.

12:30-14:30 lunch & siësta
14:30-17:00 Guided movement and sound practices, walking meditations, improvisations

17:00-19:00 Early dinner and preparations for the evening
19:00-21:00/22:00 observe and celebrate today’s Winter Solstice. On our last evening we will jointly celebrate the change from darkness to light. Participants can contribute a memory or reflection, a song, a dance, individually, en groupe, as a duo, whatever comes up. Consider to bring an instrument you play, candles to lighten up the atmosphere, a special garment or hat to wear.

Day 4 (half day)

9:00-12:30 Getting back once again to the core practices and adding anything we missed on the way.  Review of what we have done and final voice session.

12:30-14:30 lunch and bye bye

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PLACE

We hold our sessions in Shufang’s Energy Healing, a gorgeous yoga studio with a big garden in Dulan, Taidong. The studio has all utilities we need. We can use the big lawn outside for music and workouts in fresh air (weather permitting), a giant rock to repose, and shady places to rest.

There are several options for your overnight stay nearby, on a walking distance or further away. We are about a 10 minutes walk from downtown Dulan.

Accommodation:  Moonrise Inn is closest to the studio nearby.

nearby hostels that are popular with our students include  Tranquilo Hostel and On My Way Dulan Hostel 

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FOR WHOM?

Despite the name, Voice Yoga is not a harsh or demanding yoga camp, quite the contrary: it lets you grow at your own pace and rest, sleep or observe when you want to. The workshop attracts young, curious artists; established musicians and performers facing creative obstacles or blockades; yoga and other body-mind workers not very familiar with sound; people familiar with sound but needing a fuller understanding and experience of it; people young and old looking for physical and spiritual renewal; practitioners of contemplative traditions like Buddhist meditation looking for wholesome, creative work in line with their existing practice; busy people needing a break from 9-5 work and seeking body-mind restoration in a relaxed atmosphere.

There are no specific requirements to join. Ages range from students in their 20s to retirees in their 70s. Yoga, music or other skills are not required. We strive for a group between 8 and 12 people.

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HOW TO PREPARE?

Bring a yoga mat to exercise and lie down. There are sitting cushions and also chairs if you cannot sit on the floor for long. Bring something to cover yourself when we repose or meditate. Bringing an instrument is a good idea (no need to play it well; a percussive instrument is always good).

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LANGUAGES

English + Chinese

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YOUR TEACHER

Mark van Tongeren is a Dutch sound explorer with a deep interest in the synergy of arts, sciences and contemplative traditions. Mark has 30 years of experience in theatre, music and dance productions and holds a PhD from Leiden University’s Academy of Creative and Performing Arts. He has practised yoga for over twenty-five years and all kinds of voice/music/performance practices for 35 years. He first learnt Vipassana from S.N. Goenka in 2002. His one-man enterprise Fusica was established in 1998 to explore intersections of sound and the arts (music) on the one hand, and acoustic and other academic research (fusikè, physics) on the other.

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MEET THE TEAM & CONTACT

       Jackal, Sunny, Hsi-Yin, Mark in Dulan

This workshop is brought to you by organiser Jackal Mei, translator Sunny Chen and hosted by Shufang Wang.

Administrative assistance by Hsi-Yin Chang.

For any questions about the contents in English, ask Mark.

mark@fusica.nl

FB: https://www.facebook.com/Paraphony

Phone 0910382749

For any questions about the contents, lodging, travel and food details, contact Jackal. For registration and payment issues ask Hsi-Yin.

Hsi Yin: hsiyin724@gmail.com

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PRICES

  32.000 NT$

Up to 7 October 2026

Super Early Bird / 25% off NT$ 24.000

Old Students / 30% off NT$ 22.400

9 October till 21 October 2026:

Early Bird / 15% off NT$ 27.200

After 21 October 2026

Full price NT$ 32.000

TOSA members  / 10% off  NT$ 28.800

Bring a friend / 5% off :  – NT$ 1.000

INCLUDED

– Tuition fee

– All lunches and diners (including Sunday lunch)

– Insurance

NOT INCLUDED

– Transport to Taidong

– Lodging

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REGISTRATION

– Please complete your online application form , and transfer application fee. IMPORTANT: please add a note ‘VYR’ in your payment.

– online application form:  https://forms.gle/SkwTYtrfc4RotfoC8 and transfer the fee within 3 days.

– After receiving your fee, we will send a confirmation email in 5 days, and invite you joining our line group for more event detail.

PAYMENT

Bank code: 808
Name of bank: E.SUN Commercial Bank
Beneficiary: Van Tongeren Mark Christiaan
Account number: 0314-979-191796

CANCELLATION

We reserve the right to cancel the retreat in the case we do not reach the minimum number of participants, between 4 and 2 weeks before starting date; in this case all paid workshop fees will be promptly returned. We are not responsible for expenses for the BnB or transport.

DISCLAIMER

By signing up you automatically acknowledge your understanding that this retreat sometimes involves strenuous physical exercise, potentially disrupting body-work and emotionally charged sessions with a deep impact on your well-being. It is understood that you yourself best know of any risks (physical, emotional, psychological) and that there is no pressure or obligation to do each and every exercise. By joining this retreat you accept the consequences and state your intention to complete it till the end. You waive all rights to seek or receive compensation in case of injury, loss or damage.

We reserve the right to cancel the retreat in the case we do not reach the minimum number of participants, between 4 and 2 weeks before starting date; in this case all paid workshop fees will be promptly returned. We are not responsible for expenses for the BnB or transport.

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KNOW MORE?

Mark’s Voice Yoga has been running for more than 15 years and brings together decades of creative, vocal expression, yogic discipline and contemplative traditions.

Voice Yoga is neither yoga as you see it all around you, nor music as you hear it every day or learn it in classes and workshops. It is a personal, artistic synthesis of a wide range of musical, resonant, theatrical, contemplative and physical arts. What binds them together is Mark’s unique synthesis and his vision to create a strong sense of flow, no matter what the activity is. Serious workouts smoothly blend with unforgettable, unrepeatable musical creations; deep breath work morphs into contact improv; vocal exercises into theatre; and so on.
This retreat will expand your vision, whether you are a musician, dancer, yoga teacher, actor, or just interested in working on your personal growth through the connections between sound, body and mind.

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CURIOUS BUT IN DOUBT?

For a taste of this retreat, come to one of the weekly Voice Yoga classes in Taipei for a 2-hour session. The classes run every Tuesday in Taipei from October to December 2026. Find the Calendar here: https://www.fusica.nl/upcoming-events/ and more info about Voice Yoga here.

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TESTIMONIALS

“At the end of the course, one thought was very strong: I’m so grateful to myself for choosing this workshop — above all, for not running away halfway through. And then I realized I had never thanked myself before.”

– Shanti

“I’ve always had that strength, with so many things supporting me. Sometimes I need to leave the city and be in an environment like this to remember it. It was this work that reminded me it has always been inside me.”

– Gina

“This is an environment where you can receive love and give love.”

– Wan-Chen

“We were a tribe, gathered together like kin, singing and dancing.”

– Varie

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OTHER UPCOMING EVENTS

https://www.fusica.nl/upcoming-events/

   聲音瑜伽冬至療癒假期

2026年12月19日至22日 

遇見晶瑩剔透的自己

一期一會 人聲與想像力的年終慶典

整整三天半的關於聲音與身體的探索/

連結你的身心平衡，以及充滿創造力、活力的存在。

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關於聲音瑜伽 療癒假期

在聲音瑜伽的動態團體過程中，你將超越自己的習慣和期望。看見比自我更廣大的自己開始甦醒: 那些隱藏著的創造力開始顯現，如河水般開始流動。

以瑜伽或呼吸法等身體練習為基礎，我們使用各種沒有意義和也不強調美麗歌聲的聲音。我們尋求透過嘴巴、四肢、臀部、雙腳、皮膚及內臟，來表達純粹、直接的身體共鳴與震動感受。聲音瑜伽的根基在於：我們許多人往往被困在身心二元對立，以及其他諸多二元對立之中。我們致力於超越這些二元對立；消融我們在萬物周圍劃下的種種界線，使其變得更通透。我們接受僵化往往存在且有其功能，但同時追求更大的流動性。在這些時刻，當萬物無憂無慮地流動時，我們便能像天真無邪的孩子般，體驗到無上的喜悅。

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工作坊時程表

我們將於12月19日星期六上午9:30開始，建議您前一晚抵達。 

我們將在星期二 22日午餐後結束，大約下午2:30左右。

第1天 

9:30-12:30：工作坊簡介。輕鬆的練習，呼吸練習，開始身體活動，吟唱，即興，修復性的（半）睡覺/夢境。

12:30-14:30：午餐和午休 

14:30-16:30：引導的身體活動和聲音練習，行走冥想，即興 

16:30-17:00：茶點時間 

17:00-18:00：引導的身體活動和聲音練習，行走冥想，即興 

18:00-19:30：晚餐和休息 

第2天 

9:00-12:30：緩慢冥想式的熱身，身體練習，吟唱與噪音。躺下的練習。

12:30-14:30：午餐和午休 

14:30-16:30：引導的身體活動和聲音練習，行走冥想，即興 

16:30-17:00：茶點時間 

17:00-18:00：引導的身體活動和聲音練習，行走冥想，即興 

18:00-19:00：晚餐和休息 

第3天 

9:00-12:30：緩慢冥想式的熱身，身體練習，吟唱與噪音。恢復性的（半）睡眠/夢境。

12:30-14:30：午餐和午休 

14:30-17:00：引導的身體活動和聲音練習，行走冥想，即興 

17:00-19:00：早一點晚餐，以及為晚上的活動做準備

19:00 – 21:00/22:00 ：這是我們的最後一個晚上，在冬至和平安夜之間，我們將一起慶祝從黑暗到光明的轉變。參與者可以貢獻一個記憶或反思，一首歌，一支舞蹈，個人，集體，作為一對，無論發生什麼。你可考慮攜帶一個你會演奏的樂器，蠟燭來燈亮氛圍，一件特別的衣物或帽子來穿著。

第4天

9:00-12:30：再次回歸核心練習，並補充過程中遺漏的內容。回顧我們已完成的內容，並進行最後的發聲練習

12:30-14:30：午餐&好好道別！

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地點 

光之屋，距離都蘭主街步行20分鐘上山，背靠都蘭山、眺望太平洋

遠離塵囂、綠意昂然，是擁有大片草原和原生種植物的私人僻靜山莊

工作坊空間專門設計作為聲響體驗、音樂製作、人聲演唱

寬廣舒適、共鳴充滿、能量和諧，一個淨化身心的獨特場域

用心迎接聲音瑜伽士們的滿血回歸，還有什麼比光之屋更好的呢？

https://www.facebook.com/shufang.energyhealing/

住宿推薦：

月昇都蘭距離光之屋最近。

深受我們學生歡迎的青年旅舍包括：晃輕鬆 或 途中都蘭

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參加對象

儘管「聲音瑜珈」名稱聽起來嚴苛，但這並非一個要求嚴苛的瑜珈營，恰恰相反：它讓你能以自己的步調成長，並隨心所欲的休息、睡覺或安靜觀察。

這個工作坊吸引了年輕、充滿好奇心的藝術家；已經在創作中遇到困境或障礙的專業音樂家和表演者；對聲音不太熟悉的瑜伽和其他身心工作者；熟悉聲音但需要更深入了解和體驗的人；年輕和年長的人，尋求身體和精神的更新；佛教及其他靜觀傳統（如佛教禪修）的修行者，正在尋找符合其現有需求——即需要更深入的呼吸與誦經修習——的、有益且富有創造性的練習；忙碌的人們需要從朝九晚五的工作中抽身休息，並在輕鬆的氛圍中恢復身心。

參加工作坊無需特定要求。年齡從20多歲的學生到約75歲退休者不等。不需要瑜伽、音樂或其他技能。我們希望參加的人數在8到12人之間。

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如何準備？ 

請攜帶瑜伽墊用於運動和躺下。如果您不能長時間坐在地板上，我們提供坐墊和椅子。當我們休息或冥想時，請攜帶東西蓋住自己。攜帶樂器是個好主意（不需要演奏得很好；打擊樂器總是不錯的選擇）

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語言 

英語 + 中文即席翻譯

[將會是一句句有節奏的翻譯，容易理解]

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帶領者

Mark van Tongeren 是一位荷蘭聲音探索家，對藝術、科學和冥想傳統的交互作用深感興趣。Mark 在戲劇、音樂和舞蹈製作方面擁有 30 年的經驗，並獲得萊頓大學創意表演藝術學院的博士學位。他練習瑜伽有超過25年的經驗，並在聲音、音樂、表演等各種實踐領域已有 35 年的經驗。 他於2002年首次跟隨S.N. Goenka學習內觀（Vipassana）。他的個人品牌 Fusica 成立於 1998 年，旨在探索聲音和藝術（音樂）以及科學和學術（fusikè，物理學）之間的交集。

認識更多馬克老師  www.fusica.nl。

我們的團隊

帶領者: Mark Van Tongeren
翻譯: Sunny Chen
活動規劃兼攝影: Jackal Mei

行政助理：張惜音
場地主人: 王曙芳

• For any questions about the contents in English, ask Mark: 

mark@fusica.nl

Phone/LINE:  0910382749

FB: https://www.facebook.com/Paraphony

• 課程內容、食宿問題請聯繫Jackal:  jackallala@gmail.com / line ID：jackallala /＋886 936596910
• 課程報名與匯款，請聯繫惜音：hsiyin724@gmail.com

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責任歸屬

報名此工作坊代表你了解: 

1) 工作坊可能會有劇烈肢體運動，引起身體跟心理的衝擊。

2) 工作坊中的每項活動都不是強制性的，你必須衡量自身狀況(身體/心理/情緒)來決定要不要參與。

3) 你會對自己的身體及心理狀態負責，主辦方不承擔任何相關的傷害、損失及賠償責任。

報名費用

全額費用：32.000 NT$

到10月7日 （週三）

超早鳥優惠 / 75折：24.000 NT$

舊生優惠 / 7折：22.400 NT$

到10月21日 （週三）

早鳥優惠 / 85折：27.200 NT$

10月22日之後

原價 /32.000 NT$

TOSA會員 9折：28.800 NT$

雙人報名 / 95折：額外每人1000NT$折扣

費用包含:

＊學費

＊7餐的台東地方蛋奶舒食餐食[午餐＋晚餐]

＊保險

不包含:

＊ 交通

＊ 住宿

【匯款通知手續】

1.請先完成線上登記手續: https://forms.gle/SkwTYtrfc4RotfoC8，並於3天內匯款完畢。重要：付款時，請附註「VYR」

2.經確認款項後，將在五天內發出報名確認信件，並邀請您進入專屬Line群組，以便活動行前聯絡相關事宜

【匯款帳號】

銀行代碼：808

銀行名稱：玉山銀行

分行名稱：敦南分行

受款人：van Tongeren Mark Christiaan

帳號：0314-979-191796

【取消政策】

我們努力保持合理的價格。如果您在工作坊開始前60天以上取消，我們將退還90%的費用。 如果您在工作坊開始前45-59天取消，我們將退還80%的費用。 如果您在工作坊開始前30-44天取消，我們將退還50%的費用。 如果您在工作坊開始前15-29天取消，我們將退還30%的費用。 如果您在工作坊開始前1-14天取消,我們將退還10%的費用。 如果您為自己的位置找到替代者，我們只會保留10%的行政費用。

如果在開始日期之前4到2週內我們未能達到最低參加人數，我們保留取消療癒假期的權利；在這種情況下，所有已支付的工作坊費用將迅速退還。我們不對住宿或交通費用負責。

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想了解更多？

馬克的聲音瑜伽已實踐快超過15年，這個方法匯集了數十年的創造性、聲音表達、瑜伽修行和冥想傳統。

聲音瑜伽既不是你在四周看到的瑜伽，也不是你每天都聽到的音樂，或在其他工作坊與課程中學習到的。它是一種個人的、藝術性的綜合，融合了廣泛的音樂、共鳴、戲劇、冥想和身體藝術。它們的共同點是馬克的獨特綜合和他的願景，創造出一種強烈的流動感，無論活動是什麼。嚴肅的練習融入令人難以忘懷（無法重複！）的音樂創作中，深層呼吸法演變為接觸即興，聲音練習則變成劇場。

這個療癒假期將擴展你的視野，無論您是音樂家、舞者、瑜伽老師、演員，還是只是對通過聲音、身體和心靈之間的聯繫來工作於個人成長感興趣。

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好奇但有疑問嗎？

每週聲音瑜珈 

想要嘗試一下這個療癒之旅的滋味嗎？

歡迎來參加台北每週一次的聲音瑜珈課程， 每堂課為2小時。

馬克老師將於10月中回台後，帶領聲音瑜伽課程。

課程詳情以及近期活動請點此：https://www.fusica.nl/upcoming-events/。

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更多關於我們的活動

Autumn Program 2026

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【學員分享】

「在那個舒服的狀態，我不再很認真地想到底要給予什麼，那些東西就自己從我的裡面跑出來，很自然地流動。」——Gina

「先聽見自己身體裡面想說的話、想發出的聲音，再用自己的聲音把它發出來。這是我們都忘記了的一種表達方式。」——varie

 「不假掩飾、透明的感覺，不需要裝，每個人都很真實地在那個當下。比舒服還要厲害。」——Lova

「課程結束的時候，有一個念頭好強：我好感謝我自己。感謝我選擇這個工作坊，而且中間沒有逃掉。我這才發現，我從來沒有感謝過自己。」——Shanti

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The Mongols, the Tuvans and Tibetans practise it since times immemorial.

Composers Lamonte Young and Karlheinz Stockhausen introduced it to a select audience in the West.

Singers David Hykes, with his Harmonic Choir, and Michael Vetter developed a whole new way of doing it.

Your own voice resonates multiple sounds when you sing, and even when you speak.

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In recent decades, more and more people discover this unusual way of vocalising, making it somewhat more …. usual.

I am talking about the technique called overtone singing. A singing practise that allows one to produce a low note and a melody of higher tones on top of it, using only the human voice.
Overtone singing is not mystical, secret or esoteric by itself, though it’s easy to understand the association.

Anyone can learn the basics of producing two tones at the same time, using only his or her voice. And this course teaches that in a few dozen clear and infectious videos. Each video zooms in to one specific way to develop a more resonant voice, making your overtones more and more audible.

Join me, Mark van Tongeren, author of the definitive sourcebook on the subject, on a path I am travelling for over 30 years.

I taught myself the basics of overtone singing around 1990. And then went on to study, record and interview many important people in the field around the world, starting with Rollin Rachele, author of the first-ever study guide for overtone singers. Soon after I set out to study with the famous throat singers from Tuva, Siberia, like Kaygal-ool Khovalyg of Huun-Huur-Tuu.

I wanted to understand how they look at their vocal art, music and sound and the connections to body, mind, spirit and religion.

This course is my condensation of decades of singing, teaching, listening and learning.
Full of tips and tricks and all the basic tools you need to jump-start your own journey to new dimensions of your resonant body, mind and voice.

Set apart one to two months for this fascinating journey, to change the way you listen and the way you make sound with your voice.

Enjoy access for the rest of your life.
Join my course Overtone Singing – Basics now.

Go to https://voice-resonance.com/online-course-basics

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Concerts, workshops and other upcoming events.

Details below

Friday October 9

14:30 CEST

Online Premiere of full performance Incognito Ergo Sum by the Superstringtrio.

Live with Mark van Tongeren and Rollin Rachele

Sunday December 13, 2026

10 AM – 5 PM.

Taipei, place tbc

Member Day, Taiwan Overtone Singing Association.

More about the association here.

More about some of our activities here.

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Break the wall with sounds. The world is much wider than you thought.

用聲音打破那道高牆 看見比你想像更廣大的世界
聲音的海洋 深入傳統，創造屬於自己的傳統，與布農族一起歌唱。

( E n g l i s h  b e l o w )

用聲音打破那道牆，世界比你想像的還要巨大

2026 全新升級 聲音的海洋 與布農族合唱工作坊

2026年
2月26日到3月2日
南投水里 老五民宿

Singing a song with the males in center and the females surrounding.

‘’在五天四夜的旅程中，我們深入探索「聲音的海洋」‘’

這是馬克對人類在時間和空間中創造的音樂聲音和言語的彙編的等價詞。我們尋找來自世界各地的未知傳統，聆聽過往的經典並嘗試創作我們自己的版本。您還將學習如何自己或與他人一起即興創作一首傳統歌曲（一首催眠曲？一首祈禱曲？一首歡樂的問候歌？）。

如果您已經喜歡唱歌，並且知道自己的聲音有著如此多的色彩。但是只有其中一些色彩在日常生活中表達出來，現在我們要擴展這種創造性和聲音的潛力，一起看見自己聲音的光譜。

加入我們，一同慶祝人類聲音的力量和潛藏在其中的創造力。毫無疑問，您的祖先知道民謠、宗教聖詩、儀式詠唱：讓它們以新的形式再次浮出水面。

在我們探索的起點和亮點上，南投信義鄉明德部落的布農族非常樂意在他們每週的歌唱會上歡迎我們。您將有機會與他們近距離合唱，並從中學習他們創作複音多聲部歌曲的方式，並嘗試與他們一起合唱。這是對這座我們摯愛島嶼的許多美好傳統之一的親身沉浸，是極少數人曾經擁有的獨特機會！

與世界級的泛音詠唱大師 馬克范湯可鄰共渡五天四夜，作為聲音的學習者，這是一個能與全球級的歌唱家全身心的學習的機會，感受彼此細胞的共鳴，沉浸式的教學能讓你快速提昇，並有機會在課餘時間建立與大師的良好交流，全方位的進化，在台灣本地就能做到

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【工作坊重點】

※ 布農族明德部落拜訪共同歌唱
※ 布農族歌謠學唱
※ 八部合音練唱
※ 世界傳統歌謠學唱
※ 地中海島嶼民謠學唱
※ 非洲傳統歌謠學唱
※ 即興聲音遊戲聲音圈
※ 音樂作品即興創作
※ 果醬音樂共鳴之夜
※ 傳統樂器體驗

【參與對象】
+喜歡傳統歌謠，想沉浸式體驗布農族文化的你
+沒有專業歌唱基礎但是充滿好奇心的人
+需要一個活力的聲音療癒假期
+想要探索自己聲音的更多可能性
+專業音樂表演者，想探索傳統歌謠文化

本工作坊營造包容和接納的氛圍
學員將在支持身心靈的環境下進行成長和探索
參與者對當下正在進行的活動的加入均保持自在的選擇。

【我們的團隊】

本工作坊由 Mark van Tongeren 帶領
Jackal Mei、轟轟，和 張惜音 為您呈現。

Mark van Tongeren

Mark 是一位聲音探索者，對藝術、科學和冥想傳統的協同作用有著濃厚的興趣。Mark 在戲劇、音樂和舞蹈製作方面擁有超過30年的經驗，並擁有萊頓大學創意與表演藝術學院的博士學位。在他的工作中，他結合各種聲音/音樂/表演，有時與冥想練習（冥想、呼吸法、瑜伽）重疊。

觀看這個來自線上模組的預告片，展示泛音詠唱的7種基本技巧： https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnsrXNUjFSQ&t=6s

要了解這個工作坊的內容，請聆聽 Mark 關於聆聽和演唱泛音的 TEDx 演講： https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTUdMIeoXRU&t=6s

Jackal Mei

自2019年起成為泛音詠唱/口簧琴愛好者，Jackal 深度參與台灣泛音詠唱協會和台灣世界口簧琴文化協會。他是 IUooUI 和內在銀河漫遊的成員。Jackal 也是甜點烘焙和咖啡的熱情愛好者，2019年起參與馬克的工作坊統籌工作

轟轟
台灣世界口簧琴推動第一人，創辦2屆世界口簧琴音樂節，2025被選為世界口簧琴協會社群工作負責，目前是世界口簧琴音樂文化協會的理事長，自2020年起擔任馬克的聲音的海洋工作坊專職翻譯。

張惜音

一位直覺歌手和聲音療癒實踐者，現居德國。她自2021年接受聲音療法培訓，現在致力於療癒音樂和聲音旅程的工作。

【布農族明德部落介紹】

布農族被譽為「合唱民族」，其八部合音Pasibutbut被聯合國教科文組織認定為世界音樂瑰寶。明德部落的Lileh合唱團，是全國首個獲文化部指定的「國家級重要傳統藝術保存團體」。8-12位歌者牽手圍圈，以母音共振，創造出布農族人稱為Bisosilin的「美好音響」——傳說這是天神最喜愛的聲音。

布農族是非常會使用複音演唱的民族，而且相信歌就是要一起唱才好聽，我們將學習他們的生活歌謠到慶典歌謠，最後來到神聖歌謠的和諧旅程。

試聽連結：https://open.spotify.com/album/7sXnzIZA5MDGC5w7NMkGgP…

【課程地點／住宿&餐食】
南投縣水里鄉 老五民宿

老五民宿位於南投水里上安村，在海拔400多公尺處的構築唐風綠建築，植樹造園打造生機盎然的美好鄉居。環繞著美麗的園林，生態池，草地，值得悠閒在此踱步、尋幽探險。每間房間皆是天然木材建材，讓身心沐浴在木質調的芬芳中，這將是一場從內到外的潔淨之旅，2026年新春後回歸充滿活力的自己。

㊣工作坊期間提供當地當季無肉的早午晚餐
㊣每日午茶點心咖啡皆為蛋奶素可食用

課程費用報單連結：https://forms.gle/kPSA5B6r9fQ8XiUM7

【聯絡資訊 】

關於英文內容的任何問題，請詢問 Mark；中文問題請詢問 Jackal Mei。 關於報名請詢問 Hsi-Yin，關於住宿安排和餐飲細節請詢問 Jackal。

Jackal Mei（主辦人） 電話：0936-596-910 郵件：jackallala@gmail.com Line ID：jackallala

Mark van Tongeren（課程帶領者） mark@fusica.nl 電話：0910382749 LINE：091038274

Hsi-Yin Chang（行政助理） hsiyin724@gmail.com

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Ocean of Voices

Break the wall with sounds. The world is much wider than you thought.

26 February – 2 March, 2026

Shuili, Nantou, Taiwan

PROGRAM OUTLINE

In five days we dive deep into the Ocean of Sound, we uncover unknown traditions from around the globe, listen to examples and try out our own versions. You also learn how to create a traditional song (A lullaby? An invocation? A cheerful greeting song?) by yourself, or together, on the go. You already love to sing and already know your voice has so many shades. But only some of these shades find expression in everyday life, and now we expand this creative, sonic potential.

Join us for a celebration of the power of the human voice and of creative imagination lurking underneath the surface. Surely your ancestors knew folk songs, religious hymns, ceremonial chants: let them come back to the surface again, in a new guise. At the start and highlight of our exploration, the Bunun from XinYi are so kind to welcome us during their weekly singing session. You will have a chance to sing with them, up-close, and in this way you learn how they create their polyphonic songs and can try to join in with them. A first-hand immersion in one of the many living traditions of this beautiful island and a unique chance very few people have ever had!

DATES AND TIMES

Thursday 26 February

16-18 arrival time, check-in

18-19:30 dinner

19:30-21:00 introduction session Ocean of Voices.

Friday 27 February

9-12:30 Body and Sound exercise, global traditional song practice, improvising circle
12:30-14:30 lunchbreak

14:30-16:30 practice some traditional song and free-style singing

16:30-17:00 coffee and snack time.

17:00-18:00 practice some traditional song and free-style singing

18:00-19:30 dinner

20:00 Free interaction & break

Saturday 28 February

9-12:30 Body and sound exercise, traditional Taiwan Bunun tribe songs

12:30-14:30 lunch break

14:30-18:00 practice: exploring different vocal (maybe instrumental) traditions, and creating our own song in group and solo song.

16:30-17:00 coffee and snack time.

17:00-18:00 group sharing & solo sharing

18:00-19:30 dinner

20:00  Special Evening Jam: non-stop music making

Sunday 1 March

9 -12:30 session: go through Bunun and other practices, rounding up

12:30-14:30 lunch

14:30-16:30 exploring sound in the nature.

16:30-17:00 prepare for the road to Bunun

17:00-18:00 dinner

18:00-18:30 the road to Bunun

18:30-21:00 session with Bunun tribe

21:00 Return to our BNB and aftertalk

Monday 2 March

10-12:30 Presentation time to see what we harvested from this trip.

12:30-13:30 Lunch

13:30-15:00 Farewell ＆ free interaction

We reserve the right to change the program times and themes.

PLACE

Old Five B&B

Shuili, Nantou

https://maps.app.goo.gl/FeUNj6WuwCAsEueSA

All meals are delicious, creative vegetarian cooking by our Local chef

FOR WHOM?

Anyone who is curious and confident enough to sing with others.

(Minimum: 10, maximum:14 people)

LANGUAGES

English + Chinese

HOW TO PREPARE?

Requirement: you will receive a download album by the Bunun (included) to prepare for the session with them. Sign up early and reserve some time to familiarize yourself with the repertoire!

OUR TEAM

This workshop is brought to you by Mark van Tongeren, Jackal Mei, Hong Hong, and Hsi-Yin Chang.

Mark van Tongeren 

Mark is a sound explorer with a deep interest in the synergy of arts, sciences and contemplative traditions. Mark has over 30 years of experience in theatre, music and dance productions and holds a PhD from Leiden University’s Academy of Creative of Performing Arts. In his work he combines all kinds of voice/music/performance, sometimes overlapping with contemplative practices (meditation, pranayama, yoga).

Watch this teaser from the online module showing the 7 basic techniques of overtone singing.

To get an idea of what this workshop is about, listen to Mark’s TEDx talk about listening and singing overtones.

Jackal Mei

An overtone singing / jaw harp enthusiast since 2019, Jackal is deeply involved with the Taiwan Overtone Singing Association and the Taiwan World Jaw Harp Culture Association. He is a member of IUooUI and Inner Galactic Wanderers. Jackal is also a passionate lover of dessert baking and coffee.

Hong Hong

Taiwan’s pioneering advocate for the jaw harp, founder of two editions of the World Jaw Harp Music Festival, and selected as the Community Work Coordinator for the International Jew’s Harp Society in 2025. Currently serving as President of the World Jaw Harp Music and Culture Association. Since 2020, has been the dedicated interpreter for Mark van Tongeren’s Ocean of voices workshops.

Hsi-Yin Chang

An intuitive singer and sound healing practitioner now living in Germany. She was trained in sound therapy since 2021 and is now dedicating her work to healing music and sound journeys.

CONTACT INFO

For any questions about the contents in English ask Mark, in Chinese, ask Jackal Mei.

For registration ask Hsi-Yin, for lodging and food details ask Jackal.

Jackal Mei (Organizer)

Phone: 0936-596-910

Mail: jackallala@gmail.com

Line ID: jackallala

Mark van Tongeren (Course facilitator)

mark@fusica.nl

Phone: 0910382749

LINE: 091038274

Hsi-Yin Chang (administration assistant)

hsiyin724@gmail.com

PAYMENT

Payment upon registration by bank or Paypal.

Bank code: 822.

Name of bank: China Trust

Beneficiary: Mark Christiaan van Tongeren

Account number: 163540306745

Make sure to send an email after your payment with the last few digits of your bank account.

CANCELLATION

We try to keep prices reasonable. We will return 90% of the fee if you cancel 60+ days prior to the workshop.

We will return 80% of the fee if you cancel 45 – 59 days prior to the workshop.

We will return 50% of the fee if you cancel 30 – 44 days prior to the workshop.

We will return 30% of the fee if you cancel 15 – 29 days prior to the workshop.

We will return 10% of the fee if you cancel 1 – 14 days prior to the workshop.

If you find a substitute for your spot, we will only keep 10% of the administration fee.

Photos by Jackal Mei

【Course Fees & Contact Information】

The newly upgraded Ocean of voices workshop maintains its intimate quality with a 14-person limit, while upgrading both venue and accommodation. Located next to the Bunun Mingde Village, we’ve eliminated the exhausting commute, giving you more time to explore and play with sound. This is your best choice for a 2026 spring journey into sound.

Regular Price: NT$26,000

Before January 15, 2026: Early Bird Discount: NT$21,000

Returning Student Discount: NT$20,800

[Returning students are those who have completed at least 5 full days of workshops]

Fee Includes:

• Workshop tuition
• Lunch, snacks and coffee during the workshop
• Full event insurance

Fee Does Not Include:

• Transportation to Shuili
• Accommodation during the workshop [Please contact Jackal for room reservations]

Accommodation: 5 days/4 nights from Thursday evening Feb 26 until Sunday March 2 at 1:30pm

Room Options:

△ Double Room (2 guests)

▲ 2 single beds NT$8,000 (per person)

△ Triple Room (3 guests)

▲ 2 single beds + 1 double bed NT$8,000 (per person for single bed) / NT$10,800 (per person for double bed)

△ Quad Room (2 guests) ▲ 2 double beds NT$14,000 (per person)

Note: Lao Wu Guesthouse provides breakfast and dinner for guests. If participants choose to stay at other nearby guesthouses, breakfast and dinner arrangements must be made rearrangement .

REGISTRATION

Opening: 1st Jan

Early bird period 1: until 15th Jan

Early bird period 2: until 31th Jan

Closing date: 12th Feb.

DISCLAIMER

By signing up you automatically acknowledge your understanding that this retreat sometimes involves strenuous physical exercise, potentially disrupting body-work and emotionally charged sessions with a deep impact on your well-being. It is understood that you yourself best know of any risks (physical, emotional, psychological) and that there is no pressure or obligation to do each and every exercise. By joining this retreat you accept the consequences and state your intention to complete it till the end. You waive all rights to seek or receive compensation in case of injury, loss or damage that is not directly caused by us.

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 注意：某些練習對部分人來說可能會造成聲帶負擔。請隨時保持警覺並為自己負責，如此你就可以安心探索！

【時間】
2025年8月28日 14:00-18:00

【地點】

【課程表】

【工作坊介紹】

【誰適合參加？】

【需要準備什麼？】

【語言】

【帶領者介紹】

【團隊】

【報名費用】

【報名方式】

【取消政策】

【有問題嗎？】

STRANGE SOUNDS
Explore the boundaries of your voice

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Heart Sutra and Nokyo Reciting

共鳴般若：心經與Nokyo唱誦工作坊

a modern way to receive the blessings of reciting

透過念誦獲得祝福的一種現代方法

Mark 談他的Nokyo’s：

自2022年底以來，我幾乎每天都寫一篇「Nokyo」，這是從日本的經文或經典（okyo）衍生而來的。心經無疑是最著名的經文範例。這些誦經以多種方式激活身心：它們共鳴，調節呼吸，跟隨各種節奏模式，並逐漸深入我們的內在。有些誦經富有挑戰性且速度快，另一些則非常緩慢：就像把一個稜鏡放在你的聲音周圍，以聽、看和感受它的所有色彩。

在一天之內，你將體驗念誦、吟誦和唱誦的全然效果，而不必擔心這些文本是否符合你的宗教信仰。意義在非話語的層面上產生，或者根本不再重要。這裡有很多空間來了解身體化知識和非二元性。

在早晨，我們用輕柔的練習來準備身體、心靈和聲音。我們喚醒感官，放鬆那些僵硬或堵塞的通道。逐漸地，我們將聲音和波動的能量置於舞台中央。從那裡開始，我們探索Nokyo：你將會收到一本包含挑選過的Nokyo的小工作手冊（包含在工作坊內）。我們將從一些非常簡單的念誦開始，逐步發現更多的可能性。在一天結束時，你將掌握許多Mark的Nokyo唱誦的基本步驟。我們最後會組成小組，自行選擇並誦讀你所選的Nokyo。

【其他人怎麼說】

Nokyo唱誦已經被介紹到幾個身心工作者的團體中。他們認為這是一個幫助他們的身心工作擴展到聲音領域的非常有用的方式。某工作坊主持人如此描述這種體驗：

「一年前，Mark van Tongeren 來到我們學校，給我們進行泛音唱法的實踐介紹。一天結束時，他為我們的學校介紹了一個Nokyo，供我們吟誦。在去年秋天的葡萄牙僻靜營，我們探索了這個Nokyo。當大家作為一個團體一起吟誦時，可以聽到層次分明的聲音合而為一，形成一種空間感的體驗。此外，也有許多個體層次的經驗。例如，它會促使身體釋放緊張感，特別是在喉嚨後方沿著脊椎的部位。對於那些不習慣唱歌、平時只是用聲音進行日常溝通和分享訊息的人來說，這是一個非常寶貴的機會，可以遠離常規、發現自己獨特的聲音，並作為一種與手臂和手的動作密切相連的表達方式，因此也與肩頸有關聯。」

【誰適合參加？】

沒有任何限制！

【語言】

英文以及中文即席翻譯

【帶領者介紹】

Mark van Tongeren 是一位聲音探索者，對藝術、科學和靜修傳統的交互作用有著深厚的興趣。Mark 在戲劇、音樂和舞蹈製作領域擁有超過30年的經驗，並擁有萊頓大學創意與表演藝術學院的博士學位。他練習瑜伽已有約25年，並在大約12年前創立了一種結合藝術表演工具的瑜伽形式。自少年時期以來，他便開始嘗試、研究並參與多種聲音、音樂和表演實踐，並不斷擴展他的「聲音詞彙」。對他音樂和思想影響深遠的是多媒體藝術家 Michael Vetter（1943-2013），Vetter 曾在日本擔任多年禪僧。1990年代初，Mark 開始接觸 Vetter 對日本經文（「okyo」）誦經的激進重新詮釋。

【團隊】

本次工作坊還由即席翻譯兼共同籌辦者者李紀辰協助，她負責聲音工作坊的翻譯，並受聲音的啟發，繼續探索相關領域；以及行政助理張惜音協辦，本身也是聲音療癒師，熱愛唱歌和創作音樂。

報名、詢問工作坊詳情，歡迎聯繫惜音 hsiyin724@gmail.com

【報名費用】
全額費用：6250元
2025年8月5日前
●早鳥 / 9折優惠 NT$ 5600 元
●共鳴 / 舊生/TOSA會員/經濟需要支持的藝術家 85折優惠 NT$ 5300元
2025年8月6日之後
●全價 NT$ 6250 元

費用包含
● 含約20篇Nokyo的手冊，您可以帶回家練習。手冊將包含新的Nokyo，所以去年參與過的學員若有興趣再次加入，也會學習到新的Nokyo。
● 簡單茶點

費用不包含
● 午餐，但附近有很多好選項！

【報名方式】

1.請透過此連結報名

https://form.jotform.com/242612129392353

2.確認報名費用後，請在三天內進行學費匯款

3.匯款完成後，請聯絡惜音

—-Email：hsiyin724@gmail.com

——————————————

4.經確認款項後，將在五天內發出報名確認信件，也會與您確認行程詳細事宜

【取消政策】
我們盡量保持合理的價格。如果您在課程開始前31至60天取消報名，我們將退還90%的費用。如果您在課程開始前15至30天取消報名，我們將退還50%的費用。如果您在課程開始前14天內取消報名，我們將退還20%的費用。如果您找人代替參加，我們只收取10%的行政費。

【有問題嗎？】
請隨時與我們聯繫！

【責任歸屬】

報名此工作坊代表你了解:

1) 工作坊可能會有劇烈肢體運動，引起身體跟心理的衝擊。

2) 工作坊中的每項活動都不是強制性的，你必須衡量自身狀況(身體/心理/情緒)來決定要不要參與。

3) 你會對自己的身體及心理狀態負責，主辦方不承擔任何相關的傷害、損失及賠償責任。

WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION

Mark about his nokyo’s:

Almost every day since the end of 2022 I write a nokyo, which is derived from Japanese okyo’s, or sutra’s. The Heart Sutra is by far the most famous example of an okyo. These recitations activate body-mind in many ways: they resonate, regulate the breathing following all kinds of rhythmic patterns, and gradually sink down deeper into our being. Some are challenging and fast, others extremely slow: as if you put a prism around your voice to hear, to see and to feel all its colours.

During one day you get to know the wholesome effect of reciting, singing-speaking and chanting, without having to worry if the texts fit into your religious convictions or not. Meanings arise on a non-discursive level or are simply not relevant anymore. There is much space for getting to know embodied knowledge and non-duality.

In the morning we prepare body, mind and voice with gentle exercises. We awaken our senses and soften the channels that are rigid or blocked. Gradually we put the voice and energies of vibration centre stage. From there we start exploring the written nokyo’s: you receive a small workbook with a selection of nokyo’s (included in the workshop). We will start with some very easy nokyo’s and gradually discover more possibilities. By the end of the day you have a good grasp of many of the basic procedures or Mark’s nokyo reciting. We finish by making small groups and chosing nokyo’s that you select yourself.

WHAT OTHERS SAY:

Nokyo chanting has been introduced to several schools of practitioners, who find it a very useful expansion into the sonic realm of their body-mind pratices. One workshop hostess described the experience as follows:

One year ago Mark van Tongeren visited the school to give a practical introduction on overtone singing. At the end of the day he presented our school an Okyo for chanting. This Okyo we explored in chanting during the retreat in Portugal last Autumn. There was the spatial experience in chanting, hearing the layers of sound unified when chanting as a group. And there were many more individual experiences. Like how it provokes in the body a release of tension specially from the back of the throat along the spine. Or for those not used to singing and using the voice other than for daily communication and sharing of information it was very valuable to discover the own unique voice free from conventions and as a means of expression closely connected to the hands and arm movements, and therefor also the neck and shoulders.

DATE & TIME

Friday August 22
10:00 – 17:00

TIME SCHEDULE 

10:00 – 10:15 arrival
10:15 – 10:45 warming up, vocal-body resonance
10:45 – 12:15 Heart Sutra & Nokyo Chanting Part I: How to Read or Recite Nokyos?
12.15 – 13.15 lunch break
13:15 – 15:45 Nokyo Chanting Part II: the ‘365 Algorhythms’
15:45 – 16:00 tea time
16:00 – 17:00 Nokyo Chanting Part III. . Q＆A

LOCATION

Dongli Academy
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/EQxyJ2N8qFDG4MJa/
大同區迪化街一段256號, Taipei, Taiwan
02 2768 8777
Dong-li Academy is a gallery run by artist Jimi Wen in the Dadaocheng area. The place used to be a musuem about comfort women. Jimi hosted many music events over the past few years.

FOR WHOM

No restrictions

LANGUAGES


English + Chinese

YOUR TEACHER

Mark van Tongeren is a sound explorer with a deep interest in the synergy of arts, sciences and contemplative traditions. Mark has over 30 years of experience in theatre, music and dance productions and holds a PhD from Leiden University’s Academy of Creative and Performing Arts. He practices yoga for some 25 years, created a form of yoga that integrates artistic-performative tools about 12 years ago. He has played and experimented with and studied numerous kinds of voice / music & performance practices since he was a teenager and continues to expand his ‘voca-bulary’. A great influence on his music and thinking was multi-medial artist Michael Vetter (1943-2013), who spend many years as a Zen monk in Japan. In the early 1990s Mark became acquainted with Vetter’s radical reinterprations of Japanese sutra (‘okyo’) recitations.

SUPPORTING TEAM & CONTACT

This workshop is also brought to you by interpreter and co-organiser Chi Chen Lee, who interprets for sound workshops and is inspired by sound to continue the exploration; by administrative assistant Hsi-Yin Chang, who is also a sound and wellness practitioner, with an interest in singing and creating music.

▲ For any questions about the contents and registration, please contact Hsi Yin (speaks Chinese and English):

Email: hsiyin724@gmail.com


PRICING

Full price 6250

Up to Tuesday August 5 only:
Early Bird / 10% off 5600
Resonance / Old students / TOSA members / poor struggling artist: 15% off 5300

After this date:
Full price 6250

Included:
Workbook with about 20 nokyo’s that you can take home to practise
This workbook will contain new nokyo’s so students who followed last year’s workshop can learn new nokyos if they would like to join again.
We’ll provide some basic tea, coffee and snacks. Feel free to bring your own.

Not included:
Lunch. There are several options nearby.

REGISTRATION and PAYMENT

1. Sign up through this form: https://form.jotform.com/242612129392353

2. Make a transfer within 3 days and contact Hsi-Yin via email (hsiyin724@gmail.com)

3. We will confirm with you within 5 working days that you have completed the registration!

Please make the transfer to: 

Bank code: 822.

Name of bank: China Trust

Beneficiary: Mark Christiaan van Tongeren

Account number: 163540306745

CANCELLATION POLICY


We try to keep prices reasonable. We will return 90% of the fee if you cancel 31 – 60 days prior to the workshop. We will return 50% of the fee if you cancel 30 – 15 days prior to the workshop. We will return 20% of the fee if you cancel within 14 days prior to the workshop. If you find a substitute for your place, we will only keep 10% of the administration fee.

QUESTIONS?

Get in touch with one of us!

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IMPRO!

即興！

Catch the Spirit of the Moment

唱入當下

即興! 將經過考驗的即興演奏技巧與「即時作曲」相結合，這種方法讓一群荷蘭即興演奏家聞名全球。你的帶領者Mark van Tongeren是一位自學成才的即興表演者，對探索自我、自我表達和團體動態充滿著極具感染力的熱情。像任何優秀的小丑一樣，他並不幼稚或天真，而是讓成年人改變他們看待世界和自我的方式，創造出全新的聲音語言、新的溝通方式，乃至新的自我表達方式……直到你開始思索：那個「自我」究竟是什麼？

 — 感受

離開你的舒適圈

【時間】

11/27（週三）- 11/28（週四）

每天 10:00-17:15

【地點】

台北寶藏巖國際藝術村

臺北市中正區汀州路三段230巷底

寶藏巖聚落位於公館區，距離公館捷運站步行即可到達，地理位置十分便利。

【當日行程】

11月27日

10:00-12:30（2.5小時）
          投入! 第一次即興課程

          +反思! 探索即興作為一種存在與身心健康的方式

12:30-13:30（1小時）
          休息

13:30-16:00（2.5小時）
          我們使用的方法。遊戲、溝通、技巧
          應用和測試這些方法

16:00-16:15（15分鐘）
          休息

16:15-17:15（1小時）
          自由即興 #1 

11月28日

10:00-12:30（2.5小時）
          投入! 新的即興活動

        +反思!  一些答案，更多的問題，再次探索…

12:30-13:30（1小時）
          休息

13:30-16:00（2.5小時）
          磨練方法
          如何丟失自己並重新找回自我？
          新的遊戲與技巧
          關於存在、存有與身心健康

16:00-16:15（15分鐘）
          休息

16:15-17:15（1小時）
          即興 # ∞
          最終反思

活動舉辦方保有異動時間權利。

【工作坊詳細介紹】

2003年，Mark與Phil Dadson (NZ)、Makigami Koichi (JP)組成「人聲雜耍」（Vocal Acrobats）三人組到紐西蘭巡迴演出後，來到台灣。台北藝術大學的鍾明德教授給予Mark表演和工作坊的自由，並從Mark的想法中挑選了一句話來告訴他在台灣該做什麼： 「抓住當下的精神」（Catch the Spirit of the Moment）。這句話至今仍像當年一樣清晰。

如何活著、行動、創作，同時完全活在當下？如何什麼都不做，卻又什麼都做？如何學會相信某種流動會來到你的身邊，會穿過你的身體？如果根本沒有流動，而你計劃的一切都出錯了呢？因為你一開始就錯了嗎？或是因為其他人打亂了你對即興創作需要走向何處的想像？

訓練某些技巧是一回事，而且是很大的一回事。在這個兩天工作坊，我們會交替進行真正的即興創作，同時建立音樂和其他技能。了解即興是什麼和可以是什麼是另一件事。範圍幾乎是無限的。

我們將使用引人入勝的樂曲和結構，從有趣和娛樂性到挑戰性和複雜性。無論你擁有或缺乏什麼程度的經驗和信任，你都可以帶著許多新的想法和發現回家，發現當你完全沉浸在演奏中時，你還能成為什麼樣的人。讓我們認真玩樂！

【誰適合參加？】

任何人都可參加。只要你有足夠的好奇心和自信，去與他人一起唱歌、演奏、製造噪音或動作、跳舞、寫作、畫畫。

(最少 8 人，最多 16 人）

【語言】

英文以及中文即席翻譯

【帶領者介紹】

1992 年及整個 1990 年代，Mark van Tongeren 開始以音樂即興演奏家及物件劇場（object-theatre）創作者的身份演出。2000 年代，他轉向各種即興音樂，與 Fred Frith、Koichi Makigami、馬友友 和 Oorbeek 等人合作。2010 年代，他與更多舞蹈團體合作，也讓肢體表演在他自己的作品中扮演更重要的角色。到了 2020 年代，他的多元風格更加跨越音樂、文化和學科的邊界。在台灣，他是三人組合 ALLSYMT 的一員，與原住民、華人及國外藝術家合作演出，並領導他的聲樂實驗團體漪渦魚

(IUooUI)。他在台北每週舉辦的聲樂瑜珈課程，是一種有引導的、直覺的即興。

【支持團隊】

本次工作坊還由即席翻譯兼共同籌辦者者李紀辰協助，她負責聲音工作坊的翻譯，並受聲音的啟發，繼續探索相關領域；以及行政助理張惜音協辦，本身也是聲音療癒師，熱愛唱歌和創作音樂。

報名、詢問工作坊詳情，歡迎聯繫惜音 hsiyin724@gmail.com 

或直接透過手機聯繫Mark 0910382749

【報名費用】

全額費用：9500元

到10月20日

超早鳥優惠 / 75折：7125元 

學生；經濟方面需要支持的藝術家（需提供證明） / 75折：7125元

到11月6日

早鳥優惠 / 85折：8075元 

TOSA會員 / 年長者 85折：8075元

雙人報名 / 早鳥外加95折：7600元

舊生優惠 / 7折：6650元

11月6日之後

原價 / 9500元

雙人報名 / 95折：每人9025元

【報名方式】

1.請透過此連結報名

https://form.jotform.com/242682423145353

2.確認報名費用後，請在三天內進行學費匯款

3.匯款完成後，請聯絡

—————————————–

請以Line、Email 擇一聯繫惜音

—LINE ID: hsiyinchang

—-Email：hsiyin724@gmail.com

——————————————

4.經確認款項後，將在五天內發出報名確認信件，也會與您確認行程詳細事宜

【取消政策】
我們盡量保持合理的價格。如果您在課程開始前31至60天取消報名，我們將退還90%的費用。如果您在課程開始前15至30天取消報名，我們將退還50%的費用。如果您在課程開始前14天內取消報名，我們將退還20%的費用。如果您找人代替參加，我們只收取10%的行政費。

【責任歸屬】

報名此工作坊代表你了解:

1) 工作坊可能會有劇烈肢體運動，引起身體跟心理的衝擊。

2) 工作坊中的每項活動都不是強制性的，你必須衡量自身狀況(身體/心理/情緒)來決定要不要參與。

3) 你會對自己的身體及心理狀態負責，主辦方不承擔任何相關的傷害、損失及賠償責任。

PROGRAM IN SHORT

Impro! blends tried and tested techniques of improvisation with instant composing, a method that lent a group of Dutch improvisers worldwide fame. Your guide Mark van Tongeren is a self-taught improviser with a contagious passion for charting new territories of self-, self-expression and group dynamics. Like any good clown, he is not childish or naïve; he lets adults change the way they see the world and themselves, by creating new languages of sound, new ways of communicating, new ways of being yourself … until you wonder: what is that self? 

       feel 

Leave your comfort zone

DATES AND TIMES

Wednesday + Thursday November 27 + 28

10:00-17:15

11/27（週三）- 11/28（週四）

10:00-17:15

LOCATION

TREASURE HILL VILLAGE  

台北寶藏巖國際藝術村

Treasure Hill village is conveniently located in the Gongguan area in walking distance from the MRT Gongguan.

TIME SCHEDULE AND CONTENT

November 27

10:00-12:30

Dive! First improv sessions

Reflect! Explorations into improv as a mode of being and well-being

12:30-13:30   – – – break

13:30-16:00

Methods we use. Games, communications, skills.

Applying and testing methods.

16:00-16:15  – – – break

16:15-17:15

The Jam #1.

November 28

10:00-12:30

Dive! New improv sessions

Reflect! Some answers. Many more questions.

Dive again….

12:30-13:30   – – – break

13:30-16:00

Sharpening Methods. How to lose and find yourself again? 

New games and skills.

About modes of existence, being, well-being.

16:00-16:15   – – – break

16:15-17:15

Jam # ∞

Final reflections.

We keep the right to make changes to the time schedule.

FULL DESCRIPTION

Mark arrived on Taiwan’s shores in 2003, coming back from a tour in New Zealand as the Vocal Acrobats – a trio with Phil Dadson (NZ) and Makigami Koichi (JP). TNUA’s professor Chung Mingder gave Mark carte blanche for performances and workshops, and picked one phrase out of Mark’s ideas about what to do in Taiwan: “Catch the Spirit of the Moment”. That phrase still stands as clearly as it did back then. How to live, act, create while being completely in the present? How to do nothing, and yet everything? How to learn to trust that a certain flow will come to you, will move through you? What if there is no flow at all and everything you planned goes wrong? Because you started out wrong? Or because someone else messes up your imagination of where this improvisation needs to go?

Training certain skills is one thing, and a big one at that. We will alternate true improvisation with building musical and other skills. Understanding what improvising is and can be is another. The scope is virtually endless.

We will work with fascinating pieces and structures, ranging from fun and entertaining to challenging and complex. No matter what level of experience and trust you have / you lack, you will be able to go home with plenty of new ideas and discoveries of who else you can be when you indulge yourself completely in playing. Serious playing!

FOR WHOM?
Anyone who is curious and confident enough to sing or to play or to make noise or to move-dance-write-draw  with others.

(Minimum: 8, maximum:16 people)

LANGUAGES
English + Chinese  

YOUR TEACHER
In 1992 and throughout the 1990s, Mark van Tongeren began performing as a musical improviser and bricoleur in object-theatre. In the 2000s he switched to all kinds of musical improv, playing with the likes of Fred Frith, Koichi Makigami, Yo-Yo Ma and Oorbeek. The 2010s saw more dance collaborations and also a greater role for the performing body in his own work. In the 2020s, his polystylistic approach transcends musical, cultural and disciplinary borders ever more. In Taiwan, he is part of trio ALLSYMT, performs with indigenous, Chinese and foreign artists and leads his vocal experimental group IUooUI. His weekly Voice Yoga class in Taipei is a guided, intuitive improv-session of sorts.

SUPPORTING TEAM & CONTACT
This workshop is also brought to you by interpreter and co-organiser Chi Chen Lee, who interprets for sound workshops and is inspired by sound to continue the exploration; by administrative assistant Hsi-Yin Chang, who is also a sound and wellness practitioner, with an interest in singing and creating music.

▲ For any questions about the contents and registration, please contact Hsi Yin (speaks Chinese and English):

Email: hsiyin724@gmail.com
Line ID: hsiyinchang

or Mark: 0910382749

PRICES

Full price 9500

Up to Sunday October 20

Super Early Bird / 25% off 7125

Students & poor Struggling

artist (with proof) / 25% off 7125

Up to Wednesday November 6

Early Bird / 15% off 8075

TOSA members  & seniors / 15% off 8075

Bring a friend / 5% off each 7600

Old students / 30% off 6650

After November 6:

Full price 9500

Bring a friend / 5% off each 9025

REGISTRATION and PAYMENT

1. Sign up through this form: https://form.jotform.com/242612129392353
2. Make a transfer within 3 days and contact Hsi-Yin via email (hsiyin724@gmail.com)
3. We will confirm with you within 5 working days that you have completed the registration!

Make a transfer within  3 days to: 

Bank code: 822

Name of bank: China Trust

Beneficiary: Mark Christiaan van Tongeren

Account number: 163540306745 

CANCELLATION POLICY
We try to keep prices reasonable. we will return 90% of the fee if you cancel 31 – 60 days prior to the workshop.

We will return 50% of the fee if you cancel 30 – 15 days prior to the workshop.

We will return 20% of the fee if you cancel within 14 days prior to the workshop.

If you find a substitute for your spot, we will keep 10% of the administration fee.

DISCLAIMER

By signing up you automatically acknowledge your understanding that this workshop may involve potentially disrupting body-work and emotionally charged sessions with a deep impact on your well-being. It is understood that you yourself best know of any risks (physical, emotional, psychological) and that there is no pressure or obligation to do each and every exercise.

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Good news for the eclectic reader/listener. Recently the question of Oorbeek’s influences erupted again, leading to wild speculations as to who or what might be Oorbeek’s influences. The seven members of Oorbeek (site) decided to lift the veil of the collective’s pastiche of musical styles. Each one of them chose three tracks from the pre-Oorbeek era (pre-2002) that they feel somehow reminds them of Oorbeek. However, these tracks may  still be recent discoveries for us and not actual influences in the Oorbeek sound and procedures. We are uncertain what created the Oorbeek sound but what we do know is, well, the artists in these playlist are or were almost certainly not influenced by Oorbeek. May this list put an end to the wildest speculations!

All 21 selections are on this YouTube playlist:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLay_nr0rdsMkN92mOblT9ppsaSIsbXN2o

And there is more: if you can guess for seven or more tracks which member of Oorbeek brought it in, you can win a copy of Oorbeek’s latest album signed by all members. It is not necessary to submit your guess for all tracks or to get at least one track right for each member of Oorbeek. If you got Serge and Alice’s selections right plus one more, the album can be yours. In case of multiple winners we blindly draw one who gets the album, and others get a copy of our latest 7”. And heck, why not, if there are multiple losers, the most original loser gets the album.

For your convenience, we made an excel sheet with all titles where you can write up your guesses. The artists appear on alphabetical order (different from the YouTube list, where everything got a bit mixed up and long tracks are last). You can also find the list with individual links at the bottom of this post. Send your answers, entitled Oorbeek Influence, before June 15, 2024 to info@fusica.nl.

De Oorbeek Challenge

Goed nieuws voor de eclectische lezer/luisteraar. Oorbeek (site) is het collectief dat muziek maakt die moeilijk in welke categorie dan ook te plaatsen is en dat al ruim twintig jaar bestaat (beluister het laatste album Kavel op Spotify of Apple als je ons nog nooit gehoord hebt). Onlangs kwam de vraag naar de invloeden van Oorbeek opnieuw naar boven, wat leidde tot wilde speculaties. De zeven leden van Oorbeek besloten een tipje van de sluier rondom de pastiche van muziekstijlen op te lichten. Ieder van hen koos drie nummers uit het pre-Oorbeek-tijdperk (voor 2002) die op de een of andere manier aan Oorbeek doen denken. Deze nummers kunnen echter nog steeds recente ontdekkingen voor ons zijn (en geen daadwerkelijke invloed in het ontstaan van de Oorbeek-klank en -procedures). We beweren niet dat we weten waardoor het Oorbeek-geluid is ontstaan. Wat we wel beweren is dat de artiesten in deze afspeellijst, zeg maar, vrijwel zeker niet door Oorbeek zijn beïnvloed. Moge deze lijst een einde maken aan de wildste speculaties!

Luister naar alle 21 nummers op de YouTube-playlist:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLay_nr0rdsMkN92mOblT9ppsaSIsbXN2o

En er is meer: als jij bij zeven of meer nummers kunt raden welk lid van Oorbeek het heeft ingebracht, maak je kans op een door alle leden gesigneerd exemplaar van Oorbeek’s nieuwste album. Als je bijvoorbeeld mijn 3 selecties en die van Alice goed hebt plus nog één, dan kan het album van jou zijn. Als er meerdere winnaars zijn, trekken we blindelings iemand die het album krijgt, en anderen krijgen een exemplaar van onze nieuwste 7”. En vooruit, bij meerdere verliezers krijgt de origineelste verliezer het album. Voor het gemak hebben we een bestandje gemaakt met alle titels waarin je onze namen kunt aanvinken. Probeer het! En stuur je antwoorden, getiteld Oorbeek Influence, vóór 15 juni 2024 naar info@fusica.nl.

Oorbeek 挑戰

Titles of the playlist in alphabetical order, with separate link

Derek Bailey

Solo guitar, 1973

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9k337Q3VfQ

Boredoms

100 Dom, 1993

Captain Beefheart

Hair Pie Bake 1, 1969

Captain Beefheart

Old Fart at Play, 1969

https://youtu.be/pHjOuS-rABU?si=VgBo1cCJLG-R7Qac

Clock DVA

Uncertain, 1981

https://youtu.be/AMLJ6Ij9yqM?si=tyVFoHRBeZ3GZ_9U

Holger Czukay,

Ode to Perfume, 1981

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EH5GFP2Otk

The feminist improvising group

Stockholm – Women’s Festival – 20th August ’78

https://youtu.be/fF6HzltnTPg?si=oMrn8oqE8HAu_swD&t=573

Gruppo di Improvvisazione Nuova Consonanza

Improvissazione per Otto, 1966

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cViXaDwjIWw

Hanatarash

My Dad is Car, 1988

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06Ot0DaN1hM

Pierre Henry

Etudes Instrumentales: c) Deux aspects de piano (2), 1956

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h98ga7lYc6s

Legendary Stardust Cowboy

Paralyzed, 1968

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=viK3i0fRDRs

David Moss + Arto Lindsay

Heads Up / Shout & Twist / Possible Fruit, 1984

Nexda

Untitled, 1982

https://m.youtube.com/watch?si=xFs_uSrUKdhEXPXu&v=0T9T5RQfVYE&feature=youtu.be

Else Marie Pade

Etude, 1962

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YE-r3qvr5k4

Public Image ltd.

Chant, 1977

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mrbem0F9GxM

Scratch Orchestra

London 1969, 1969

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CudcmB4_OTw

Walter Smetak

Akwas, 1974

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDJ6WEjgFX8

Karlheinz Stockhausen

Es, 1968

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEd3ut9TDYc

Sun Ra Arkestra

Unlimited Improvisation, 1984

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_foG67Qymbk

Than Nam “Teu” 11

Bonanza (Bát Ghen), 1998

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5mt8fWgztI

Volcanoe the Bear

Worse With Noun, 1999

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRByT3xR9U8

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During one of my concerts in Taucha, Germany, last month, I asked the audience who knows the name Michael Vetter. Several people raised their hands. But as I expected, many people at the Ancient Trance Festival don’t know his name. Of course, quite a few more may have heard his music in the Age of Spotify: you listen but don’t know what album is playing, now that a physical relationship to the medium (as in the time of LPs, CDs) is outdated. Besides, Ancient Trance is not exactly overlapping with Vetter’s artistic direction. He was much more avant-garde, with musical influences from Baroque to Dada and Fluxus, and a host of visual influences, from mediaeval religious painting and Chinese calligraphy to comics.

In the next few weeks O TRIOM is looking back at the life and work of the instrumentalist, vocalist, painter, poet, pedagogue and ordained Zen master Michael Vetter (1943-2013). We will be showing how his legacy continues to inspire, inform and transform our performing today in several concerts, a lecture and workshops. Why? Certainly not because Vetter was such a fine overtone singer. There are and have been many fine overtone singers, and Vetter’s style of singing and performing was one of many – not ‘just’ one of many, but a very influential one, to be sure. In the 1980s, anyone wanting to do something with overtone singing went to Vetter’s workshops and bought his albums, at least in very active German-speaking areas (and The Netherlands too). Vetter set certain standards for overtone singing, for a certain period of time, and those standards hardly changed.

Michael Vetter making Indian ink drawings, Academia Caparaia, Italy, 2009. (Photograph Mark van Tongeren under protection of Creative Commons CC BY-NC-ND)

The interest of O TRIOM in Vetter also started with overtone singing, but soon branched out in many other directions. For example: Vetter as a typical Zen Buddhist. He insists again and again that one should give undivided attention to what one is doing when making music (or anything else, though he would not talk about anything, but about art). And he applied this attitude in all his music, and all his other creative work, as well as his cooking and everyday life. When I read and re-read his texts, or when I go through the conversations we had and the interviews I did with him, I frequently stumble upon contradictions (literally: ‘counter-speaking’) concerning his spiritual or religious outlook. You may be looking to clarify his positions towards spiritual questions, and find that he has much to say about that. Many people felt he was a very religious person and his biography testifies to that. Certainly a believer! But then you will sooner or later find a remark in which he warns for overzealous religious interpretations. “Here and there one learns about the connection between overtones and Our Lord. That is far removed from me!” And yet, many of his art and music works bear very clear Christian (and not just Zen) elements.

It seems that it does not make sense. And that is exactly what we can take away from Michael Vetter (or maybe from Zen in general), and what keeps me coming back to him for fresh insights: there is no single, or final way to talk about or do anything. There are only temporarily, or partially ‘true’ or ‘convincing’ arguments to believe, or positions to take. As soon as one clings too much to certain truths, it is time to let it go again and look for yet another perspective .

In the weeks to come we will prepare ourselves with this in mind: try as best as you can to follow certain aesthetic and creative paths, and be always willing to throw them overboard again and replace them with something new. I am excited about this moment in our O TRIOM collaboration, which began in early 2022, if I remember well. And I salute the brilliant artist who bridged so many visions and visuals, sounds and musics, thoughts and dreams in a lifetime bursting with creative output.

Read an earlier post about why we should remember Michael Vetter here.

PROGRAM

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O TRIOM Artists

LEE Wei Lin

LU Qi Chung

Mark van Tongeren

Production

Organizer| Taiwan Overtone Singing Association TOSA
Executive Producer  | Lee Chichen
Visual Design  | Bai Chi Hao
Image source | Michael Vetter

Lecture| prof. CHUNG Mingder

Taiwan Overtone Singing Association is also on Facebook.

Photos from a 2014 concert by O TRIOM

O TRIOM 紀念米歇爾·費特大師 系列泛音講座、工作坊暨音樂會

與談者將說談泛音音樂在台灣發展的故事，從當年北藝大邀請國外泛音音樂家來台傳藝及演出，到《OM泛唱作為藝乘》一書的誕生，泛音藝術家米歇爾・費特大師的生平創作故事，及至往後泛音音樂在台灣生根2022年台灣泛音詠唱協會TOSA的成立。

＊同場放映呂啓仲拍攝之泛音藝術家費特大師來台紀錄片《Transverbal穿越語言的相遇》。

｜工作坊內容｜

介紹「泛音唱法」，引領學員如何唱和體驗泛音，藉由唱出和聽到泛音，踏上精神的探險之旅。

點此報名工作坊＆講座

O TRIOM 米歇爾‧費特大師 紀念音樂會

時間：

2023/10/21  六 19:00

2023/10/22 日  14:00

地點：

夢響廳 Dreamphony Hall

新北市蘆洲區光榮路97巷59號

**捷運蘆洲站步行約5分鐘**

演出者：Mark van Tongeren．呂啓仲．李維琳

 音樂會購票點此 

O TRIOM 演出者

製作團隊

主辦單位| |台灣泛音詠唱協會

執行製作  | 李紀辰

視覺設計 |  白濟豪

圖片來源 | Michael Vetter

講座講者| 鍾明德教授

台灣泛音詠唱協會Facebook

Read an earlier post about why we should remember Michael Vetter here.

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