A few hours after landing in Taipei I made it to the final rehearsal of the Bon-Po concert we present this Sunday in Taipei. The group sounded great – better than ever, I dare say – during our last complete rehearsal some weeks ago. A good thing, because some Bon-Po chants and instrumental parts are not exactly easy to play. We will have to pay close attention to some of the difficult parts.

We will play in the intimate space of the wonderful Gallery Sun. It has a nice natural reverberation, which will help us to be on guard about all the tiny details. If you didn’t yet, register a seat, it is getting quite full!

5/24 Sunday 15:33 (doors open 3 PM)
Between Voice and Breath / Tibetan Bön
Chanting Group
5/24 週日下午三點，

2026.5.24 ( Sun. ) 3:33 pm
聲氣之間|西藏苯教唱誦共學團分享會
地點：尚畫廊 Gallery Sun
Facilitators 帶領人 ：
西藏音樂專家 Ricardo Canzio 康嘉鐸 與
民族音樂家 Mark van Tongeren 溫馬克
#按報名順序安排座位；超過47座的8位朋友可享席地而坐；超過55位，可享前方民榮公園野餐的陽光、涼風和雨水的潤澤。

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I have seen and heard quite a few installations centred on vibrational phenomena, and have sometimes worked with them myself. Visually, we are familiar with well-known patterns such as those created by Chladni and Lissajous, as well as moiré effects, and in music, polyrhythms such as those found in African music, phase differences as in Steve Reich’s music, and of course the more subtle work with overtones (or sine waves in electronic music). But what I have now seen surpasses them all. This installation by Philip Vermeulen is based on 2 x 2 rotating elastic bands, each about 10 metres long. It brings a great deal of stuff together:

• first, the combination of image and sound: the visualisation of simple and somewhat more complex wave phenomena and the audible dimension of these same vibrating sources
• second, the actual, direct connection between visual moiré and auditory interference effects and phase differences
• third, the gradual changes in smaller increments, and the abrupt transition to new phases
• fourth, quite delightfully, the deliberate intertwining of the two moving bands, making it seem as though things are going wrong
• fifth, and perhaps most importantly, the dramatic, almost terrifying tangibility of the swaying ribbons when they gain speed; for they whistle and whoosh like the wind and sometimes howl like a violent storm
• added to that is the consideration of what would happen if the whole thing were to snap, for there is clearly enormous pressure on the process and you can feel the wind blowing in the small room
• then there are the beautiful more-than-stereo effects of the whooshing sounds, which you can perceive at different distances from the ribbons when sitting in the centre (sometimes in several places at once)
• moreover (and then I’ll stop), the duration of the piece and the fact that it is an actual composition makes that your eyes and ears keep wanting to shift between picking out details and zooming out again; you want to experience the whole development of those 7+ minutes all over again.

Photographs really cannot render what you experience, so here are some of those moments. If you have a chance, I urge you to go and see and hear it! More about Vermeulen:

Artist YT channel

Artist website.

Exhibition Silence in the Storm, Museum Voorlinden, Netherlands.

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︎Door Open 入場 : 8:00pm
(Serving food & Drink /供餐飲)
︎Music Starts 表演 :
9:00pm
︎Music Charge 門票 :
$400+ (低消2杯飲料
+ Minimum 2 Drinks Purchase)

︎馬克‧范‧湯可鄰 Mark Van Tongeren
充滿熱情的聲音探索者，結合藝術、科技以及網路技巧在他的作品裡。透過他靈巧的耳朵，多變的聲音以及原創的洞見，他領導著人們探索自己聲音的不同面向。作為一個受過訓練的民族音樂家，Mark持續的結合瑜珈動作，帶領學生去感受，理解泛音以及喉嚨發聲背後的理論。Mark在荷蘭的萊登大學獲得博士學位。曾經和知名的大提琴家馬友友共同表演重奏。他和臺灣的編舞家葉名樺，驫舞劇場以及光環舞集皆有合作。

2016年受邀於TEDxTaipei年會分享講習及示範演出。協助臺灣藝曲中心及策劃圖瓦之女（Tyva Kyzy）、圖瓦共和國《草原之音》等多檔亞太傳統藝術節節目。
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︎盧克·豪特坎普 Luc Houtkamp
1953年出生於荷蘭海牙，身兼作曲家及多樣管樂器演奏者的身分，並精通電子音樂。致力於連結不同音樂領域，在即興演奏和作曲之間建立一種連貫性，使二者的界線消融。

個人網站： https://luchoutkamp.nl
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Pablo Liebhaber
來自德國的鼓手、打擊樂手、表演者和教育者，2024年移居台灣。德國維爾茨堡音樂大學爵士鼓學士，埃森福克旺藝術大學即興音樂藝術家碩士，主要師從 Bill Elgart、Bastian Jütte、Nadia Kevan、Thomas Rückert，也曾參與 Gerald Cleaver、Bob Moses、Gerry Hemingway、Rudresh Mahanthappa、Joe Lovano、Billy Drummond、Leon Parker 等大師班，以提升音樂視野。
經常與舞蹈、劇場和視覺藝術進行跨領域合作。其音樂和藝術探索，深受動作和聲音之間的緊密關聯、亞歷山大技巧的意識自我運用、以及對於萬物皆為振動的直覺感知所影響。
作品包括《Tales》（Leo Records 2021）、《Patchlight》、《Movement》、《Intermission》等專輯。音樂呈現其靈活多樣的個人打擊風格，除了實驗即興與爵士樂，也延展至世界音樂與放克音樂語言。
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︎李世揚 Shih-Yang Lee
長年致力於即興演奏的臺灣鋼琴家。2010年成立「卡到音即興樂團」，其個人及樂團多次榮獲金音創作獎、傳藝金曲獎項，受邀至世界各國演出。現場影音專輯《冬至Galactic Alignment》獲美國 New York City Jazz Record 年度新發行榮譽提名。其它作品：《樂無歇》獲第六屆金音獎「最佳樂手」，《兩男關係》獲第七屆金音獎「最佳爵士單曲」。 2015年偕同尼可樂表演藝術創辦「臺灣國際即興音樂節」（兩年一度，迄今完成四屆）。2016年與驫舞劇場藝術總監陳武康共同策畫「混沌身響」。2021年獲選為第六屆臺南藝術大學傑出校友。2022年亞洲文化協會受獎人（紐約獎助計畫）。2025年獲首屆臺北戲劇獎—最佳劇場設計（聲音設計)。
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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

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The story began a long time ago and more or less by accident. In 1989 I was a student volunteer for the Voices Festival in The Netherlands and Belgium. First I was assigned to assist the King’s Singers on their tour, as a representative of the festival organisation. One of the top choirs in classical music at that moment. Then the festival changed my assignment. They learnt about my interest in world music and decided I was more suitable for a traditional music program. The largest of two groups I guided was Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares, which was quickly becoming a public favorite, with ongoing concert tours around the world for years to come. The other ensemble was much less known: A Cumpagnia from the isle of Corsica. The ensemble was built around the artistic community of Pigna and had just launched an album of traditional Corsican songs on the Harmonia Mundi label.
It was a life-changing experience to witness these musicians rehearse and perform their music day by day, and to assist them with their needs. The best part was yet to come though. At the end of their succesful double-bill tour in the Netherlands and Belgium, they told me one of them would not fly back to Corsica: sensing that this young student was very eager to absorb as much as he could from musical traditions, they wondered: would I be interested to use the ticket and come to Corsica? It was an offer you can’t refuse. But I refused. I had musicology exams coming up and declined the kind offer with pain in my heart. However, the invitation was made, and I would come at a more convenient time.

First visit to Corsica
That moment came Summer next year. With a friend I hitchhiked to South France, got on the ferry and arrived on the stunningly beautiful island of Corsica. There I looked for Mr. Acquaviva in a supermarket he managed in a little town. He kindly invited us to join the rehearsal a few days later, and so I came to make my first visit to the little village of Pigna, the residency of the artistic community of ‘vagabonds’ established over a decade earlier by Toni and Nicole Casalonga. It was (still is) a typical, gorgeous mediterranean hillside village: compact, with small winding cobblestone roads (mostly too narrow for cars), and solid houses built from natural rocks, ages ago. The weekly rehearsal took place at the Casa Musicale, a restaurant and pension at the edge of the village, with a grand view over the Bay of Calvi. It is too long ago to remember all the details; I think they played more instruments than they did in the concert tour, but they surely sang a lot as well. What has really stayed with me, however, is Nando’s invitation to join their singing. I never sang with musicians, only privately, and occasionally. The thought of joining musicians who had just toured in Dutch and Belgium theaters was utterly surprising. Singing? Me? With you?? Nando reassured me, explaining I could simply tag along and try: no big deal! On that spot some of my reservations about my voice, perhaps an instinctive shyness, as if it is something better kept private, vanished. I sang along and thoroughly enjoyed being part of the roaring harmonies these men produced.

We came back later to the Casa Musicale to stay overnight in the pension. I particularly remember eating in the restaurant, on the terrace, and tasting locally grown tomatoes unlike any tomato I ever ate before, as well as a dish with local basil. Al the senses were stimulated enough to make me long to go back. But I had to wait a few decades before that came to pass. The memory of the musicians remained, and in particular of Nando’s unexpected invitation to come to Pigna and join the singing. The seeds were planted and were nourished by the albums of Corsican music I found. Far away from the island itself, I immersed myself time and again in their rich polyphonies and often sang along.

The open-throated voice in traditional polyphonic singing
The singers of A Cumpagnia are all masters of the various forms of Corsican polyphony, the art of weaving several melodic lines together in ever-changing ways. Many Corsican villages have their own distinct repertoire of singing, which are either religious (and based on Latin texts) or secular (and based on poetry in the Corsican language). When singing a paghjella, three male singers produce their own vocal line with a powerful, open-throated chest voice. All vowels are produced with a minimum of obstruction in the vocal tract, in contrast with (European) classical singing, for which the open sound is modified by posturing the back and root of the tongue in different ways, and lowering the jaw. The sound flow is not as direct as it could be, and makes the tone darker. It adds a certain amount of artifice – and quite a lot of it in the case of some singers and styles. Add to it the typical vibrato that is produced deeper down in the throat and you are already far, far away from the natural open-throated sound of traditional Corsican singing.

As a young student, growing up hearing plenty of classical music at home, as well as jazz and pop (with many techniques to add colouring), this natural voice struck me as different. I was mesmerized by the qualities of the voices. There was a rawness and … honesty, as if the inner quality of a man comes through unveiled. When the second and third voice joined the main singer, they supercharged it, their lines joining in full force, making themselves stand out just as clear as the main voice. Usually the Corsican three-part polyphony would proceed as follows: shortly after the main singer begins the opening phrase, the others step in to add a note of their choice. Together they produce a three-tone chord, but the main melody and the chords keep changing. The two other singers follow the lead singer, adding a bass note and another note in between the lead voice and the bass. Each song type has well-established procedures for the development of the main voice. This gives each voice some room to play with their part. The bass wil generally start mid-range and in the course of several phrases descend to the lowest tone. Every time I hear it, this gives me the feeling there is something centering about Corsican polyphony: during a song you experience a gravitational force that is guaranteed to put you firmly on the ground when the phrase or song ends. Another feature is that many songs are in a minor key, but end on a major key.

Nando’s Mimofonia

One of the things that impressed me during A Cumpagnia’s first visit was the use of a sign language to create vocal polyphony. Nando would sing with two other men, and use his hands and fingers to indicate the harmony that they would sing. In this way the trio could remain in a natural flow of singing, while Nando could communicate possibilities and direction for the harmony in real time without talking. He could indicate how fast or slow they would change the chord, moving down or up, holding back certain progressions, make a bigger leap than usuaul etc. I found it amazing that a single person could hear the chords he wished to hear in his head and had a way to tell the others to follow the progressions he was foreseeing.

Another reason why it struck me, was that as a newcomer, the three voices were so resonant, and my ears were so attuned to overtones, that the richness overwhelmed and intoxicated me. Later, when listening to album recordings of Corsican polyphony, I sometimes could not tell how many parts there were. I might believe I was hearing 5 singers when in fact there were only three. And even I saw there were just three singers, I had a hard time catching everything that was happening. In the live sitation, onstage or during practise in Pigna, there was someone for whom all these parts were so transparent, that he had the mental space to create his own line on the spot as well as the two others, and use hand gestures to direct them. Nando did that without visible effort: he had a certain softness in his facial expressions, and a fluency in the way his hands and arms moved. During one visit, I asked him to show me how he used it, and we made photographs of each hand sign. (Unfortunately, I cannot find any video where we see the mimofonia live in action).

20+ years later

Decades later, I had a chance to get to know Nando better during various visits to Corsica, and occasional long-distance phone calls. My wife organised aromatherapy tours in the Meditterranean, and I insisted we should all go to this island, because I had vivid memories not only of the music, but also of the powerful aromas. After I had taken our family of four around the island for a two-week exploration, she felt that this was something to share with her students, lovers of fragrance, flowers, essential oils and botanical and cultural explorations in general. And so I became a tourguide for Chinese-speaking visitors. The itinerary always included a visit to Pigna and a concert or workshop with Nando and other musicians.

When we first arrived as a family, we visited the splendid botanical garden Parc Sallecia before heading for Pigna. In the park’s shop, we bought an album by a singer with the same name as Nando: Battista Acquaviva. That evening we went to the opening of the Festivoce (a great festival that is still happening every year). I saw Nando and introduced myself, 20+ years after we last met. He was standing next to a beautiful, tall lady: the one from the album we had just bought! It was his daughter. And so began a re-acquaintance and deeper understanding of Corsican music.

When the first group of aromatherapists arrived in Pigna next year, Nando performed together with Battista (a privilege that did not last long since she soon became a sensation (12 million views and counting!) in the French version of the popular TV-show The Voice.) Nando shared his passion for Corsican music, and welcomed me at home together with his family each time I visited. It was usually a day, or maybe two, that I was in the region. We had lots to talk about: I was hungry to learn more about his musical life and that of Pigna and the island as a whole. And Nando was very interested in musicology. I learnt that mimofonia was Nando’s own way to understand and create the polyphonic forms of his native region. It was he who had invented this system, which was not in general use – though one other active singer and teacher, Nicole Casalonga, also uses it to this day. Alongside the gestures, Nando wished to codify and indicate the finer variations in tuning, for which Corsican singers posses such a skilled ear.

Last but not least, Nando was a poet, a fanastic storyteller, philosopher: he could talk in the most captivating way about music and connect it with plants, fragrances, history, literature. Above all, he would speak from an unparallelled poetic imagination, weaving words and ideas like no one else. Here is his description of polyphony, from the album A Cumpagnia – in Paghjella:

Besides Casa Musicale, I would sometimes visit Claude Bellagamba, who runs a bar/restaurant in Pigna. His voice rings like a bell and makes the most extraordinary flourishes: you can hear him on many tracks of the seminal album Corsica – Chants Polyphoniques. On one occasion, it was time for a next step in my attempts to understand Corsican polyphony, and give my understanding of mimofonia a try without the aid of other singers singing my part. One of my favorite songs is Ecco Bella, and that’s what we tried to sing together. Click below to hear our version: the lead voice is by Claude Bellagamba, I was trying my best with the bass, and Nando usually comes in later to provide the highest voice.

The pandemic put an end to our yearly travels and I have not returned to Corsica again, yet. I treasure the memories and the generous sharing of his skill and knowledge. He passed on his skills to many others, and especially to Battista, who gives her own unique colour and expression to old and new music from the Balagne and elsewhere. I still take to heart that precious first session in Pigna. I recall this episode in my own Ocean of Voices workshops about musical traditions, encouraging students to start trying out new things with their voices.

Thank you, Nando and family, and thank you, members of A Cumpagnia!

More Sources

The breakthrough album that also led to their tour to the Benelux was E Voce Di U Cumune, Marcel Pérès – Corsica : Chants Polyphoniques from 1987.

Reissued and also on the streaming platforms in its ugly new ‘budget series’ cover. Make sure to check it out, the musicians were all in their prime, around 30 years young.

The album A Cumpagnia In Paghjella is also a great starting point (https://www.casa-editions.com/boutique/p/in-paghjella-a-cumpagnia).

Many more albums can be found on the label Casa Editions, run in Pigna.

If you want to read more:
The definitive work about Nando’s investigations into Corsican polyphony, including his mimofonia, is: Ignazio Macchiarella, ‘Il Restauratore di Polifonie’, in his book Ignazio Macchiarella (editor) – Tre Voce per Pensare il Mondo. Pratiche polifoniche confraternali in Corsica, Il Campo, 2011: pp. 142-.173.
A thorough English introduction to Corsican music is Caroline Bithel’s Transported by Song:
Corsican Voices from Oral Tradition to World Stage. Maryland: The Scarecrow Press, 2007.

Hear another example of an open-throated voice? Listen to each voice in this video I recorded of a Miserere from Castelsardo, Sardinia.

Sardinia and Corsica are also discussed in my book Overtone Singing, with a recording from Sardinia where a very clear overtone melody can be heard above the four singers (on the Anthology of Overtone Singing). Go to the page of The Overtone Singing Book.

Hear Nando and his daughter Battista perform together, at 17m 45s in this video:

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This very complete workshop teaches you the principles of resonance by learning the basics of overtone singing: a special way of listening to and making vocal sounds that has many useful applications for singers and non-singers alike. It requires no previous musical training.

BRIEF OUTLINE

RESONANCE is Mark’s most complete course giving you a thorough basis in practices based around overtone singing and the resonant voice in general. This year we introduce a new format that allows you to learn the basics at your own pace at home. The subsequent stages are:

– an easy-paced, one month online course that introduces many of the basic concepts and practices.

– a four-day in-person workshop to further explore your personal voice and ways to harmonise, resonate and sing overtones together.

– 6 weeks self-study on what you learnt

– a four-day session with a one-on-one class for each student and group pieces and improvisations guided by two Teaching Assistants

– another 9 months access to the online modules

Are you not living in or near Taiwan and not able to join the retreat? Or are you not a beginner anymore? Then you can consider to take one or several 1-on-1 online classes with Mark.

TIMELINE RESONANCE 2026

Part I: The Seed Awakens: February 19 – March 11: every week one new online module Overtone Singing – Basics

Part II: Emerging from the Soil: March 19 – 22: Guangfu Workshop

Part III: Blossoming into Light: April 30– May 3:  Guangfu Workshop 2

DETAILED PROGRAM

Online February 19 – Mar 11, 2026  (3 weeks) 2026

We start the learning journey online. The online video course contains 3 modules with 35 videos (2 hours total). You will receive one module per week. You can go through the videos at your own pace, and start to practice with the video instructions.

Module A (February 19 – 25): Introduction to resonance

Module B (February 26 – March 4): The basic techniques of overtone singing

Module C (March 5 – 11): Polishing your listening and vocal skills

3 Online Live Q&A session: February 25/ March 4/ March 11 (19:30-20:00)

SAPIENTIA (Guangfu) March 19-22  (4 days fulltime) 2026

We come together in the tranquil, focused setting of Sapientia in Guangfu, Hualien, where we will sing, listen, sense and resonate together for four days. We immerse ourselves in the resonances of each other’s voices, building on the power that emerges from close-listening. We fine-tune our voices in harmonies – both conventional ‘outer’ harmonies and the ‘inner’ harmonies of overtones. These practices are interspersed with insightful stories from the world’s most iconic traditions of overtone singing, documented by Mark himself in the course of more than three decades of research and artistic exploration.

Day 1

Finding inner and outer harmony from embodied breath and natural resonance

Day 2

Traditional practise and wisdom explored and utilised for new forms of resonant singing

Day 3

Harmonics as/in healing and therapy: confronting fear, developing self-confidence.

Day 4

Boosting your Resonance and creative applications.

SESSION TIMES SAPIENTIA

Breakfast 8:00-9:00

Morning sessions: 9:30-12:30

Lunch break: 12:30-14:30

Afternoon sessions: 14:30-16:30 + 17:00-18:00.

Dinner break: 18:00-19:00

Evenings are for resting, self practice, jamming…til 22:00

The last session finishes in the afternoon of Sunday at 4 PM.

THEMES FOR THESE FOUR-DAYS

° learn to sing the basic techniques of overtone singing: NG (gong), RR (bird), LL (sygyt), vowel (ee-uu)

° enrich your vocal resonance

° meditative and therapeutic practices

° embodied listening, embodied vocalising

° musical wisdom from Christian, Buddhist, and indigenous spiritualities

° Mongolian, Siberian and Tibetan forms of throat singing

Like no other, Mark has single-handedly undertaken enduring, in-depth investigations into all the major traditions of overtone singing: Tuva and the Siberian and Mongolian Altai, Tibet, Sardinia, South-Africa.

LISTENING

° break through your habitual patterns of hearing and making sound

° hearing overtones in the colours and timbres of a voice

° ‘ear cleaning’: make a new start listening to all sound instead of familiar patterns

RESONANT ENCOUNTERS

° guided resonating with one or more voices

° giving feedback to each other’s voices

VOCAL STYLE and INSTRUMENTS

The main emphasis is on using / applying / hearing resonance with a relaxed, more occidental voice. Short introductions to the pressed, guttural voices of throat singing, for example Tuvan khöömei and sygyt are also given for comparison. We will learn some pieces and guided improvisations by by Mark and also create our own. In addition we will use instruments such as singing bowls, bells, lutes and fiddles. You are encouraged to bring your own – the greater the resonant spectrum, the better!

6-WEEK SELF-STUDY 

As you continue your journey with your own voice, we provide you with a curated selection of some of the most interesting and important videos on the internet. These will guarantee to keep you inspired in your own practise and deepen your understanding.

English only – Mandarin may not be available.

Optional: organise your own online or in-person gatherings to learn with/from each other, discuss videos, etc..

SAPIENTIA (Guangfu) April 30 – May 3 (4 days fulltime) 2026

During this second get-together, Mark and his teaching assistants will build upon the results from the previous 4-day immersive workshop and your personal journey over the past 6 weeks. Much time is spent on technical work, which will be diversified to cater for different types of students and their needs.

The basis of resonance is concentrated voice/body work, balance of body-mind exercise and good overtone singing skills. During these four days, each student will have a one-on-one private sessions with Mark to erase stumbleblocks. We also work in small groups, and collectively on pieces that we learn or to create new work. After this weekend, you will know your strengths and which direction to go. On the second afternoon students collaborate to create final pieces to round off their  R E S O N A N C E  retreat..

SESSION TIMES SAPIENTIA 

same as the part 1 workshop, please see above

ABOUT SAPIENTIA RESORT | GUANGFU, HUALIEN

For the fifth year, stylish Sapientia is the ‘home’ of the  R E S O N A N C E  retreat. We are happy to return to this wonderful place, which remained unaffected by the disastrous floods earlier this year. The two-story building with Japanese garden-style architecture features a classroom with floor-to-ceiling windows, offering views on an expansive forest garden. The chorus of frogs, insects and birds are an exquisite setting to awaken your auditory senses. Host Peter brews different flavours of specialty coffee in his cosy coffee corner every day; hostess Ping serves delicious home-made breakfast for every guest. The guesthouse offers 7 uniquely designed rooms with comfortable large beds and Japanese-style tatami floors.

Unwind at Sapientia while enjoying our Sound Resonance Workshop experience!

LANGUAGE

The course will be conducted in English. Our interpreter Yvonne Chichen Lee will be present to summarise or translate entire parts of the course into Mandarin, depending on the needs.

FOR WHOM?

No previous musical experience is required. All levels welcome.

We’ve had office workers, people with speech problems, poets, singing bowl players, linguists, sanyassins, professional singers, dancers, academics and more in previous  R E S O N A N C E  courses. Anyone who is curious about developing her or his voice potential, whether professional or amateur or non-singer, will benefit from these lessons.

PRICES

FULL PRICE

69.000 NT$

Up to 24 December 2025

Super Early Bird 25% off NT$ 51.750

Poor struggling artists (with proof of income) NT$ 51.750

25 December 2025 – 7 January 2026:

Early Bird / 15% off NT$ 58.650

Old Students / 30% off NT$  48.300

After 7 January – 5 February 2026 

Full price NT$ 69.000

TOSA members  / 10% off  NT$ 62.100

Bring a friend :  – NT$ 2.500

Included:

• Tuition
• Guangfu lodging in shared rooms (a private room if available).
• Guangfu Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
• Coffee and snacks

Not included:

• Transport to the retreat in Hualien.

If possible, bring an instrument of your own. It is also possible to pre-order a shruti box from Mark to help your own practice during and after the workshop. For pre-orders, discounts apply: inquire for the details (depending on availability).

REGISTER

We remain the right to change program time and contents.

Please sign up through this form: https://forms.gle/dHEpHahCjMJeyxEa7

Let us know if you need help!

OUR TEAM

This workshop is brought to you by Mark van Tongeren, Jackal Mei, Yvonne Chichen Lee, Haopin Wu 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).

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

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

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.

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.

Yvonne Chichen Lee

Passionate for all ways of singing with instruments across traditions. Interpreter for Mark’s first R E S O N A N C E course in 2014. Now a performer at times, singing, playing, or moving.

Haopin Wu

Haopin has been studying resonance and overtone singing for more than four years. He quickly comprehends what beginners need when learning overtone singing from various viewpoints. He holds a Ph.D. in mathematical sciences.

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

R E S O N A N C E   X I

will take place in early 2027

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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 VOICE YOGA?

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 or contact improvisation, we work with all kinds of sounds without meaning and without emphasizing a beautiful singing voice. Pure, direct expressions and sensations of physical resonance and vibration through mouth, limbs, hips, feet, skin and inner organs.

We go beyond common subject-object and mind-body dualities, and bring our unconscious selves and sometimes irrational emotions to the surface. The group process becomes a mirror for the self and allows us to ‘see’ ourselves more clearly, to hear what’s living deep inside. The result is often of a surprising clarity and immediacy.

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PROGRAM OUTLINE

We start Thursday December 19th at 9 AM and suggest you arrive the evening before.
We finish after lunch on Sunday 22th, around 1:30 PM.

Day 1

9:00-12:30 introduction to the program. Light exercising, breathing exercises, start moving, toning, improvising.
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, mild to vigorous exercising, toning, noise making, 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, mild to vigorous exercising, toning, noise making. Once again: 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 Review, continuation and round-up.

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, 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: We recommend Moonrise Inn as it is the closest to the studio.

Hostels recommendation: Tranquilo Hostel or On My Way Dulan Hostel 

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FOR WHOM?

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 youna and old looking for physical and spiritual development; practitioners of Buddhism and other contemplative traditions needing deeper breathing and chanting practice; busy people needing a break from work in a relaxed atmosphere. Despite the name, Voice Yoga is not a harsh or demanding yoga camp, quite the contrary: it lets you grow at your own peace and rest and sleep or observe when you want to.

There are no specific requirements to join. Ages frange from early 20s to late 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 of Performing Arts. He practices yoga for some twenty-five years and all kinds of voice/music/performance practices for 35 years. His 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

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

  29.500 NT$

Up to 9 October 2025

Super Early Bird / 15% off NT$ 22.125

Poor struggling artists (with proof of income) NT$ 22.125

10 October till 23 October 2025:

Early Bird / 15% off NT$ 25.075

Old Students / 30% off NT$ 20.650

After 23 October 2025

Full price NT$ 29.500

TOSA members  / 10% off  NT$ 26.550

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/L22LxcqNuD2iaCwx9
– After transferring, please email to inform Hsi-Yin (hsiyin724@gmail.com) with your name, and the last 5 numbers of your bank account
– 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: 822.

Name of bank: China Trust

Beneficiary: Mark Christiaan van Tongeren

Account number: 163540306745

Make sure to send an email to Hsi-Yin after your payment. We will confirm reception as soon as possible.

CANCELLATION

We try to keep prices reasonable. If you cannot make it for some reason, we will return 80% of deposit fees up to 2 weeks before the event, 50% in the second week before starting date, and no refund in the last week leading to the event. In case of proven COVID-19-related problems we can give a refund (minus admin charge) or save the registration and fees for a next workshop.

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 runs for over 10 years and brings together decades of creative, vocal expression, yogic discipline and contemplative traditions.

Voice Yoga is neither yoga as you see all around you, or music as you hear it every day. 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 (and unrepeatable!) musical creations, deep breath work morphs into contact improv and vocal exercises into absurdistic theatre.

This retreat will give you a big boost, 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. No problem if you’ve never done yoga before!

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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.

Mark will be back in Taiwan for Voice Yoga classes in December.

Find the details here.

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TESTIMONIALS

“I felt many sounds inside me first time and I felt there is an inner space inside my body. That was an very powerful experience for me. The body wasn’t what I knew before. I felt peace when you sang… I do have a lot of fun when you want us imitate your voice… Every time when we make sounds together I feel I am decomposing and putting every part of me in one again. “

– Judith

” Your class shows me the magic of breath and voice. This makes my inner child very happy. “

– Nancy

” I enjoyed the class very much today. You had everyone engaged and creatively expressed as well as discharging and recharging well. “

– Tina

” More than ever, it brings back my childhood so I can play again. “

– Kovida

” Your class shows me the magic of breath and voice. This makes my inner child very happy. “

– Nancy

” Voice Yoga helps me feel lighter. “

– Jennifer

” I enjoy a lot and feel relaxed, this is a special course for me. “

– Judy

” This is better than sex! “

– Tammy

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OTHER UPCOMING EVENTS

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

   聲音瑜伽冬至療癒假期

2024年12月19日至22日 

成為聲音中的永恆

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。

以瑜伽或接觸即興等體育運動為基礎，我們使用各種沒有意義和不強調美麗歌聲的聲音。純粹、直接的表達，以及通過口、四肢、臀部、腳、皮膚和內臟的共鳴和振動的感覺。

我們超越了常見的主客體和心靈身體的二元對立，將無意識的自我和有時不理性的情感浮出水面。團體過程成為自我的鏡子，使我們能夠更清晰地“看見”自己，聽到深藏內心的聲音。結果通常具有驚人的清晰度和即時性。

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工作坊時程表

我們將於12月19日星期五上午9點開始，建議您前一晚抵達。 

我們將在星期日22日午餐後結束，大約下午1:30左右。

第1天 

9:00-12:30：工作坊簡介。輕鬆的練習，呼吸練習，開始身體活動，吟唱，即興。

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，輕度至劇烈的運動，吟唱，製造噪音。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，輕度至劇烈的運動，調音，製造噪音。然後再次的：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：回顧、繼續、作結

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：

我們推薦月昇都蘭，因為他距離光之屋最近。

青年旅館推薦：晃輕鬆 或 途中都蘭

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參加對象

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，尋求身體和精神的發展；佛教和其他冥想傳統的修行者，需要更深層次的呼吸和吟誦練習；忙碌的人需要在輕鬆的氛圍中休息，遠離工作的壓力。

儘管名為Voice Yoga，但這並不是一個嚴格或苛刻的瑜伽營，相反，它讓您按照自己的節奏成長，休息、睡覺或觀察都是可以的。 參加工作坊無需特定要求。年齡從20多歲到約75歲不等。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。他練習瑜伽有約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。他的品牌 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：29.500 NT$

到10月9日 （週四）

超早鳥優惠 / 75折：22.125 NT$

學生；經濟方面需要支持的藝術家（需提供證明） / 75折：22.125 NT$

到10月23日 （週四）

早鳥優惠 / 85折：25.075 NT$

舊生優惠 / 7折：20.650 NT$

10月23日之後

原價 /29.500 NT$

TOSA會員 / 年長者 9折：26.550 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/L22LxcqNuD2iaCwx9，並於3天內匯款完畢。重要：付款時，請附註「VYR」

2.匯款完畢，請以手機簡訊，Line、Email等其中一種的方式通知惜音（hsiyin724@gmail.com），並提供姓名、金額、匯款帳號後五碼

3.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：中國信託敦南分行(代號:822)

帳號：163540306745

戶名：MARK CHRISTIAAN VAN TONGEREN

【取消政策】

課程開始兩週前取消報名 ，主辦方將保留80%費用
課程前兩週內取消報名，主辦方將保留50%費用。

課程1-7天取消報名，主辦方將不退任何費用
如果你找人來替代你來上課，我們將退回10%行政費之外的費用。

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超過10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。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（並且無法重複！）的音樂創作中，深層呼吸法演變為接觸即興，聲音練習則變成荒謬的劇場。

這個療癒假期將給您帶來很大的提振，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。如果你以前從未接觸過瑜伽，也沒問題！

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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五一次的聲音瑜珈課程， 每堂課為2小時。

馬克老師將於12月初回台後，帶領聲音瑜伽課程。

課程詳情請點此。

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更多關於我們的活動

Autumn Program 2025

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【學員分享】

「第一次我感到內心有許多聲音，我感到我的身體內有一個內在的空間。這對我來說是非常強大的經驗。這個身體不再是我以前所知道的。當你唱歌的時候，我感到平靜…當你要求我們模仿你的聲音時，我覺得非常有趣…每次當我們一起發聲時，我感到自己正在分解，然後再重新組合每個部分。」- Judith

「你的課程向我展示了呼吸和聲音的魔力。這讓我的內在小孩非常開心。」- Nancy

「我非常喜歡今天這堂課。你讓每個人都參與其中，充分表達自己，並且有很好的放鬆和充電。」- Tina

「這比以往任何時候都讓我回想起我的童年，所以我可以再次玩耍。」-  Kovida

「聲音瑜伽幫助我感到更輕盈。」- Jennifer

「我非常享受，感到放鬆，這對我來說是一門特別的課程。」- Judy 

「這比性愛還要棒！」- Tammy

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For decades I have known a technique of Western overtone singing that I heard perform only one time. Many singers use the technique on which it is based, which I call the L-technique, as their standard for singing overtones. But I suspect that this particular technique is unknown to most overtone singers. Since hearing the shimmering, glistening sound of this unique method, I practise it occasionally. Recently I notice it does not sound as clear as it used to, and so it is high time to share it with others, who then can also use it. I am now getting it back in shape again and will present this technique in a live performance as part of a longer piece, next month in my solo show In|nbalance in Potsdam. In this video I tell a bit more about it and show the technique.

I will give three workshops especially for Designing Voices in Potsdam about overtones and resonance stuffed with information and exercises about many overtone singing techniques, from various forms of Tibetan chant through Western techniques to Tuvan/Mongolian techniques.

So the technique has one clear characteristic that makes it stand out: it highlights two overtones while not sounding the overtone that is between them. This goes against the common wisdom of every practising overtone singer, which holds that you try to concentrate the sound energy in one clear, central overtone. With this little-known technique, it seems you sort of split this energy out again in two directions around one central overtone that you cannot hear. When normally you try to focus all energy on, say, overtone number 9, you now adjust your tongue so that the energy flows out to numbers 8 and 10, making both of them loud enough to be heard. A rather unusual procedure. Very characteristic is the combination of the seventh and the ninth overtones, leaving out number eight; and also nine combined with eleven (with number ten being inaudible). (For the microtonality / Just Intonation freaks and serious singers: more details about the overtone range at the bottom of this post)

For reasons I cannot fully fathom myself, I have never spoken to anybody about this technique: not with Michael Vetter, not with Borg Diem Groeneveld or with other overtone singers. Somehow it remained this special treasure all this time. It is possible others have heard it and know more: please drop me a line if you do. Since I do not know if Michael Vetter ever gave this technique a name, I need to come up with one. I usually think of it as the ‘parallel third technique’ but there can be a fourth in the low range and possibly seconds in the higher range. I find the parallel thirds the most striking element, however, so I prefer that name: the “parallel-third technique.”

Interesting detail: the storm created a special atmosphere in the church in Utrecht: this was also clearly palpable in the live broadcast itself. It was amplified by the storm we, listeners, heard at home, raging outside. This situation and the name Töne im Sturm is also very fitting for the theme of the In|nbalance program I am working on. Is it a coincidence that unusually strong winds are blowing around my place in Amsterdam for several days now, in September 2025, while I am working on this piece and this video? Every now and then the rain flies past my window almost horizontally. The wind produces ominous, low rumbles day and night; rustling sounds produced by thousands of leaves come and go in waves; and then there are the ‘ordinary’ sounds of wind, mid-range, between these high and low frequencies. Three stacked layers of sound. Just as in the parallel-third technique itself.

Michael Vetter with brezel (pretzel). Photo by Mark van Tongeren

The radio programme that featured Michael Vetter’s concert, baptised Töne im Sturm (‘Tones in the Storm’) by the singer, was De Wandelende Tak, which mostly featured traditional music from around the world, often original recordings by musicians, ethnomusicologists and other people with special knowledge of that tradition. I was a frequent guest myself in this program with recordings from Siberia, Mongolia, Kalmykia and other places. The overtone singing concert from Vetter was characteristic of the ambiguous status of overtone singing, because it is not traditional music, like the content of nearly all other episodes of De Wandelende Tak. The concert was organised by Diem Groeneveld, a long-time Dutch student of Michael Vetter and a fine overtone singer himself. Walter Slosse was the host who interviewed Groeneveld about Vetter before and after the concert, and it was broadcast by the VPRO.

This is my recording of the radio programme, made on a cassette and later transfered to the computer. There is a  silence towards the end for a short while, of which I am not sure at which stage it happened – probably during the A/D conversion.

After listening again, I conclude that Vetter’s technique was in an absolutely superb state at this point,

as can be heard  in all the ‘ordinary styles’of overtone singing. The parallel technique becomes clear particularly at around 12:45, and comes back several times later. 

Töne im Sturm.

Live radio broadcast for VPRO radio’s

De Wandelende Tak, mid-1990s.

Details about the range of overtones and their distances

For the overtone cogniscenti: the extremes on the recording of my own version are overtones ten and twelve, but I can go as high as twelve and fourteen, and as low as six and eight. Every time, the overtone in between them is not audible. Nearly all these combinations are variations of the interval of a third. The interesting thing is of course that every third is different, as the distance between the two tones grows smaller with every higher step on the harmonic scale. The H6 + H8 combination, my lowest combination, is a near-perfect fourth apart (497 cents, in case you were wondering), then next is the largest third H7 + H9 (a very large major third of 435 cents). The thirds progressively decrease their distance: the smallest and highest interval I could still sing clearly with this technique is a very small minor third of the overtones H12 + H14 (266 cents).

To hear this technique in its full splendour, come to Potsdam next month! And to learn more, I will give three workshops especially for Designing Voices in Potsdam about overtones and resonance stuffed with information and exercises about many overtone singing techniques, from various forms of Tibetan chant through Western techniques to Tuvan/Mongolian techniques. Check out all the details here.

For all workshop dates in Amsterdam/Potsdam/

Zürich/Vilnius/Ljubljana/Helsinki:

check my upcoming events page.

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Watch the first lesson of the video course:

WHAT STUDENTS SAY

The first group of students took this video course as Part One my  R E S O N A N C E  program. They commented that the first online leg of this program was an excellent introduction.

I was amazed by the sound quality and the overall color coordination of the visuals, right from the first episode. In the practice videos, you can clearly see the mouth movements, which is incredibly helpful. I feel very lucky to have taken this course—thank you to the teacher and the entire team!

The sense of presence was great. It really felt like having a teacher guiding me personally. I followed along and sang until I was moved to tears.

WHAT YOU LEARN IN THIS COURSE

This course will let you:

• listen out for overtones in your voice spectrum – the higher frequencies we usually hear as a colour or vowel
• start playing with the higher frequencies on the level of overtones
• understand the principles and try out the basic techniques of overtone singing

If you are not very certain singing is something for you, this course can help you to

• resonate your voice more fully
• enjoy your voice instead of doubting about it.

If you already have some experience with overtones, there is still plenty to discover here.

Find out more at

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

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