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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

R E S O N A N C E   XI (11) – 2026-2027

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WHERE THE SEEDS OF OVERTONES AWAKEN AND GROW

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. It is taught by one of the world’s leading overtone singers, Mark van Tongeren, who spend decades documenting this fascinating technique by visiting and recording performers in all major traditions and interviewing many contemporary singers and composers.

R E S O N A N C E  is Mark’s most complete course. It gives you a thorough basis in practices based around overtone singing and the resonant voice in general. This course was first launched in 2014 and is now running for the 11th time. In recent years it was updated to take advantage of the fact that all three team members can assist through their long training with Mark as overtone singers and ‘resonators’. The result of this shift became clear at the end of the most recent 8-day courses (2025 and 2026): students perform better and learn quicker than in previous years.

We also introduced 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.

– 9 weeks self-study at home or together

– another four-day group session with pieces and improvisations guided by two Teaching Assistants …

–  … also including a one-on-one class with Mark for each student to work on specific obstacles

– life-time access to the online modules

Are you not living in or near Taiwan and not able to join our 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: December 10 – 30: every week one new online module Overtone Singing – Basics

Part II: Emerging from the Soil: January 7 – 10 Guangfu Workshop

Part III: Blossoming into Light: March 18 – 21 Guangfu Workshop 2

 

DETAILED PROGRAM

Online December 10 – 30, 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 (December 10 – 16): Introduction to resonance

Module B (December 17 – 23): The basic techniques of overtone singing

Module C (December 24 – 30): Polishing your listening and vocal skills

3 Online Live Q&A sessions: December 16, 23, 30 (19:30-20:00)

SAPIENTIA (Guangfu) January 7 – 10   (4 days fulltime) 2027

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: 14:30-16:00 + 16:30-18:00.

Dinner break: 18:00-19:00

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

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

 

THEMES FOR THESE FOUR-DAYS

SINGING

° 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 ritual and wisdom from Christianity and Buddhism

° 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

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

° hearing overtones in the colours and timbres of a voice

 

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!

 

9-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. (Primarily English – 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) March 18 – 21 (4 days fulltime) 2027

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 9 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 session 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 sixth 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. 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 Haopin WU 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.

PRICING

Full Price 72.500 NT$

Up to 16 September 2026:

Early Bird / 15% off NT$ 61.625

 

After 17 September 2026

Full price NT$ 72.500

TOSA members  / 15% off  NT$ 61.625

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 reserve the right to change program time and contents.

Please sign up through this form: https://forms.gle/dcFHhmGyB9uN2WFD8

Let us know if you need help!

 

OUR TEAM

This workshop is brought to you by Jackal Mei, Yvonne Chichen Lee, Haopin Wu, Hsi-Yin Chang and Mark van Tongeren.

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.

Haopin Wu

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

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 and again in 2026. Now a performer at times, singing, playing, or moving.

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: 808

Name of bank: E.SUN Commercial Bank

Beneficiary: Van Tongeren Mark Christiaan

Account number: 0314-979-191796

 

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.

© Mark van Tongeren 2026

© Photos Jackal Mei

 

 

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R E S O N A N C E   X I I

will take place in early 2028

 

 

 

R E S O N A N C E 《聲音的共鳴》 2026

|| 泛音覺醒與成長之地

這是一個非常完整的工作坊，透過學習泛音詠唱的基礎來教授共鳴原理：一種特殊的聆聽和發聲方式，對歌手和非歌手都有許多實用的應用。無需任何音樂訓練基礎。

泛音歌唱是一種獨特的聆聽與發聲方式，不論你是否有歌唱經驗，都能將其中的技巧運用在聲音、音樂與日常生活中。不需要任何音樂基礎即可參加。

課程由世界頂尖的泛音歌唱家之一 Mark van Tongeren 親自傳授。數十年來，他走訪世界各地，拜訪並錄製各大泛音歌唱傳統的演唱者，深入研究這項迷人的歌唱技術，並與眾多當代歌手及作曲家交流訪談，累積了深厚的知識與實務經驗。

《聲音的共鳴》是 Mark 最完整、最深入的課程，為你奠定以泛音歌唱與整體聲音共鳴為核心的紮實基礎。這門課自 2014 年首次開設以來，至今已舉辦第 11 屆。

近年來，課程也持續升級：有三位教學團隊成員皆長期接受 Mark 的訓練，成為經驗豐富的泛音歌唱者與共鳴者，在課程中提供更細緻的協助。這樣的教學成果，在 2025 與 2026 年的兩屆密集課程中尤其明顯：學員的學習速度顯著增快，表現也比以往更加出色。

|| 工作坊簡述

RESONANCE 是 Mark 最完整的課程，為您提供以泛音詠唱和共鳴聲音為核心的全面實踐基礎。今年我們推出新的課程形式，讓您可以按照自己的節奏在家學習基礎知識。後續階段包括：

1.為期一個月的輕鬆自學線上課程，介紹許多基本概念和練習
2.第一個實體工作坊為期四天，深入探索您的個人聲音，以及共同和諧、共鳴和演唱泛音的方法
3.9週自學或與學員共學，複習所學內容
4.第二個實體工作坊為期四天，每位學員將有與一次與馬克一對一課程，並由兩位助教指導團體作品和即興創作
5.線上課程終身觀看權限

|| 其他安排
您不住在台灣或台灣附近，無法參加我們的密集課程嗎？或者您已經不是初學者了？那麼您可以考慮與 Mark 進行一次或多次線上一對一課程

|| RESONANCE 2026 時間表

第一部分：種子甦醒
12月10日至30日：每週一個新的線上套組 — 泛音詠唱基礎

第二部分：破土而出
1月7日至10日：花蓮 光復

第三部分：綻放光芒
3月18日至21日：花蓮 光復

|| 詳細課程說明

線上課程（2026年12月10日至12月30日，3週）

我們從線上開始學習之旅。線上影片課程包含3個單元共35支影片（總時長2小時）。您每週將收到一個單元。您可以按照自己的節奏觀看影片，並開始跟著影片指導練習。

＊單元 A（12月10日至16日）：共鳴入門
＊單元 B（12月17日至23日）：泛音詠唱的基本技巧
＊單元 C（12月24日至30日）：精進您的聆聽和發聲技巧

＊3次線上與馬克和所有成員的即時問答：12月16日 / 23日 / 30日（19:30-20:00）

|| 第一次泛音實體工作坊

  • 夏比安民宿（光復）2027年1月7-10日（4天全日）

我們將在花蓮光復寧靜而專注的夏比安民宿相聚，在這裡我們將共同歌唱、聆聽、感知和共鳴四天。我們沉浸在彼此聲音的共鳴中，建立在深度聆聽所產生的力量之上。我們在和聲中微調我們的聲音——包括傳統的「外在」和聲以及泛音的「內在」和聲。這些練習穿插著來自世界上最具代表性的泛音詠唱傳統的深刻故事，這些都是 Mark 在超過三十年的研究和藝術探索過程中親自記錄的。

＃第一天 從具身呼吸和自然共鳴中尋找內在與外在的和諧
＃第二天 探索並運用傳統實踐和智慧，創造新形式的共鳴歌唱
＃第三天 泛音作為/在治療中的應用：面對恐懼，發展自信
＃第四天 提升您的共鳴和創意應用

|| 夏比安課程時間
早餐：8:00-9:00
上午課程：9:30-12:30
午餐休息：12:30-14:30
下午課程：14:30-16:00 + 16:30-18:00
晚餐休息：18:00-19:00
晚間時間：休息、自我練習、即興演奏……直到22:00
最後一天的課程在週日下午4點結束

||這四天的主題

學習內容：

＊學習泛音詠唱的基本技巧：NG（gong）、RR（bird）、LL（sygyt）、母音（ee-uu）
＊豐富您的聲音共鳴
＊冥想和療癒練習
＊具身聆聽、具身發聲
＊來自基督教、佛教和原住民靈性的音樂智慧
＊蒙古、西伯利亞和西藏的喉音唱法形式

Mark 獨一無二地對所有主要的泛音詠唱傳統進行了持久而深入的調查：圖瓦、西伯利亞和蒙古阿爾泰、西藏、薩丁尼亞、南非。

~~聆聽：

＊突破您習慣性的聽覺和發聲模式
＊在聲音的色彩和音色中聽到泛音
＊「耳朵清潔」：重新開始聆聽所有聲音，而不是熟悉的模式

~~共鳴相遇：

＊引導與一個或多個聲音共鳴
＊互相給予聲音的回饋

~~聲樂風格與樂器：

主要重點是使用/應用/聽到放鬆的、更西方化的聲音中的共鳴。也會簡短介紹壓迫性的、喉音的喉音唱法，例如圖瓦的 khöömei 和 sygyt 作為比較。我們將學習 Mark 的一些作品和引導式即興創作，也會創作我們自己的作品。此外，我們還將使用頌缽、鈴、琵琶和胡琴等樂器。鼓勵您攜帶自己的樂器——共鳴光譜越廣，效果越好！

|| 9週自學期

當您繼續探索自己的聲音之旅時，我們會為您提供網路上一些最有趣和重要的影片精選。這些影片將確保您在自己的練習中保持靈感，並加深您的理解。

僅提供英文——可能無法提供中文。

其他選擇：組織您自己的線上或實體聚會，彼此學習、討論影片等。

|| 第二次泛音實體工作坊

 


夏比安民宿（光復）2026年3月18日至21日（4天全日）

在第二次聚會期間，Mark 和他的助教將在前一次4天密集工作坊的成果以及您過去9週的個人旅程基礎上繼續深化。我們會花很多時間在技術工作上，並根據不同類型學員及其需求進行多樣化的教學。
共鳴的基礎是集中的聲音/身體工作、身心平衡練習和良好的泛音詠唱技巧。

在這四天裡，每位學員都將與 Mark 進行一對一的私人課程，以消除障礙。我們也會在小組中工作，並共同學習作品或創作新作品。這個週末結束後，您將了解自己的優勢以及前進的方向。第二個下午，學員們將合作創作最終作品，為他們的 RESONANCE 密集課程畫下圓滿句點。

|| 夏比安每日課程時間
與第一部分工作坊相同，請見上文

『 關於夏比安民宿｜花蓮光復 』

連續第六年，質感的夏比安民宿成為 RESONANCE 密集課程的「家」。我們很高興回到這個美好的地方。雙層樓日式庭園建築設有一間擁有落地窗的教室，可俯瞰廣闊的森林庭園。青蛙、昆蟲和鳥類的合唱是喚醒您聽覺感官的絕妙環境。主人 Peter 每天在他溫馨的咖啡角落沖泡不同風味的精品咖啡；女主人 Ping 為每位客人準備美味的自製早餐。民宿提供7間獨特設計的房間，配有舒適的大床和日式榻榻米地板。

在夏比安放鬆身心，同時享受我們的聲音共鳴工作坊體驗！

|| 語言

課程將以英語進行。我們的翻譯 Haopin將在場總結或將課程的整個部分翻譯成中文，取決於需求。

|| 適合對象？


無需任何音樂經驗。歡迎所有程度。
在之前的 RESONANCE 課程中，我們有過上班族、有語言障礙的人、詩人、頌缽演奏者、語言學家、靈修者、專業歌手、舞者、學者等等。任何對開發自己聲音潛力感到好奇的人，無論是專業人士、業餘愛好者或非歌手，都將從這些課程中受益。

||價格


課程原價：72,500 NTD

+2026年9月3日至2026年9月16日：
早鳥 / 15% 折扣：61,625 NTD

+2026年9月17日起

全價：72,500 NTD
TOSA 會員 / 15% 折扣：61,625 NTD
攜帶朋友：- 2.500 NTD

|| 包含：
學費
光復住宿（將會依照報名順序安排房間，每人都有一張獨立床）
光復蔬食早餐、午餐和晚餐
手沖咖啡和手做點心

|| 不包含：
前往花蓮課程地點的交通

如果可能，請攜帶您自己的樂器。也可以向 Mark 預訂 shruti box（印度風琴），以幫助您在工作坊期間和之後的練習。預訂可享折扣：請詢問詳情（視供應情況而定）。

|| 如何報名

主辦單位保留調整課程時間與內容之權利。
請透過此表單報名：https://forms.gle/dcFHhmGyB9uN2WFD8 並於三天內匯款。
如需協助，請告訴我們！

|| 我們的團隊
本工作坊由 Mark van Tongeren、Jackal Mei、Yvonne 李紀辰、吳浩平 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。

Hsi-Yin Chang
一位吟唱歌手和聲音療癒實踐者，現居德國。她自2021年接受聲音療癒培訓，現在致力於療癒音樂和聲音旅程的工作。

Yvonne Chichen Lee

熱衷於探索跨傳統的樂器伴唱。曾擔任馬克於2014年首屆「聲音的共鳴」課程的即席翻譯。現偶爾以表演者身份活動，透過歌唱、演奏或肢體律動進行創作。

Haopin Wu

研習共鳴與泛音歌唱已逾五年，能從多元視角迅速掌握初學者學習泛音歌唱所需的要領。他擁有數學科學博士學位。

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。 關於報名流程請詢問 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 / 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

|| 付款


報名時透過銀行或 Paypal 付款。

舊學員請注意：這次是新的銀行帳號！

銀行代碼：808 銀行名稱：玉山銀行 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。

照片由 Jackal Mei 拍攝

R E S O N A N C E XII

預計於 2028 年初舉辦

其他即將舉辦的工作坊

Voice Yoga 冬至療癒假期 2026
2026 年 12 月 19–22 日｜都蘭

也歡迎關注

TOSA（Taiwan Overtone Singing Association／台灣泛音歌唱協會）
Facebook：https://www.facebook.com/overtonesingingtw

 

 

Autumn Program 2026

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Concerts, workshops and other upcoming events.

Details below

2026年 8月14-16日/August 14-16, 2026

Kaohsiung 高雄
8月14日音樂會
8月15日半天工作坊
8月16日 TOSA day 會員日歌唱圈第二回@ 高雄瀧月堂
Weekly Voice Yoga classes in Taipei – every Tuesday.
每週二聲音瑜伽課在台北
Saturday Voice Yoga Classes!
Only August 22 + 29 and maybe September 12
10-12 AM.
All other information remains the same: location, time, price: https://www.fusica.nl/voice-yoga/

每週聲音瑜伽，週六加開！
這個週末，8月22日，我將在台北肯園開設一堂週六早晨的聲音瑜伽課，提供給平常無法參加每週固定課程的朋友。經過這麼多年，我決定來試試看。其他資訊維持不變：地點、時間、價格，請見：https://www.fusica.nl/voice-yoga/
所以，如果你平日或週二比較忙碌，但仍然想學習聲音瑜伽，千萬別錯過這堂特別加開的週六課程。你可以這裡透過LINE群組報名。 近期還有兩個可能加開週六課程的日期，只要人數達到最低4人門檻就會開課：8月29日，以及9月12日。

Register for this special Saturday class. You can use the LINE group to register as usual or mail or call me.

Saturday 2026年 9月5日/September 5, 2026
Taidong workshop with Mark.
https://taitungsoundart.tw/en/
Evening: concert
台東，工作坊
細節待定
Sunday: workshop + concert, Chishan

 

Early October

Premiere of the concert recording of

the Superstringtrio: Incignito Ergo Sum.

Online presentation live with Mark van Tongeren and Rollin Rachele

 

Autumn time

Launch of new series of online classes:

Vocal Resonance on

www.voice-resonance.com

 

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.

R E S O N A N C E 2026-27 is launched!

Go to R E S O N A N C E   XI (11) – 2026-2027

Voice Yoga Winter Solstice Retreat 2026

Dates: December 19-22.
Workshop launch date:
September 21, 2026

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2025 Voice Yoga Winter Solstice Retreat

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December 19- 22 2025

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

 

 

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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

 

Book and Audio Anthology published

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A few days ago, Overtone Singing – Hidden Dimensions of the Human Voice has arrived at its distribution centers in the US (NY), Europe (Haarlem) and Taiwan (Longtan). Publisher David Rothenberg produced a beautiful midway solution between paperback and hardcover book, called ‘flexibound.’

That was the signal to also let the Anthology of Overtone Singing go public. First of all on Bandcamp, where the audio is now available for streaming or purchasing. I also submitted all tracks to Apple Music, Spotify etc. etc. 25 Artists that are not featured on Apple Music and Spotify yet now will be represented there. It took me about a year of preparations and it meant not a small thing to press that ‘SUBMIT’ button to me.

 

 

 

So book and music are available now from Terra Nova Press, from me and next week also from a European address. We are still working out the best solution to offer the music and the book in one go. For the moment, the book is available through Terra Nova Press and by writing to me directly, while the Anthology is available in Bandcamp. Possibly we offer both in one package very soon.

There is a limited number of books available with a CD that is nearly identical with the streaming version from Bandcamp: just two tracks have been shortened a bit to fit onto the CD format. Details will soon be published on Bandcamp; you can also write to me if that is what you need.

The major platforms will  start selling and shipping the book in December or January.

For now, get it directly from one of us!

Book on Terra Nova Press:

https://www.terranovapress.com/books/overtonesinging

Book and/or Anthology Album on Bandcamp:

https://markvantongeren.bandcamp.com/album/anthology-of-overtone-singing

 

You will find more details about the book on this page.

 

RESONANCE course 2017-2018

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For English scroll down, or ask for digital brochure by mailing us.

 

聲音的共鳴　年度工作坊
2017 – 2018
探索人類聲音隱藏的淺能—用泛音跟新的音質來創造音樂; 以新的方式傾聽世界以及自己的聲音; 用自己的聲音作為轉變與進行更有效的表達的工具。

「透過呼吸與聆聽身體及環境中的共鳴我們展開一段不可思議的巡禮，發掘創新與治療的潛能。」
馬克．范．湯格鄰

「最令我們感動的是老師的帶領方式…不著痕跡、有洞見地、循序漸進、有創意、好玩且即時。滿心誠摯的感謝。」
Ｕna Kao

【自己，自己的聲音，與自己的存在】
要如何找到自己的聲音? 要怎麼做自己? 要如何不再做自己，而成為另一個人? 另一個你想成為的人?

要如何感覺自己整個存有共鳴，活著的，完整的……對自己的存在感到自在，可以在他人面前展現真正的自己? 和其他可以做自己的人相會；不用特別有禮貌或是維持外表的和諧?

在德蘇(Mark van Tongeren)的聲音的【共鳴】課程中，音樂—特別是人聲—會是幫助你達到以上目標的工具。探入你的靈魂深處，顛覆你的心思跟想法，甚至改變你的物質身體。把「一個人自身」不同的「部份」重新結合，化為一個能夠共振的整體；成為一個震動、脈搏和頻率的交響樂。

泛音演唱技巧是本門課的訓練基礎。泛音就像是你的聲音音色中，自成一格的小世界。你會浸淫於基礎泛音序列的音樂性聲音。我們會一次次的改變我們聆聽以及發聲的方式，以開啟泛音和泛音序列隱藏的層面。實際訓練方法將以帶實驗性和個人化的方式進行、使你能夠更自由地表達自我，運用你聲音中本自俱足的豐富音色。

《招收對象》
我們歡迎各種背景的人來參加【共鳴】課程。前學員有上班族、老師、藝術學校的學生跟創意工作者；也有電腦專家、瑜珈老師跟對聲音有障礙的人；也還有熱愛蒙古與圖瓦呼麥的男歌者，和受古典訓練的女高音。這個課程開立給任何對聲音的創造性有興趣；在生活中尋求平衡的現代人。不須任何音樂背景。不過，已經參加過幾個泛音課程的學生也還有很多可以學。如果你還在猶豫，歡迎聯繫我們來問問題。

【授課語言】
本門課老師以英語授課，你的中文翻譯，陳亮伃，會依照需求重點式或整段翻譯。

【收費、折扣、與優惠說明】
【共鳴】工作坊（十堂課）學費總計17,500 NT$。
請於開課前完成繳費報名。

符合以下條件者得享優惠方案（折扣不重複）
＊在學生與超過65歲年長者享75折優惠。
＊早鳥優惠: 85折，請於10/20前報名

時間： 2017年12月 ~ 2018年4月
每月間的星期六10:00 am~17:00 pm，共十堂課。
詳細日期請見FUSICA官網行事曆 https://www.fusica.nl/

免費試聽課程: 2017年11月3日
星期五晚上19:00pm~21:30pm

地點：肯園香氣私塾教室
台北市復興南路二段151巷3號4樓（近捷運「
科技大樓站」)

CanjuneGymnasium
課程對象：音樂人，演員，講者；治療師，療癒工作者；任何在生活中尋求平衡的現代人。

好奇嗎？請來電或來信了解詳情、索取課程簡章、日程＆學費說明。

中文報名請洽： ly.sunny.chen@gmail.com / 0912-024-285 陳亮伃
英文報名請洽： info@fusica.nl / 0910-382-749 Mark van Tongeren

講師：

德蘇（Mark van Tongeren）是一位聲音探險家，長期關注藝術與科學領域之間的協同作用。作為一位自學而成的音樂家，他參與多項戲劇、音樂與舞蹈製作和錄音。為荷蘭萊登大學表演藝術學博士。現任國立政治大學講師。
www.fusica.nl/biography

「與聲音同在為我帶來這麼多的喜悅。我在這裡找到我的自我。我應該要唱出來，為你而唱，讓你知道你帶給我有多少。」
新竹的Sky

「很喜歡聲音自由地、自發地流出的狀態。我雖是唱者，同時我也是聽者。我聽著聲音從我的口中流出～自然的流出～聲音是靈魂的語言，有些東西無法用語言和文字來表達。我覺得泛唱可以打開許多未知和不可知。」
三重的Amano

「這兩年接觸了聲音瑜伽和共鳴，老師的溫和及不急不徐，讓我願意嘗試，運用這個身體和聲音，可以打開一個更大的世界，而吵雜的噪音也可能變得有趣。只要用老師引導的方式，回到身體、進入呼吸之流，不費力的，緊張逐漸卸下。一旦人放鬆了，心也開始變得自由，遊戲本能甦醒，就讓自己的聲音成為聽見自己的陪伴。老師的無為而為又溫柔堅定的帶領，讓我碰觸對喉嚨和身體的緊縮，於是知道怎麼讓它再度打開。」
台北的Nancy

Explore the hidden dimensions of the human voice.
Make music with overtones and new timbres.
Listen to the world and to yourself with new ears.
Learn how to use your voice as a powerful tool for transformation and better communication.

By taking time to breathe and to listen to all the ways in which the body and the world resonates, we open up an amazing path of discovery and creative, therapeutic learning. – Mark van Tongeren

What impressed us is the way of your teaching … subtle, perceptual, respective, creative, fun and updated. Thank you sincerely. – Una Kao

YOU, YOUR VOICE, AND YOUR BEING
How to find your own voice? How to be who you are? How not to be who you are, but to become someone else? Someone you wish to be?

How to feel your whole being resonating, alive, complete …. to feel at ease with yourself, and to be completely YOU while in the presence of others? To meet others around you who can also be themselves, without acting nicely, or keeping up appearances?

In Mark van Tongeren’s R E S O N A N C E course, music, and most of all, the human voice, is the foremost instrument to achieve precisely that goal. To reach into the greatest depths of your soul, to stir your mind and your thinking, even to change your physical body. To bring all these disparate ‘parts’ of ‘a single self’ together in a fully resonating whole, a symphony of vibrations, pulses, frequencies.

The backbone of this training program is the overtone singing technique. Overtones are like a world of their own residing within the timbres of your voice. You will deeply immerse yourself in the fundamental harmonic laws of musical sound We will come back again and again to change the way we listen and vocalise, opening up to the hidden dimension of overtones, the harmonics that our voices and ears know well but our minds know not. In an experiential and personalised way you will learn to express yourself better, using a fuller range and spectrum of your voice.

 

FOR WHOM?
We have welcomed all kinds of people in the R e s o n a n c e course, from white-collar workers and school teachers to art students and creative professionals, from computer experts to yoga teachers and people with voice problems, from male afficionadoes of Mongolian and Tuvan khöömei to classically trained soprano’s.
This course is aimed at anyone with an interest in or sensitivity for sound as a creative principle. and those seeking more balance in their live.
No previous musical experience is required. For students who have already done one or more workshops of overtone singing there will still be plenty to learn. If you are in doubt, contact us with your questions.

 

LANGUAGE
The course will be mostly conducted in English. Your interpreter Sunny Chen will summarise or translate entire parts of the course into Mandarin, depending on the needs.

PRICES, DISCOUNTS and BENEFITS
The price per participant is 17.500 NT$ for ten classes. The following discounts apply (only one per person):
* Students and seniors with valid identity cards for the duration of the course: 25 %.
* Early birds: 15 % if you register before October 20. Extended to November 5!
* Payment in smaller increments is possible.

TESTIMONIALS
So much happiness and joy of being with you.
And it’s where I find ME.
I should sing it. Sing it for you.
To let you know how much you give me.
Sky from Hsinchu

I really enjoy sound flowing out freely and impulsively. Although I am the singer, I am also the listener, I hear sound coming out of my mouth, naturally flowing.
I feel sound is the language of the soul, something language cannot express.
I really wish to learn overtone singing.
I feel overtone singing opens up some unknown and unfathomable territories.
Amano from Hsinchu


YOUR GUIDE
Mark van Tongeren is a vocal performer working at the intersection of art and science. He has 25 years of experience in music and intermedial performance and holds a PhD in artistic research. He has traveled to the Altai, Mediterranean isles and Tibetan monasteries to learn from established masters. He is an international authority on the technique of overtone singing, both as a performer and author. He has taught at TNUA’s Music and Theatre Departments (2003-2004), National Chengchi University’s X-Lab (2012 – now) and at Canjune. He frequently collaborates with composers, improvisers, musicians and dancers in and outside Taiwan. He teaches and co-leads tours for Canjune and will lead the second musical tour to Tuva (Siberia) in Summer 2018.

Full biography: www.fusica.nl/biography

10 days from December 24, 2017 to April 2018
10 AM – 17:30 PM.
Place: CanJune Training Centre, Daan Area.
4F, #3 , Lane 151, Fuxing S Rd. Sec. 2.

Registrations for the course or requests for the digital brochure:
In Chinese: ly.sunny.chen@gmail.com/ 0912-024-285 CHEN Sunny
In English: info@fusica.nl / 0910 382 749 Mark van Tongeren

 

Photo credit: Yi Ching Juan, Mark van Tongeren, Jiji Liu

 

6 Hong Kong workshops in January 2018

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(Link to Chinese version)

 

In January I will be visiting the great team of Soundtherapy Hong Kong again to teach various workshops around the theme “hidden dimensions of the human voice.” There are 6 themes to chose from – or you can do them all:

Workshop 1: Breath, Prana & Movement

Workshop 2: Sound Journey, Ocean of Voices 

Workshop 3: Art of listening

Workshop 4: Polyphony of the body

Workshop 5&6 : Inner Voice & Outer Voice

 

All workshops are either morning (10 am – 1 pm) or afternoon (2:30-5:30 pm), in Causeway Bay / WanChai.

More details + registration on the Soundtherapy Hong Kong website here and on Facebook.

 

 

Hong Kong Vertical Horizon by RJL

Hong Kong image Vertical Horizon by Romain Jacquet-Lagrèze, who published the photobook Vertical Horizon.

About Voice Yoga

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VoiceYoga3What is Voice Yoga?

Voice Yoga consists of a series of exercises that gives pride of place to the voice as a central, creative force in our lifes. Our existence depends in important ways on our speaking, listening, sounding and singing abilities. The class promotes awareness of the many roles of the voice in our daily lives. It expands our creative vocabulary, without necessarily talking about music, the singing voice or any musical style. The point is not so much to learn any specific new technique: we play with the voice in a lot of different ways and listen with fresh ears to the hidden potential of our voices.

In Voice Yoga, sound, silence and resonance become a mirror for the self. The sounds produced by ourselves,  allows us to ‘see’ ourselves more clearly, to hear what’s living deep inside us. In ever-growing cycles of creating and perceiving we learn about music and sound, about ourselves and about the environment.

Structure of the classes

We usually start with silence, breath and body movements to turn away from our busy mind into the body and to the sensations we actually experience. We let the voice come out of a natural breath flow. We listen to and follow its natural resonances. We do not try to sing in an artful way, but to experience how body-mind-voice are intimately connected, and how voice and resonance can serve as a bridge to overcome the dualistic notion of body <> mind. From then on, all kinds of styles and genres of vocalising and musicking may happen, some structured, some wild, some giving insight in your voice, some therapeutic. Exercises are based on yoga, musical and theatrical techniques, vipassana meditation and our innate love to play like children.

The idea behind Voice Yoga is comparable to yoga and tai-chi: the effect of the exercises is gradual. We believe that only with repeated classes you can really learn to connect the energies of voice & sound with the whole of your body and mind. You slowly become more and more familiar with your voice and its powers; you will begin to hear and feel things you did not hear and feel before. That’s why we suggest you to sign up for four classes a time after your trial class.

The teacher

Voice Yoga is designed and taught by Mark van Tongeren, who brings with him 25 years of experience in working with sound, music and theatre and many different cultures.

9a973-dscf6809253dmark2bphotoIn my Voice Yoga Review of 2014 you can read about some recent experiences:
https://fusica.wordpress.com/2014/12/30/voice-yoga-2014-re-view/

For whom
For those seeking to enrich their voices, let off steam and unlock their hidden creative potential. For singers and those who are afraid to sing. For actors, musicians and other artists and professionals who work with sound. Perhaps more than anyone else, people who want to experience and learn about the therapeutical effects of sound seem to benefit from Voice Yoga. The human voice is a tool that assists human beings to produce a mirror-like reflection of the world around them in their minds. By gaining a deeper understanding and experience of the mechanisms of making sounds, words and music, and of listening, we gradually deepen the connections within ourselves (our body-minds) and with others and the world around us.

Dates and time
please look here for current dates and times (voice yoga dates 2015).

Prices
Every class lasts two hours. The price is 400 NT$ for a single class, and 1500 NT$ for four classes (375 NT$ per class). You do not have to attend four classes in a row; we’ll just tick off your presence four times and then you can sign up again for four times. Students and others with limited financial resources can get a reduced price: just send a message.

How to register
Feel free to join the Voice Yoga class any time. It is best to send a message every time you want to come, then we prepare a place for you. Write to mark at fusica dot nl or send a text-message to 09 10 48 27 49.

Place
Canjune Training Centre, 4th Floor, number 3 , Lane 151, Fuxing South Road, Section 2, (this is about 20 meters from the corner of FuXing South Road, go up the stairs to the hairdresser and take the elevator to 4F; if you’re early the streetdoor may be closed). Nearest MRT: Technology Building (10 min. walk). Telephone training centre: 02 – 27 00 72 91.

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Voice Yoga 2014 Re-view

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2014 was a great year for the Voice Yoga class. Some old students came back, and many new enthusiastic students joined for a first time, some of them also coming back.

The outline of the formula was the same: start with silence, breath and ‘body-work’ (which is always also mind-work). Then a first  exploration of our unused potential to make sound, with simple, and sometimes primitive, raw sounds and movements. Then a structured part with more warming-up of ‘body-speech-mind’ (to use the Buddhist three-fold scheme of the human being), the ‘vowel triad‘ and the ‘ocean exercise’. Depending on the particular dynamic of the day (and the duration of the preceding parts), I add two or three of a large pool of rotating exercises that let us listen, feel and (re)sound in different ways. In the end, I often sing with the sruti-box, and students lie down on the mats in the Canjune Training Center.

Some of the new students of this year got really hooked on our weekly session, saying they missed it a lot when I was travelling, for example. Every student’s input changes the way things turn out, and the recent sessions have become true adventures of body, mind and sound. One time, right after a particularly powerful session of vocal noises, chants, screams, rhythms, I asked each student what (s)he had just experienced. I had decided not to interrupt the sound-making, and it had lasted longer than ever, about 45 minutes without a break. It was amazing to hear their deeply personal, moving accounts. Every student had gone  through powerful experiences. One re-lived her pain from the past by letting the sounds follow the beating of her foot, which felt like a great relief. Another mainly listened, which worried me a little; but she was extremely grateful to what she heard and was crying at some point. A therapist told us she used her lessons from Voice Yoga to help others relief their pain, by adding sounds to the massage treatment and inviting her client to make sounds too. Another could hardly find the words to describe her feelings, but said she felt completely enveloped by the other voices and also merged them, while singing or just listening. One student’s first response, after we had just stopped our sound-making, was: ‘Ahh, this is better than sex!’

I usually try to limit my own talking and do not ask students to talk about their experience either. So I was amazed to learn about their feelings and impressions, and felt encouraged to develop this path further. I thank all those who have attended the Voice Yoga class in the last two years, whether it is one or ten or twenty times, for their courage, their input, their creativity. This class is so interesting because of you all! And I thank Canjune for the wonderful and inspiring space, which was renovated early 2014.

Want to join? The dates for 2015 you can find here.

Voice Yoga dates 2014

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L1050442VOICE YOGA

In this class we use the voice in its immense richness, not only as a musical instrument, but as our primary tool to communicate and exist through/with/for/from sound. In Voice Yoga, sound, silence and resonance become a mirror for the self. The sounds produced by ourselves,  allows us to ‘see’ ourselves more clearly, to hear what’s living deep inside us. In ever-growing cycles of creating and perceiving we learn about music and sound, about ourselves and about the environment. A ‘quintessence of science, sound and self’ as I  called it in my book Overtone Singing.

DATES AND TIME FOR 2014

EVERY THURSDAY, 10-12 AM

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JANUARY,9/ 16/ 23/ 28

FEBRUARY,13/ 20/ 27

MARCH,6/ 13/ 27

APRIL,3/ 10/ 17/ 24

MAY,1/ 8/ 15/  22/ 29

JUNE,5/ 12/ 19

AUGUST,21/ 28

SEPTEMBER,4/ 11/ 18/ 25

OCTOBER,2/ 9/ 16/ 23/ 30

NOVEMBER,6/ 13/ 27  [no class on November 20]

DECEMBER,4/ 11/ 18/ 25

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PLACE
Canjune Training Centre, 4th Floor, number 3 , Lane 151, Fuxing South Road, Section 2, (this is about 20 meters from the corner of FuXing South Road, go up the stairs to the hairdresser and take the elevator to 4F; if you’re early the streetdoor may be closed). Nearest MRT: Technology Building (10 min. walk). Telephone training centre: 02 – 27 00 72 91.

RESERVATION
Please notify us of your intention to join the class, by sending a text-message (SMS) with your name to 09-10  38 27 49.

For those unfamiliar with Voice Yoga, the information about Voice of Dao posted earlier still stands.