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2026 Voice Yoga Winter Solstice Retreat

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December 19- 22 2026

RE-BALANCE BODY VOICE & MIND 

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

for body-mind balance

and creative, vibrant well-being.

 

 

 

Scroll down for the Mandarin version

中文見下方

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Voice Yoga Winter Solstice Retreat 2022. Photo: Jackal Mei

 

 

WHAT IS THIS RETREAT ABOUT?

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


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

 

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PROGRAM OUTLINE

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

Day 1

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

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

18:00-19:30 dinner & rest

Day 2

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

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

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

Day 3

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

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

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

Day 4 (half day)

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

12:30-14:30 lunch and bye bye

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PLACE

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

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

Accommodation:  Moonrise Inn is closest to the studio nearby.

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

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FOR WHOM?

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


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

 

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HOW TO PREPARE?

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

 

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LANGUAGES

English + Chinese

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YOUR TEACHER

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

 

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MEET THE TEAM & CONTACT

       Jackal, Sunny, Hsi-Yin, Mark in Dulan

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

Administrative assistance by Hsi-Yin Chang.

 

 

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

mark@fusica.nl

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

Phone 0910382749

 

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

Hsi Yin: hsiyin724@gmail.com

 

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PRICES

  32.000 NT$

Up to 7 October 2026

Super Early Bird / 25% off NT$ 24.000

Old Students / 30% off NT$ 22.400

9 October till 21 October 2026:

Early Bird / 15% off NT$ 27.200

After 21 October 2026

Full price NT$ 32.000

TOSA members  / 10% off  NT$ 28.800

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

 

 

INCLUDED

– Tuition fee

– All lunches and diners (including Sunday lunch)

– Insurance

NOT INCLUDED

– Transport to Taidong

– Lodging

 

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REGISTRATION

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

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

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

 

PAYMENT

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

 

CANCELLATION

We 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.

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

 

DISCLAIMER

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

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

 

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KNOW MORE?

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


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

 

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CURIOUS BUT IN DOUBT?

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

 

 

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TESTIMONIALS

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

– Shanti

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

– Gina

 

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

– Wan-Chen

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

– Varie

 

 

 

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OTHER UPCOMING EVENTS

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

 

   聲音瑜伽冬至療癒假期

2026年12月19日至22日 

遇見晶瑩剔透的自己

一期一會 人聲與想像力的年終慶典

整整三天半的關於聲音與身體的探索/

連結你的身心平衡，以及充滿創造力、活力的存在。

 

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關於聲音瑜伽 療癒假期

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

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

 

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工作坊時程表

我們將於12月19日星期六上午9:30開始，建議您前一晚抵達。 

我們將在星期二 22日午餐後結束，大約下午2:30左右。

 

第1天 

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

12:30-14:30：午餐和午休 

14:30-16:30：引導的身體活動和聲音練習，行走冥想，即興 

16:30-17:00：茶點時間 

17:00-18:00：引導的身體活動和聲音練習，行走冥想，即興 

18:00-19:30：晚餐和休息 

 

第2天 

9:00-12:30：緩慢冥想式的熱身，身體練習，吟唱與噪音。躺下的練習。

12:30-14:30：午餐和午休 

14:30-16:30：引導的身體活動和聲音練習，行走冥想，即興 

16:30-17:00：茶點時間 

17:00-18:00：引導的身體活動和聲音練習，行走冥想，即興 

18:00-19:00：晚餐和休息 

 

第3天 

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

12:30-14:30：午餐和午休 

14:30-17:00：引導的身體活動和聲音練習，行走冥想，即興 

17:00-19:00：早一點晚餐，以及為晚上的活動做準備

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

 

第4天

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

12:30-14:30：午餐&好好道別！

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地點 

光之屋，距離都蘭主街步行20分鐘上山，背靠都蘭山、眺望太平洋

遠離塵囂、綠意昂然，是擁有大片草原和原生種植物的私人僻靜山莊

工作坊空間專門設計作為聲響體驗、音樂製作、人聲演唱

寬廣舒適、共鳴充滿、能量和諧，一個淨化身心的獨特場域

用心迎接聲音瑜伽士們的滿血回歸，還有什麼比光之屋更好的呢？

 

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

 

住宿推薦：

月昇都蘭距離光之屋最近。

深受我們學生歡迎的青年旅舍包括：晃輕鬆 或 途中都蘭

 

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參加對象

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

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

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

 

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如何準備？ 

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

 

 

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語言 

英語 + 中文即席翻譯

[將會是一句句有節奏的翻譯，容易理解]

 

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帶領者

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

認識更多馬克老師  www.fusica.nl。

 

我們的團隊

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

行政助理：張惜音
場地主人: 王曙芳

 

 

 

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

mark@fusica.nl

Phone/LINE:  0910382749

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

 

 

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責任歸屬


報名此工作坊代表你了解: 

1) 工作坊可能會有劇烈肢體運動，引起身體跟心理的衝擊。

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

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

 

 

 

報名費用

全額費用：32.000 NT$

 

到10月7日 （週三）

超早鳥優惠 / 75折：24.000 NT$

舊生優惠 / 7折：22.400 NT$

 

到10月21日 （週三）

早鳥優惠 / 85折：27.200 NT$

 

10月22日之後

原價 /32.000 NT$

TOSA會員 9折：28.800 NT$

雙人報名 / 95折：額外每人1000NT$折扣

 

 

費用包含:

＊學費

＊7餐的台東地方蛋奶舒食餐食[午餐＋晚餐]

＊保險

不包含:

＊ 交通

＊ 住宿

 

【匯款通知手續】

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

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

 

【匯款帳號】

銀行代碼：808

銀行名稱：玉山銀行

分行名稱：敦南分行

受款人：van Tongeren Mark Christiaan

帳號：0314-979-191796

 

【取消政策】

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

 

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

 

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想了解更多？

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

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

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

 

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好奇但有疑問嗎？

每週聲音瑜珈 

想要嘗試一下這個療癒之旅的滋味嗎？

歡迎來參加台北每週一次的聲音瑜珈課程， 每堂課為2小時。

馬克老師將於10月中回台後，帶領聲音瑜伽課程。

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

 

 

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更多關於我們的活動

Autumn Program 2026

 

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【學員分享】

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

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

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

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

 

O TRIOM remembers Michael Vetter

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

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

 

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

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

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

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

 

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

 

 

PROGRAM

 

Lecture Transverbal

Time: 6th October (Friday) 2023, 19:00-21:30

Location: Guling Street Avant-garde Theatre, 2rd floor

Speaker: prof. CHUNG Mingder (Department of Theatre Arts, TNUA), Mark van Tongeren, LU Qi Chung, LEE Wei Lin

 

Workshop Michael Vetter’s Overtone Singing Methods

Time: 13th October (Friday) 2023, 10:00-17:00

Location: Guling Street Avant-garde Theatre, 3rd floor

Facilitator: LU Qi Chung, LEE Wei Lin

 

Workshop OKYO

Time: 17th October (Tuesday) 2023, 10:00-17:00

Location: Guling Street Avant-garde Theatre 3rd floor

Facilitator: Mark van Tongeren

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REGISTER HERE FOR WORKSHOPS AND LECTURE

Overtone Singing Concert for Michael Vetter

21st October (Saturday) 2023, 19:00

22nd October (Sunday) 2023, 14:00

Location: Dreamphony Hall (No. 59, Lane 97, Guangrong Rd, Luzhou District, New Taipei City, Taiwan 247)

FOR CONCERT TICKETS

CLICK HERE

 

 

O TRIOM Artists

LEE Wei Lin

LU Qi Chung

Mark van Tongeren

Production

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

Lecture| prof. CHUNG Mingder

Taiwan Overtone Singing Association is also on Facebook.

Photos from a 2014 concert by O TRIOM

 

 

 

 

 

O TRIOM 紀念米歇爾·費特大師 系列泛音講座、工作坊暨音樂會

 

【講座】《Transverbal穿越言語》與大師相遇

時間 2023/10/6（五） 19:00-21:30

地點 牯嶺街小劇場二樓藝文空間

講者 鍾明德教授（北藝大戲劇系）、Mark van Tongeren、呂啓仲、李維琳

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

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

 

 

 

【工作坊】「米歇爾．費特的泛音詠唱法門」

時間 2023/10/13（五） 10:00-17:00

地點 牯嶺街小劇場三樓排練場

講師 呂啓仲、李維琳

｜工作坊內容｜

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

 

 

 

【工作坊】「大師OKYO唱誦」工作坊

時間 2023/10/17（二） 10:00-17:00

地點 牯嶺街小劇場三樓排練場

講師 Mark van Tongeren

 

本工作坊將概述 Michael Vetter 的創作生涯，觀察他的作品中音樂/聲音和禪宗幾個主題，以及 20 世紀 90 年代及之後歐洲對禪宗日益增長的興趣如何與費特的作品呼應，以及他如何自由地採用“okyo”並對其進行改造。並一起唱送費特的okyo以及馬克本身創作的365則向費特致敬的 okyo。

點此報名工作坊＆講座

O TRIOM 米歇爾‧費特大師 紀念音樂會

 

時間：

2023/10/21  六 19:00

2023/10/22 日  14:00

 

地點：

夢響廳 Dreamphony Hall

新北市蘆洲區光榮路97巷59號

**捷運蘆洲站步行約5分鐘**

演出者：Mark van Tongeren．呂啓仲．李維琳

三位聲音表演者以跨越言語的表達探索人聲表現的邊界，以他們的人聲演唱以及器樂聲響，延展意義能夠被接收及傳達的邊界，每位聽者能以個人的想像穿越這場聲音表情與意義的互動。

人聲聲音的深深冥想，耳朵為覺察細緻的泛音而內在油然寧靜下來。

踏上一場聲音旅程，深入聲響的世界以及內在生命。人聲與物質物件的探索，不停變化的聲音風景，多層次且豐富，人聲騎乘在器樂的聲響上遨遊，深入潛出，引領聽者進入集體聽覺意識的深處。人聲的合聲搭建起一個強力的通道，彷彿直通天廳的音柱，他們聲音的通道能讓聽者通往似曾相識又聞所未聞得疆域。

OKYO詩文唱誦，極簡而留白，這是泛音音樂傳承的其一精神支脈。本演出亦是對開創性的德國藝術家、作家、教育家米歇爾·費特（Michael Vetter，1943-2013）的生平及創作致敬，他將所有作品的總體概念命名為《Transverbal》—穿越言語。

 音樂會購票點此 

 

 

 

O TRIOM 演出者

李維琳
呂啓仲
Mark van Tongeren 馬克・范・湯可鄰

製作團隊

主辦單位| |台灣泛音詠唱協會

執行製作  | 李紀辰

視覺設計 |  白濟豪

圖片來源 | Michael Vetter

講座講者| 鍾明德教授

台灣泛音詠唱協會Facebook

 

 

 

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

 

Introducing: IUooUI

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A new group called IUooUI is going to give its first series of full performances. Most of us know each other for many years now and share a deep passion for overtone singing, throat singing and improvising with voices and instruments, as well as work on the body-mind relationship. We decided to take it a step further and create surprising performances based on all those amazing sessions we had during workshops throughout the years. We all have dreams and desires to bring the music in our heads alive, for others to hear. This is a challenge. We leave the intimate comfort zone of a workshop space. We are ready to confront an audience of curious listeners in unusual settings, and to envelop them with our resonances, overtones, mantras, syllables, shrieks, assisted by drums, Jew’s Harps, shruti boxes and more.

 

 

 

The name UIooUI stands for the mantra-and sutra-like phrases that we often use, inspired by the okyo of Michael Vetter (1943-2013). Michael transformed these traditional Japanese sutras to expand his own musical language, and this has become part of my own language now. IuooUI also stands for:

 

Of course, the syllables i-u-o-o-u-i  make a small overtone piece in themselves.

The name was proposed by our in-house poet, Amang, whose Chinese name is Yü, which is the last part of IUooUI when it is pronounced as a three-character Mandarin syllabe, yiwoyu.

Our in-house designer JiJi Liu created the logo for us.

 

The name TWEAKS refers to the process of tweaking, adjusting, making things better by smaller or sometimes bigger changes. It is my hope that next week we can really tweak all the musical elements so that they keep on growing, changing and move towards a more refined shape. This week, at least, some of us were still busy tweaking, like JiJi and Sky, who came up with this after the dress rehearsal:

 

 

It has been inspiring to see how busy all members got in recent months to prepare for this first complete performance. They have been working diligently on their sounds and pieces, of which more than half is composed by themselves in smaller units. They took care of sound and light, finding equipment and personnel to handle it, costumes …

 

Earlier this year we have done some smaller performance, to warm up, and as teasers for our bigger program.

 

DATES and TIMES

Sunday August 21 – 19:30

Wednesday August 24 – 19:30

Friday August 26 – 15:00 and 19:30

Sunday August 28 – 19:30

The performances will be held at VENUE, on its 5F space, No. 10, Lane 107, Linsen North Road. This is a bustling area and if you have the time, you can have diner before at a nice Japanese restaurant, Umeko, right next door to VENUE  (no. 8)!

Limited 20% discounted tickets available, please write to: iuooui.taiwan@gmail.com
to secure your seat. Tickets: https://www.opentix.life/event/1536284030369976325

Our Facebook and IG:

www.facebook.com/iuooui.taiwan

https://www.instagram.com/_iuooui/

 

 

IUooUI : 全新泛音詠唱團體的誕生
8月底，我們有些很令人興奮的活動即將發生。首先，我們的全新泛音詠唱團體IUooUI即將正式演出。我們的團員彼此認識很多年了，也都非常熱愛泛唱、喉唱、人聲與樂器的即興。我們決定要向前邁進一步，然後把我們每次一起唱歌所發展出的創作變成一個演出。我們都懷抱著，想要讓別人聽到我們心裡所聽見的聲音的夢想。這是一個挑戰。離開了工作坊的舒適圈，我們現在已經準備好面對一群觀眾，希望能夠用我們的共鳴、泛音、梵咒、音節、發聲，伴隨著鼓聲、口簧琴、印度風琴等等。我們很希望能夠在2022臺北藝穗節《泛⾳九釀》的五場演出中與你相見。
8月【漪渦⿂】 就要正式公演了~
我們即將參與 2022臺北藝穗節，一共演出5場~
1:【8/21 19:30】 (日) 晚
2:【8/24 19:30】 (三) 晚
3:【8/26 15:00】 (五) 午
4:【8/26 19:30】 (五) 晚
5:【8/28 19:30】 (日) 晚

演出資訊: https://www.opentix.life/event/1536284030369976325

還有少量8折票，請私訊臉出粉絲頁，幫你於前台留票:

 

Voice of Dao (up)dates

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For those seeking to enrich their voices, let off steam and unlock their hidden creative potential, I organise a bi-weekly (as of 2014: weekly) voice session called Voice of Dao at the training centre of Canjune in Daan district, Taipei. 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, and vipassana meditation.

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.

When and where:

The normal schedule for Voice of Dao is every two weeks on Thursday, but 10/10  will be changed to 10/9 and 12/26 to 12/24 (2013).

So these are all the dates for the Voice of Dao classes in Taipei up to Januari 2014:
October: Wednesday 9, Tuesday 22. (NOTE: CHANGED FROM THURSDAY 24: that day there will be no class).

November: Thursdays 7, 14.

(November 28 there will be NO class, despite earlier announcement).

December: Thursday 12 and Tuesday 24.

The Training Centre of Canjune is at 4F, number 3 , Lane 151, Fuxing South Road, Section 2, just 20 meters from the corner of FuXing South Road. The nearest MRT station is Technology Building. We start at 10. If you cannot find it, call the training centre: 02 – 27 00 72 91.

Get more details here.