Exploring the charm of sound Xuhui promotes the a cappella chorus “A Cappella”Fly into the homes of ordinary people
Xinmin Evening News (Reporter Yuan Wei) A cappella, that is, pure vocal music without instrumental accompaniment, a cappella’s temperament with both traditional and modern beauty is also in harmony with Xuhui’s unique Shanghai-style cultural characteristics. In recent years, Xuhui District has been committed to building a regional cultural brand of “Hui Music” and constantly enriching the cultural life of citizens. A cappella music can be described as the highlight of the “Hui Music” cultural brand.
Since 2014, Xuhui District Culture and Tourism Bureau and District Cultural Center have actively promoted acapella music art and fostered the growth of the team. Successfully held seven “Shanghai Citizens Acapella Music Competition”, established the “Shanghai Acapella Alliance” to attract more than 50 music teams, and a series of measures to popularize art, to make Shanghai the capital of adult vocal music for citizens to share The beauty of vocal music. In 2020, the Shanghai Citizens Acapella Music Competition was affected by the epidemic, and the competition system was changed from offline competition to online broadcast. In the past two years, the online live broadcast and playback of the competition exceeded 67,000 people, and more citizens participated. Among them, learn about a cappella.
Caption: The scene of the music competition. Photo courtesy of Xuhui District Culture and Tourism Bureau (the same below)
The “Shanghai Citizens Acapella Music Competition”, which has been held for seven consecutive sessions, not only provides a platform for the Acapella team to observe and discuss, but also continuously enrich the cultural life of the citizens and improve the music literacy of the citizens. The “Shanghai Citizens Acapella Music Competition” has gradually developed from a “music competition that encourages the participation of all people” to a “more professional music competition for all people” in 2015, creating a more professional competition system to gather outstanding music in the region. Active progress has been made in the construction of art teams, cultural exchange platforms, and music interactive display stages. In order to encourage the participation of the whole people, the age group for participating in the competition has been extended to children as young as 4 years old and retirees as high as 60 years old, making the competition more fair. The competition is constantly innovating. For example, in 2016, it was combined with the “One Voice and One Heart – Cross-Strait Youth Acapella Exchange Concert”, and in 2019, it was combined with the “Voice of Champions” concert. Let the public feel the diversity and charm of Acapella. Affected by the new crown epidemic in 2020, the event adopts the mode of offline team competition and spectator cloud watching. No matter where the audience is, they can learn about the competition through the official live broadcast platform and leave comments and participate in the interaction, which reflects the ever-changing, flexible and inclusive characteristics of the Shanghai Citizens Acapella Music Competition.
Caption: The event site.
In order to continuously improve the quality of the Acapella team, in May 2017, the “Shanghai Acapella Alliance” jointly established by the Xuhui District Culture and Tourism Bureau and the SACC Shanghai Acapella Cultural Exchange Center was officially established to promote Acapella music. The event is in full swing. As the first acapella promotion alliance in mainland China, the Shanghai acapella alliance aims to provide more support for the team in terms of professional teachers and communication space, continue to promote and support the growth of the team, and invites Shanghai and neighboring Jiangsu and Zhejiang. Regional teams join. At present, the alliance has cultivated a number of outstanding acapella music teams such as “Five Nights Knights”, “Aca Dreamer”, “Qinghe” and “LeBelle of Xuhui Experimental Primary School”. Since the establishment of the alliance, it has regularly conducted membership reviews, held member meetings, held various special lectures, held various theme salon exchange activities, various training courses that help members improve their skills, compiled acapella collections, organized various Various measures such as special concerts and recording albums serve the members of the acapella team, and support and reward outstanding teams to participate in major art festivals and competitions at home and abroad, including Shanghai Acapella Music Festival, Vocal Asia Festival, and Vocal The world‘s major acapella art festivals allied with Asia.
The “Shanghai Citizen Acapella Music Competition” has been held for seven sessions, attracting nearly 200 teams from Shanghai to participate, creating a precedent for the domestic municipal acapella music competition. The Acapella Music Competition. At present, more than 50 Acapella teams in Shanghai and surrounding areas have joined the Shanghai Acapella Alliance, with a total number of nearly 400 people. Since the establishment of the Shanghai Acapella Alliance, it has gradually become one of the important manifestations of the regional cultural brand of “Hui Music” in Xuhui District. rely on.
