A Cappella Vocal Camp is a full immersion workshop that explores the fascinating world of a cappella vocality from many different sides, and celebrate the joy of making music together using the "instrument" that we all have from birth: our voice!
For this 10th edition, A Cappella Vocal Camp has been invited to collaborate with the ARTEria 2025 music Festival, and with Dai De Jazz , in the beautiful town of Santa Sofia (FC), Italy.
Since 2017 A Cappella Vocal Camp has been making vocal cords - and hearts- vibrate!
200+ Participants
150+ Hours of a capella singing
Countless Laughs, hugs, notes sung and emotions!
2:00 PM – 5:30 PM
Friday is designed as a space for welcome and learning.
Expect a variety of classes, including introductory sessions to the vocal camp, as well as more advanced activities.
7:30 PM – 11:30 PM
Friday evening is dedicated to hands-on, spontaneous performance and social activities:
an aperitivo dinner, a circlesinging/flash mob session, a concert to be enjoyed, and a small meditative closing moment, a goodnight circlesinging under the stars at the end of the concert.
10:30 AM – 5:30 PM
After the first taste on Friday, Saturday’s session is designed to dive deeper into a cappella singing and vocal improvisation, through classes and singing experiences in nature.
7:00 PM – 10:45 PM
Saturday evening features a sung and danced picnic, followed by a concert to be enjoyed.
10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Sunday is designed as a day of exploration and connection.
A series of classes and in-depth sessions will be accompanied by sensory and celebratory activities, such as a sung walk along the river and a large closing circle at the end of the day.
Friday
2:00 PM – Welcome
2:30 PM – 5:30 PM – Classes
7:30 PM – Aperitivo dinner (by reservation)
Pre-concert Circle Singing flash mob
9:40 PM – Concert: Lisa canta Ornella
Lisa Manara – vocals
Riccardo Catria – trumpet
Aldo Betto – guitar
(free admission)
11:00 PM – Circle Song under the stars
Saturday
10:30 AM – Classes
1:30 PM – Lunch
2:30 PM – 5:30 PM – Classes
7:00 PM – La Ligaza: Sung and danced picnic along the river
9:45 PM – Concert:
Mack live concert
Federico Pierantoni – keyboards
Federico Squassabia – keyboards, synth & electronics
Marco Frattini – drums & electronics
Mattia “Matta” Dallara – live electronics
(free admission)
Sunday
10:30 AM – Classes
1:30 PM – Lunch
3:00 PM – Closing Circle Song at the Riverside Sculpture Park and final commemorative video recording
5:00 PM – Farewells and conclusion of the seminar
Friday, Saturday and Sunday
WHAT?
Discover, study and learn with international teachers and facilitators experts in a cappella singing, circlesinging and vocal improvvisation.
WHO?
Open to all levels – from first-timers to professionals.
Friday evening
WHAT?
A pure adrenaline and joy of sharing experience, a surprise for the town that will be flooded with the good vibrations of a performance/circle improvised!
WHO?
Wonderful fo everyone; for who try it for the first time it's a surprising experience, for who instead already have had similar experience in the past, already knows that the unicity and unpredictability of this activity make it every time new and electrifying.
Friday night
WHAT?
A moment to connect with the night, stars, and summer breeze—ending with a lullaby-style circlesong.
WHO?
The students and the teachers of A Cappella Vocal Camp.
Sunday afternoon
WHAT?
The last day of the Camp is about connection with each other and with the nature.
A beautiful path along the river where sharing the singing with the sounds of nature. At the end of it the big circlesong to celebrate the joy of being together in the present time and to say goodbye.
WHO?
All the students, the teachers and the people you'd like to invite to this experience.
The workshops are led by international teachers and facilitator with expertise in a cappella singing, circlesinging and vocal improvisation: Sara Jane Ghiotti and Francesco Nasone. You will work with each teacher on different aspects:
Francesco Nasone:
Circlesinging, vocal improvisation and modern a cappella singing.
Circlesinging is a practice that can help to bring to the light our world and being able to share it developing crativity and musicality. The flow in music is the balance between what we bring to the external world and the inputs from it, the practice of living in the present time in harmony and connection in a state of consciousness free of ego.
Through a series of games and exercises circlesinging-related, we'll work on: developing of expressivity, interpretation, consciousness and connection as a vocal group.
A cappella singing developed an incredible variety of styles and use of the voice. We'll explore and practice original arrangements using the voice in a more modern conception of voice-intrument in the a cappella vocal group environment.
Sara Jane Ghiotti:
A cappella choral repertoire.
Through the "messa in voce" of songs of different genres, we will focus on the differences between the various vocal styles, on the technical and expressive aspects of choral singing. The repertoire is made of classical pieces, ancient and baroque music, up to Sara Jane's original arrangements of jazz, pop and contemporary songs.