Alice Choir learns from abroad

Taipei Alice Choir consists of about 40 female members averaging 63 years of age. All the women joined the 3-part female choir because of their passion for singing, and with such amiable personalities, they have become like sisters. Though the choir members are all just simple women without formal voice or musical training, under the rigorous year-round tutelage of professional conductor Chen Chih-Jen (陳志仁), accompanist Hsieh Hsin-Jung (謝欣容) and assistant teacher Lin Zi-chen (林子程), the choir’s proficiency has gone from strength to strength.

In addition to regular weekly practice sessions and countless performances over the last 15 years, the choir has also been invited to perform in places like Houston, Oakland and Beijing etc. In the International Chorus Innovation Competition at Taiwan International Contemporary A Cappella Festival in October 2014, Alice Choir plucked up the courage to participate and not only won bronze medal in the Senior Citizen’s Group, but also won the Hanguang Awards for Poem Chanting and Best Creativity.

Following their success, this singing-crazy group of grandmas and moms stepped up the pace of their unremitting practice, and in June 2015 travelled to the Philippines where they participated in an international choir competition. Months before the departure date, the group had already begun to strengthen their practice by doubling the practice time to two 5-hour sessions weekly, and even enlisted the help of a choreographer. At the festival, Alice Choir performed the war resistance song “Song of Azaleas” which brought the house down, demonstrating that all their hard work had not been in vain. 

Alice Choir learns from abroad

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愛麗絲合唱團出國取經

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臺北市愛麗絲合唱團由約40位平均年齡63歲的資深娘子軍組成，她們因為喜歡唱歌而參加了合唱團，又因個性相投而結為了好姊妹，是一個有三個聲部的女子合唱團體，每週固定練唱一次，雖清一色均是素人，無聲樂的基礎，但在專業指揮陳志仁和伴奏謝欣容老師的長年指導及林子程小老師的嚴格教導下，歌藝不斷地精進，15年來定期舉行發表會外，還曾應邀到美國奧克蘭、休士頓及北京等地演唱。

去年十月台灣國際重唱藝術節在台北舉辦世界盃創新合唱比賽，愛麗絲勇於參與比賽，在樂齡組中獲得銅牌獎，同時也獲得唯一的最佳漢光詩詞演唱獎和最佳創意獎，之後這群熱愛唱歌的婆婆媽媽們更加緊腳步勤練不懈，在今年６月出國到菲律賓參加國際合唱比賽，她們好幾個月前就開始了加強訓練，每周練唱時間加倍，變成一周兩次、五個小時，還請老師編舞，而愛麗絲在菲律賓為大會演唱的抗戰歌曲「杜鵑花」，一出場就贏來不少的喝采，足證準備辛勤，工夫沒有白費。