Here 2 Sing! Workshop

Name: Here 2 Sing! Workshop
Start: 2026-10-17T09:45:00+08:00
End: 2026-10-17T09:45:00+08:00
Location: Kardinya Lesser Hall

About

Learn to sing 4 part a cappella
Develop your vocal and harmony skills
Connect with other young singers
No experience required
Open to female and non-binary participants aged 18 - 26

Do you sing in a vocal ensemble at school and are looking for some further vocal experience with other young people? Have you left school and have struggled to find a place to continue with your musical life and connect with other young singers? This workshop is a perfect opportunity to find a new place to share your love of singing with like minded people.

So come along and join us for a youth focused workshop, starting with the basics of close harmony vocal ensemble work and then moving on to learning a song in 4 part a cappella style. This will be a fun and educational session, with the opportunity to work on vocal skills and to learn more about 4 part a cappella singing. While it may be useful to have skills in reading music, this is not a requirement for this workshop, and no previous a cappella singing experience is required. It is recommended that participants do some prior learning of the music before the workshop, using the learning tracks and/or sheet music provided, but participants will be provided with all the learning needed to participate during the day even if no prior learning of the music has been possible.

Song: Somebody That I Used To Know

Cost - $15 (this will cover access to music and learning media plus a light lunch). Links to learning media and further details about the day will be emailed separately. Workshop outline below.

Sessions will be lead by Jo Oosterhoff, director of A Cappella West Chorus. A bit about Jo ...
Jo is a passionate advocate for singing and music education, with over three decades of experience in the barbershop and a cappella community. Her dedication to musical education and promoting the joy of singing has made her a respected leader both in Australia and internationally.
As a barbershop performer, Joanne has achieved remarkable success with her quartets as Australian champions and recently placing in the top 10 on the international stage and providing an inspirational role model for many other singers in the SingUnited International (previously Sweet Adelines International) organisation. As director of A Cappella West Jo has helped build a chorus that has achieved great success both on the competition stage and as a thriving and vibrant community of women.
She is deeply committed to nurturing the next generation of singers. She worked with multiple schools in Perth to run the Big Barbershop Day Out 2005-2012 and organised the A Cappella Exposure workshops (that replaced BBDO), for a number of years. She also served as faculty for school workshops in Adelaide and Hobart, and spent several years working with teens at Peter Moyes Anglican Community School, directing choir and a small a cappella ensemble.
She serves as Vice President of Youth Development with the Barbershop Harmony Australia (BHA), and has also previously managed the youth programme for Sweet Adelines Australia (SAA) for a number of years, coordinating a multi-organisational effort to advocate for stronger engagement by young Australians in a cappella singing.

This workshop has been made possible by a SingUnited International Youth Development Grant.