Turn Up & Sing - WHAT DREAMS ARE MADE OF

No auditions. No judgement. No commitment. Just the joy of singing together…

WHAT DO YOU MEAN, TURN UP & SING?

The Sound Collective's Turn Up & Sing series provides an interactive & immersive experience where people come together from all walks of life to sing together and experience the celebration of song and the connective power of singing in harmony. Our Turn Up & Sing sessions provide the opportunity to build community, make some new friends, release stress, and have fun as we raise our powerfully diverse voices as one.

It's as simple as that - it's the joy of creating something bigger than ourselves in a room full of beautiful people!

For each session, we pick a single piece of music to rehearse and sing our hearts out to. In our time together, we will:

• Engage in some fun vocal warmups
• Work through the piece in sections
• Explore the lyrics, mood and emotions of the song
• Shape some key musical moments
• Sing sing sing!

Whether you're a superstar, chorister, shower singer or have never sung in a group before, you are welcome here - all experience levels are valued in The Sound Collective.

OUR SONG FOR THE SESSION: "WHAT DREAMS ARE MADE OF"

With Hilary Duff back on tour after all these years, we couldn’t help but revisit the song that made an entire generation of young girls dream a little bigger. Released in 2003, as the dramatic finale of The Lizzie McGuire Movie, What Dreams Are Made Of became an anthem for those of us who grew up in the early 2000s. We watched awkward, relatable Lizzie McGuire suddenly find herself on a huge stage in Rome, having her pop-star moment.. and it felt like we were right there with her. Beneath the lights, the stars and that unforgettable “Hey now, hey now”, the song was about something bigger: finding where you belong, recognising the people and moments that make life special, and believing that something extraordinary could happen to you.

More than two decades later, we’re not those young girls watching Lizzie on a screen anymore. We grew up, and somewhere along the way, we started living the lives we once dreamed about. We’re still figuring things out, taking chances, chasing some dreams, changing others and dreaming up entirely new ones. But when life gets busy and we’re constantly moving on to the next thing, and the next, it’s easy to forget just how far we’ve already come. So maybe this song is our reminder to stop for a moment, look at the lives we’re creating, and remember just how proud our younger selves would be of us. And honestly, getting to sing What Dreams Are Made Of at the top of our lungs with hundreds of people who grew up loving it too? That feels like a little dream come true in itself 🌟

SOMETHING A LITTLE SPECIAL THIS TIME ROUND..

This time, we’re bringing a whole new sound into the room, and welcoming back some familiar faces! After joining forces for our Titanium session last year, we’re teaming up once again with Beatnation, Malaysia’s longest-standing beatbox community and beatbox academy,  to add another layer to our choral arrangement of What Dreams Are Made Of. Since 2011, Beatnation has been pushing the boundaries of beatbox in Malaysia, nurturing raw talent and creating opportunities for people to find their voice through the art form. For this session, some of their incredible beatbox artists will join our hundreds of voices, bringing rhythm, texture and a whole lot of energy to the arrangement!

LEARNING THE MUSIC

Sheet music and audio references will be sent to you via email a week before the event. Our collective goal is to listen to the audio references ahead of time so that we come into the session with some familiarity. This way we can spend our time together really diving into the richness of music making, rather than trying to learn the key melodies from scratch. You don't need to know our parts by heart by any means, but the stronger you are in our parts coming in, the more we'll be able to really dig into the fun stuff! Physical copies of the sheet music will be given out on the day itself.

DRESS CODE

Y2K NOSTALGIA 💿💖✨ The 2000s are BACK! Think butterfly clips, low-rise jeans, cargo pants, denim everything, tiny shoulder bags, tinted sunnies, chunky belts, long necklaces, colourful accessories and ALL the unnecessary layering.. basically, dress like your Tamagotchi is thriving, someone just nudged you on MSN, and you’ve got 17 songs downloading on limewire at 3% completion :p

OUR ETHOS & MISSION 

Music is a universal language. It is the golden thread that binds us together through its powerful means to connect, heal and inspire. At The Sound Collective, we celebrate this power by curating unique moments for us to come together in rhythm and harmony, to create something bigger than ourselves - as we raise our voices and create noises, not for us just to hear; but to feel, share and live. We believe that making music in community & collaboration with other people is a fundamental human need, and our mission is to build a safe space for this in a day and age when this is so often hard to find, yet needed the most.

DISCLAIMER

We would like to emphasise that this event is a celebration of music, creativity, and community, with no religious or political affiliations.