Be part of VOCES8’s 20th anniversary celebrations!
VOCES8 first performed on stage in Gorizia, Italy on July 7, 2005. The intervening years have seen the group grow into one of the premier vocal ensembles in the world.
In Summer 2025 we will celebrate the milestone of the group’s 20th anniversary with a new recording and film project, entitled TWENTY. With recording sessions planned for Autumn 2024 and January 2025, we are thrilled to offer our supporters and VOCES8 fans the chance to experience the creation of a wonderful work of art, and to own a piece of the group’s development.
Over the past twenty years, the dream of VOCES8 has carried us further than we ever thought possible, and the warm connections we've made with audiences across the world continue to inspire and sustain our goals for the future. We wouldn't be here without you — thank you for twenty years of support for our music and our mission!
—Paul Smith, Founder of VOCES8 & CEO of The VOCES8 Foundation
And with your help, we look forward to sharing decades more of great music with audiences, classrooms, and communities! Find out how you can be part of VOCES8’s Celebratrations below:
£20 — TWENTY special offer
Receive Friend level benefits for a year, plus:
access extra TWENTY content throughout the year
chance to buy signed TWENTY CD or vinyl upon release
£50 — TWENTY streamed performance early access
early access to purchase a ticket for TWENTY streaming concert + free watch party
access extra TWENTY content throughout the year
chance to buy signed TWENTY CD or vinyl upon release
£100 — TWENTY streamed performance ticket
free early access ticket for TWENTY streaming concert + watch party
access extra TWENTY content throughout the year
chance to buy signed TWENTY CD or vinyl upon release
£250 — TWENTY signed CD
free signed TWENTY CD (opt in)
free early access ticket for TWENTY streaming concert + watch party
access extra TWENTY content throughout the year
chance to buy additional copies of signed TWENTY CD or vinyl upon release
£500 — TWENTY recording session virtual drop-in
recording session virtual drop-in with artist Q&A
free signed TWENTY CD or vinyl (opt in)
free early access ticket for TWENTY streaming concert + watch party
access extra TWENTY content throughout the year
chance to buy additional copies of signed TWENTY CD or vinyl upon release
Make a gift of your choice
Click below to make a gift of your choice. Benefits will be given in accordance with the levels described above.
If you have questions or would like additional information, please contact Chris Wardle, Director of External Relations (chris@voces8.foundation).
If you wish to donate in USD ($) instead of GBP (£) , please visit our US crowdfunding link.
Join us for our TWENTY concert at the Barbican
8th June 2024
Join VOCES8 for its official 20th anniversary concert on 8th June 2025, celebrating two decades of inspiring music-making with its Barbican debut. We will be joined on stage by the VOCES8 Scholars, former members of the ensemble and special guests, the BBC Singers.
This special event will also feature a lunchtime performance from APOLLO5, celebrating its 15th anniversary, and a community Big Sing session led by Paul Smith.
About VOCES8
The 2023 Grammy-nominated British vocal ensemble VOCES8 is proud to inspire people through music and share the joy of singing. Touring globally, the group performs an extensive repertory both in its a cappella concerts and in collaborations with leading musicians, orchestras and conductors. Versatility and a celebration of diverse musical expression are central to the ensemble’s performance and education ethos which is shared both online and in person. VOCES8 is passionate about music education and is the flagship ensemble of the VOCES8 Foundation which actively promotes ‘Music Education For All’, reaching up to 40,000 people annually.
VOCES8 has performed at many notable venues since its inception in 2005 including Wigmore Hall, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Berlin Philharmonie, Cité de la Musique Paris, Vienna Konzerthaus, Tokyo Opera City, NCPA Beijing, Sydney Opera House, Mariinsky Theatre Concert Hall, Victoria Concert Hall Singapore, Palacio de Bellas Artes Mexico City amongst many others. This season they perform over 100 concerts around the world, their 20th Anniversary season, including a birthday celebration concert at the Barbican, London.
The pandemic provided the impetus for 2 continuing initiatives: the VOCES8 Digital Academy, an online choral programme and the LIVE From London digital festival which has broadcast over 150 concerts with over 250,000 tickets sold.
Play video of VOCES8: Agnus Dei by Samuel Barber
VOCES8 is a Decca Classics artist, also releasing on the VOCES8 Records label. The recording of Christopher Tin’s “The Lost Birds” was nominated for a Grammy-Award in 2023. Their new album is “Nightfall”, a collection of reflective and transcendent music inspired by the night. Recent releases are “A Choral Christmas” in which VOCES8 joins its own Foundation Choir and Orchestra; “Home” conducted by Eric Whitacre, featuring his work “The Sacred Veil”; and “Seven Psalms” by Paul Simon.
VOCES8 is proud to be working with Ken Burton as Composer-in-Residence and Jim Clements as Arranger-in-Residence. They publish arrangements of its music, original compositions and educational material with the new digital VOCES8 Publishing house, as well as E.C. Schirmer with whom they curate the VOCES8 Foundation Choral Series, and with Edition Peters with whom they have published two anthologies and a series of single octavos.