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Foundation artists reach up to 40,000 people a year in regular workshops and masterclasses with Music Hubs, schools and community groups. In 2015 the ensemble launched the VOCES8 Scholars Programme which provides training in performing, recording and workshop leading for 20 young singers with an
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from England. They have appeared internationally and made recordings of classical music, jazz, pop, and their own arrangements. Recent recordings are for Decca Classics and under their own label, Voces8 Records. Educational efforts are run by the Voces8 Foundation.
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at the 2020 Music & Drama Education Awards, the charity works across choral and small vocal ensemble performance and education and is based at the VOCES8 Centre at
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VOCES8 is a British vocal ensemble originally founded in 2003, and regrouped in 2005, by brothers Paul and Barnaby Smith, both former choristers of
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they launched the VOCES8 Digital Academy featuring tutorials, exercises, learning and performing tracks and videos.
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Foundation artists perform around 200 concerts each year, including through online/livestreaming.
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The octet won the Limelight International Artist of the Year: People's Choice award at the 2021
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Barnaby Smith – Second alto/countertenor & Artistic Director (2005–present)
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Their 2022 tour program was called Stardust, after a composition commissioned from
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The ensemble has a diverse repertoire including early English and European
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Daniel Keating-Roberts – First countertenor (2005–2007)
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Katie Jeffries-Harris – First alto (2018–present)
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Eleonore Cockerham – Second soprano (2017–2021)
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Robert Mingay Smith – Second tenor (2009–2013)
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Chris Wardle – First countertenor (2007–2018)
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VOCES8 has commissioned new works from composers including
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Emily Dickens – Second soprano (2009–2017)
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Blake Morgan – First tenor (2016–present)
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Oliver Vincent – First tenor (2012–2016)
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Sam Dressel – Second tenor (2013–2019)
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A cappella
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a cappella
octet
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sopranos
countertenors
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alto
Renaissance music
Ēriks Ešenvalds
Ola Gjeilo
Jonathan Dove
Jocelyn Hagen
Ken Burton
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Mårten Jansson
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