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The 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 orchestras, conductors and soloists. Versatility and a celebration of diverse musical expression are central to the ensemble's performance and education ethos.

Voces8 releases Enchanted Isle, a new album of music reminiscent of rolling hills, green valleys, rugged mountainsides, and sleepy villages. Enchanted Isle features reimagined pieces originally written for film or television (such as Lord of the Ringsand Game of Thrones), new arrangements of Scottish and Irish melodies, and compositions set to texts by great English poets.

VOCES8's Barnaby Smith and Katie Jeffries-Harris chat with FM91: Classical Conversations

Posted At : September 27, 2021 12:00 AM

Following a string of globally successful virtual festivals, revered vocal group VOCES8 brand new album Infinity, released on 27th August on Decca Classics is a collection of meditative and otherworldly choral recordings transcends genres and features six brand-new compositions interspersed with eight newly arranged covers from renowned composers. In this space-inspired concept album, VOCES8 le...
VOCES8 release new album; 'Infinity.' Barnaby Smith and Katie Jeffries-Harris chat with Winnipeg's CLASSIC 107

Posted At : August 27, 2021 12:00 AM

VOCES8 is sure to wow fans again with their latest album. (Facebook) Winnipeg's CLASSIC 107 - Chris Wolf writes.....The English eight-part acapella choir VOCES8 has been amazing audiences around the world with the sheer beauty that the ensemble creates. Picture a choir that has flawless intonation, perfect vocal balance, and where each one of the individual singers is a supreme musician… t...
Voces8 'Live from London Summer online festival' is choral excellence and more besides / theartsdesk

Posted At : August 17, 2021 12:00 AM

theartsdesk - Bernard Hughes writes.....There is much to love about the latest Voces8 Live from London online festival. It goes beyond having a purely choral line-up, embracing instrumental music for the first time, while maintaining its focus on vocal performances of the highest standard. In addition, the production values remain unimpeachable and the group has shown that there is a market across th...
VOCES8 incredible vocal blend highlights a lesser-known 'Ave Maria' / Aleteia

Posted At : August 25, 2020 12:00 AM

"Ave Maria," a gem of sacred music is one of the most frequently composed and recorded works of sacred music in the Catholic songbook. Even though there is no shortage of versions, set to a wide range of styles, most people are only really familiar with Schubert's popular arrangement. Of course, Schubert's solid hold on the prime spot is well deserved, as his music was designed to draw reverent emotions ...
VOCES8' Barnaby Smith discusses 'Enchanted Isle' with 89.7WCPE: Wake Forest

Posted At : June 19, 2019 12:00 AM

VOCES8 - Enchanted Isle is an album of music reminiscent of rolling hills, green valleys, rugged mountainsides, and sleepy villages. It features reimagined pieces originally written for film or television (such as Lord of the Ringsand Game of Thrones), new arrangements of Scottish and Irish melodies, and compositions set to texts by great English poets. The ensemble's fourth album looks inward to the...
VOCES8 'Enchanted Isle' is the WCLV 'Recording of the Week'

Posted At : June 10, 2019 12:00 AM

Voces8 is the a cappella octet from the United Kingdom that has been wowing audiences since 2005. The music on Enchanted Isle is reminiscent of rolling hills, green valleys, rugged mountainsides, and sleepy villages, a landscape on which the composers, arrangers and artists on this CD cast a contemporary eye. The program features reimagined pieces originally written for film or television (li...
VOCES8 - Barnaby Smith chats with Spokane Public Radio

Posted At : May 6, 2019 12:00 AM

VOCES8 - Enchanted Isle is an album of music reminiscent of rolling hills, green valleys, rugged mountainsides, and sleepy villages. It features reimagined pieces originally written for film or television (such as Lord of the Ringsand Game of Thrones), new arrangements of Scottish and Irish melodies, and compositions set to texts by great English poets. The ensemble's fourth album looks inward to the...
VOCES8 paints a musical portrait on 'Enchanted Isle' / New Classical Tracks

Posted At : April 3, 2019 12:00 AM

New Classical Tracks with Julie Amacher is a Syndicated Feature airing nationally on Classical 24 and Statewide via Minnesota Public Radio. For Apr 3, 2019, the segment focuses on the new album by Voces8. Barnaby Smith is the artistic director, conductor, and a countertenor for the British vocal ensemble Voces8. On their latest recording, Enchanted Isle, we're introduced to two new members, barit...
VOCES8 - Enchanted Isle is the 905WUOL: Featured Album

Posted At : March 29, 2019 12:00 AM

The British vocal ensemble VOCES8 releases Enchanted Isle, a new album of music reminiscent of rolling hills, green valleys, rugged mountainsides, and sleepy villages. Enchanted Isle features reimagined pieces originally written for film or television (such as Lord of the Ringsand Game of Thrones), new arrangements of Scottish and Irish melodies, and compositions set to texts by great...
VOCES8 - Enchanted Isle is the KDFC: Album of the Week

Posted At : March 25, 2019 12:00 AM

The human voice is front and center this week on KDFC: San Francisco as we feature the latest from Voces8 as our Album of the Week. The U.K.'s star a cappella octet has a new album entitled Enchanted Isle. It contains re-imagined pieces originally written for film or television (such as Lord of the Rings and Game of Thrones), new arrangements of Scottish and Irish melodies, and compositions set to t...
The human voice is front and center with VOCES8 - Enchanted Isle / KUSC: Album of the Week

Posted At : March 25, 2019 12:00 AM

The human voice is front and center this week on KUSC: Los Angeles as we feature the latest from Voces8 as our Album of the Week. The U.K.'s star a cappella octet has a new album entitled Enchanted Isle. It contains re-imagined pieces originally written for film or television (such as Lord of the Rings and Game of Thrones), new arrangements of Scottish and Irish melodies, and compositions set to texts by...
VOCES8 artistic director; Barnaby Smith talks with classical radio about 'Enchanted Isle'

Posted At : March 11, 2019 12:00 AM

The 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 orchestras, conductors and soloists. Versatility and a celebration of diverse musical expression are central to the ensemble's performance and education ethos. Thier latest De...
VOCES8 - Enchanted Isle is Winnipeg's CLASSIC107 'February Classical Recording Of The Month'

Posted At : February 4, 2019 12:00 AM

Celebrated vocal group VOCES8 take listeners on a glorious journey through the musical landscape of Britain with their brand new album ‘Enchanted Isle', released on Decca Classics. The recording features a broad range of music from John Tavener and Thomas Adès to Radiohead and Enya, interspersed with folk tunes, world premiere recordings and music from hit TV shows Game of Thrones and Harry'...
VOCES8 'Enchanted Isle' debuts on CLASSIC fM top 10

Posted At : January 28, 2019 12:00 AM

For 27 January 2019, three new entries make it on to The Classic FM Chart this week. Voces8's new album Enchanted Isle goes straight in at No. 5, closely followed by Dragon by Two Steps From Hell at No. 8. The new film Mary Queen of Scots soundtrack by Max Richter also jumps in at No. 13, overtaking other film and TV soundtracks Game of Thrones, Gladiator and The Lord of the Rings. It's another w...
Quincy University choir, excited beyond words to sing with Voces8 / Herald-Whig

Posted At : February 19, 2018 12:00 AM

Racin Coelho, a member of Quincy University's men's ensemble choir, said he was excited beyond words Saturday to get a chance to sing with members of the British a capella group Voces8. "I was just flabbergasted," the senior student said. Voces8 was in Quincy to perform a Quincy Civic Music Association concert Saturday night at Salem Evangelical United Church of Christ. While in town, the ei...
VOCES8 - Equinox, on New Classical Tracks

Posted At : December 13, 2017 12:00 AM

New Classical Tracks is a syndicated feature heard nationally on C24 and statewide on Minnesota PR. LISTEN TO THE SEGMENT READ THE TRANSCRIPT - "We've been having a great time touring all around. We've got a wonderful new soprano as well, Eleanor, and perhaps most excitingly of all, we have a very brand-new composer-in-residence, called Jonathan Dove." That's what the British vocal en...
Spend New Year's Eve with Voces8, Celebrity Series of Boston, & WCRB: In Concert

Posted At : December 12, 2017 12:00 AM

Spend New Year's Eve "Under the Stars" with Voces8 on this week's WCRB: In Concert with the Celebrity Series of Boston! In Concert captures the wealth of incredible music being performed in and around the Boston area. The series takes advantage of Boston's rich performing arts scene, from the Handel and Haydn Society to A Far Cry, from the Gardner Museum to Rockport Music, and beyond. Se...
VOCES8 - Winter / New Classical Tracks

Posted At : January 10, 2017 12:00 AM

New Classical Tracks is a Syndicated Feature airing Nationally on Classical 24 & Statewide on Minnesota Public Radio. Listen to Julie Amacher's Feature with Barnaby Smith from Voces8. READ THE TRANSCRIPT - "I always think it's interesting when you ask people what their favorite season is," says Barnaby Smith, one of the founding members of British vocal ensemble Voces8. "S...
New Classical Tracks: Lux, The radiant music of - Voces 8

Posted At : April 16, 2015 12:00 AM

Listen to Julie Amacher's New Classical Tracks interview. New Classical Tracks is a Syndicated feature airing Nationally on PRI: Classical 24 & Statewide on Minnesota Public Radio. READ THE TRANSCRIPT - "We like to open doors," explains Paul Smith of the British vocal ensemble Voces 8. "This idea that we might find someone who loves Tallis but hasn't heard of Massive Attack, or loves Mass...
Voces8 - Lux / WQXR: Album Of the Week

Posted At : February 15, 2015 12:00 AM

Voces8, a young, British vocal octet led by Barnaby Smith, has released "Lux: Music by Tallis, Elgar, Tavener, Allegri, Rachmaninoff and others." It's the "others" which makes this album particularly unique. Along with radiant vocal classics like Rachmaninoff's all-night Vespers and Elgar's Lux Aeterna, there are a couple of pop arrangements: "Teardrop" by the band Massive Attack and "The Luckies...
VOCES8 - Lux is Classic 107 - Winnipeg / February: Recording of the Month

Posted At : February 2, 2015 12:00 AM

British a cappella octet VOCES 8 - Lux on Decca/Universal Music Classics features a selection of pieces spanning over 400 years: from Thomas Tallis and Gregorio Allegri to Massive Attack (Teardrop) and Ben Folds (The Luckiest - which appeared on the soundtrack for Richard Curtis's film About Time). The album title refers to the Latin word ‘light,' which has inspired...
Voces 8: Lux / WFMT New Release Of the Week

Posted At : February 1, 2015 12:00 AM

British a cappella ensemble Voces 8 performs a selection of pieces spanning over 400 years: from Thomas Tallis and Gregorio Allegri to Massive Attack and Ben Folds. The album title ‘Lux' refers to the Latin word ‘light,' which has inspired composers throughout history with the meaning of hope, banishing darkness, and nurturing both the body and the spirit. Voces 8 'Lux' on...
VOCES8 interview feature on Syndicated 'New Classical Tracks'

Posted At : August 13, 2014 12:00 AM

Paul Smith and his younger brother Barnaby, the founding members of the vocal ensemble Voces8, fell into choral music by chance. Says Paul, "We were moving from the Lake District in the north of England down to London in the early '90s. Our parents were meeting at Westminster Abbey to go house hunting, and they saw a poster on the wall saying, 'Could this be your son?' and a picture of the ch...
Voces8 - Eventide / WCRB 'CD Of the Week'

Posted At : August 4, 2014 12:00 AM

Eventide: the slow transition from day to night. Seasoned British choral outfit VOCES8 is known for their ability to transition artfully from Renaissance music to jazz and pop arrangements, but for their debut album on the Decca label, they honed their sound to capture the coming of evening. Eventide features classical works by Tallis, Bruckner, Britten, as well as modern composers. Their reper...
Voces8 - Eventide is WCLV: 'Choice CD for August'

Posted At : August 1, 2014 12:00 AM

Each month, WCLV - Cleveland Program Director Bill O'Connell selects a series of special CDs to be featured on the air throughout the month. Voces8 - Eventide has made Bill's August list. Here are a few comments from Bill on the disc. Voces8 is a new ensemble of eight young singers from England who offer here a stunning debut! Their sure expression is given a contemp...
VOCES8 - Eventide / Minnesota Public Radio's: Classical Notes

Posted At : July 8, 2014 12:00 AM

Getting to spend the day with a cappella ensemble VOCES8 was quite remarkable. I got to listen to eight extraordinarily gifted singers collaborate and work towards choral mastery; I left that rehearsal musically filled and inspired. But what really stopped me in my tracks was their commitment to music education. Quite often, groups of this caliber have educational outreach programs that functio...
Voces8 - Eventide / WFMT 'New Release Of the Week'

Posted At : July 7, 2014 12:00 AM

One of Britain's most exciting and versatile vocal ensembles makes its debut on Decca with the release of "Eventide." Voces8 features eight young singers who form one perfectly-blended sound. Their program, which explores the magical space between day and night, ranges from medieval plainchant to works by important contemporary choral composers and has been selected as one of WFMT - Chicago 'New Rele...