Event Details
Patricia H. Snyder Concert and Lecture Series Presents: VOCES8
7:30 p.m., Tuesday, February 24, 2026
St. Benedict Cathedral, 1328 Lincoln Ave.

The 2023 Grammy-nominated British vocal ensemble VOCES8 is the world’s top-streaming classical vocal group and 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. They are the world’s top-streaming classical vocal group. 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: For Your Eyes Only & You Only Live Twice (arr. Jim Clements) on YouTube
VOCES8 has performed at many notable venues since its inception in 2005 including Wigmore Hall, Barbican Hall, Amsterdam Concertgebouw, 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, and Palacio de Bellas Artes Mexico City amongst many others. This season they perform over 120 concerts in 20 countries.
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.
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 “TWENTY”, a celebration of the group’s first two decades of performing. Recent releases are “Nightfall”; “A Choral Christmas”; “Home” conducted by Eric Whitacre, featuring his extraordinary work “The Sacred Veil”; and “Seven Psalms” by Paul Simon.
VOCES8 is proud to be working with Taylor Scott Davis 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.
Office Phone
812-488-2754
Office Email
music@evansville.edu
Office Location
Room 133, Krannert Hall of Art and Music
