The Voice Festival UK
voice festival uk vfuk uk art education charity dedicated contemporary cappella unaccompanied singing voice festival central purpose increase awareness popularity cappella art form uk support development existing uk cappella scene recruiting encouraging new participant developing new audience supporting educating existing participant building uk cappella community founded voice festival uk conceived two cappella singer university oxford wanted help support develop growing cappella scene uk infancy voice festival offered competition university cappella group alongside workshop around eight participating group still run growing team volunteer organisation increased offering year year offer series workshop masterclasses concert competition networking event singer age across three separate programme youth university community event take place throughout year highlight annual festival weekend spring showcase edinburgh fringe festival august three regional round festival held oxford cambridge st andrew two new regional round added london birmingham cambridge round scrapped due lack participant replaced round bristol year also saw youth community category added competition regional round replaced single video round three occasion winner annual university competition invited perform icca final new york blue came second final winner oxford gargoyle unable compete final new york due university oxford exam timetable cadenza competed icca final new york place voice festival uk released two compilation album showcasing cover song arranged performed professional amateur cappella artist across uk voice collection released london cappella festival voice collection ii arrived three year later released festival weekend competition saw change format regional round scrapped competitor applied competition via video entry group taken semifinal five group went final allowed group apply ensured group judged fairly equally one set judge