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A gathering of the growing community of vocal improvisers in the UK. You found us!

Support our crowdfunder to help create our next festival: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/ukvocalimprov UK Vocal Improv Festival Retreat 2022

October 19 - 23 at Penny Brohn, Bristol

More info and booking: https://bit.ly/UKVIFR

Welcome! Let’s dive in…

Vocal improvisation opens a world of possibility for musical and interpersonal exploration in a myriad of directions. This gathering will off

er a unique opportunity to experience some of its many flavours , such as collaborative vocal improvisation (CVI), circlesinging, body music, embodied movement, live looping, nature connection and play.

Our gathering is proudly and intentionally both a festival and a retreat. It embraces the excitement of coming together in person and sharing creative vocal expression, while also honouring the more inward, nurturing, perhaps sacred connection invited by this practice.

05/06/2026

Dear AMAZING community! We’ve reached our original target and are now in our stretch goal, with the Crowdfunder 87% funded towards £5,700: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/ukvocalimprov

The extra support will help us make Gathering Song more visible, accessible, sustainable and beautifully held, including photography, CIC setup, ticketing, accessibility, outreach and behind-the-scenes team time.

We didn’t receive Arts Council funding, so every share, reward claim, donation, or extra £5 really helps us bring this vision into the world before the campaign closes on Sunday at 8pm 🙏🏼❤️

27/05/2026

We love collaborating and being in exchange with friends from further afield! It is SUCH a joy and a pleasure to share this work and world together, to support and inspire each other, to connect as artists as well as facilitators!

Big up to , , .chiaracortez, who joined us in 2023 for the UK Vocal Improv Retreat. We LOVED having you with us! And we have LOVED being a part of your amazing events too these past few years!

Check them out!
in France🇫🇷
in Italy 🇮🇹

😘😘😘!

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📢 And! If anyone from the extended vocal improv family in France/Italy or beyond is reading this, we'd SO appreciate any support for our Crowdfunder which will take us to the next chapter of UK Vocal Improv!

An outdoor retreat for those wanting to dive deep, and a 1-day festival for a wider public to experience the magic! ✨️✨️✨️

We've donated so much time, energy and expertise these last few years, and this year we are reaching out for support 🙏🌱🤸‍♂️

🔗 Link in the bio to support!!

Love love love always and everywhere ❤️❤️❤️ ###xx

26/05/2026

Flashback to one of many gems of the facilitator's concert from the UK Vocal Improv Retreat 2023 💎✨️

With , , .mellors and .coleman.music

A special shout out to Briony Greenhill featured here, who started the online 'Daily 10&6' sessions during the pandemic, and invited facilitator friends in to support.. and so was the beginning of this journey! Big love to you Briony! ✨️🙏🌱

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Kate's beautiful improvised lyrics:

'I don't know what a Louis Vuitton is... I don't like it..

'I don't want to suffer.. to be beautiful..

'I want to feel beautiful, in my own skin..

'I want to smile, I want to see your smile, cos that makes me feel beautiful.'

❤️❤️❤️

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If you like what you hear and haven't popped some pennies into our Crowdfunder so that we can continue to make spaces for this kind of magic, please hop into our bio and help us out 🙏🤗😊🔗

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🎥 Thank you and credit to .sp._ for capturing this moment!

Cannot WAIT for more!
Love love love love love ###x

25/05/2026

A trip down memory lane 🔥

Who remembers this moment from our 2023 festival at Penny Brohn UK in Bristol, when we lit a big fire, it rained like crazy, and we sang for hours?

We’re just over halfway through our crowdfunding mission, and almost halfway towards our goal of bringing Gathering Song - a brand new festival of vocal improvisation and nature connection - into the world.

Thank you SO much to everyone who has already supported us. It truly means a lot, and we couldn’t do it without you.

And maybe it’s still on your to-do list? No worries, we get it. Maybe today is the day… or this week is the week.

Support us here: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/ukvocalimprov

21/05/2026

Presenting the venue for Gathering Song, our new outdoor festival of vocal improvisation happening in June 2027: Braziers Park 🌱

Braziers Park School of Integrative Social Research is a community, charity for alternative education, and an architectural treasure hidden deep in the South Oxfordshire countryside in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Our aim is to build a long-term partnership with them and weave our work with their resident artists and ongoing programmes.

Imagine singing alongside foraging, crafts, herbalism… if you want to help make this collaboration happen, visit the link in comments and support our Crowdfunder, we’re at 50%! ✨

19/05/2026

🦋Introducing the UKVIC Curated Workshop Series🦋

As part of our Gathering Song crowdfunder, supporters can receive access to specially curated workshops offered by us, our community and guest facilitators.

By supporting our crowdfunder, you’re not only helping us create our new festival, Gathering Song, but also helping us build a more sustainable future for the UK Vocal Improv Collective:
✨ workshops
✨ performances
✨ community gatherings
✨ artist collaborations
✨ spaces for human connection

CROWDFUNDER LINK:
https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/ukvocalimprov #

17/05/2026

🎧 Introducing the UKVIC Curated Soundtrack Series 🎧

A collection of albums and musical inspirations from the world of the UK Vocal Improv Collective.

As part of our Gathering Song crowdfunder, supporters can receive access to specially curated albums created by our community and guest artists.

By supporting our crowdfunder, you’re not only helping us create our new festival, Gathering Song, but also helping us build a more sustainable future for the UK Vocal Improv Collective:
✨ workshops
✨ performances
✨ community gatherings
✨ artist collaborations
✨ spaces for human connection

Support the crowdfunder + explore the rewards HERE:
https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/ukvocalimprov #

08/05/2026

Beautiful people, something special is being born ✨

We are the UK Vocal Improv Collective, and we’re raising £4.2k to bring Gathering Song into the world.
A new festival where voice, nature, and community meet 🌿🎶

For 5 years, we’ve been creating spaces for connection through vocal improvisation.

Now we’re ready to take this vision further.
A 3-day retreat + 1-day outdoor festival in nature.
A space to sing, listen, play, and belong.

Your support helps us secure the venue, create the film, and make it all possible. Every contribution matters.

Join us and help bring Gathering Song to life.

CROWDFUNDER LINK: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/ukvocalimprov

27/04/2026

🌿Join us at Braziers Park June 14th for a FREE outdoor singing experience!

🗓️June 14
Sunday
14:30-18:00

Join the UK Vocal Improv Collective as we create a promo video for our brand new festival of vocal improvisation and nature connection: Gathering Song 2027!

To promote the festival, we need photographs and a beautiful promo film, so we are inviting you to join us at our host Brazier’s Park for a free outdoor singing experience in nature. Help us capture some beautiful footage to convey the warmth, connection, and creativity we experience when we come together through vocal improvisation.

The singing experience will involve a range of different activities including: guided nature connection exercises, games for collective vocal improvisation, a short performance by vocal improv quartet Oöm, a big circle sing, and more.

Spaces limited to 30, children welcome.

For more info and RVSP use this link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeX_alAasXFG3yIedNCKs1Q3Vfza3J9VO6wBraKPJ-P7bJJaw/viewform

15/01/2026

Happy 2026!

We are hosting the next monthly open forum of The Well: Global Vocal Improvisation Network 💕

Date: 18th of January Sunday 6-7:30 UK time on Zoom

🐬Collective decision-making as artists and producers

The UK Vocal Improv Collective will share their unique process of collaboration and event production, including how they embraced conflict resolution practices as a way to grow and evolve.
They have been organising large gatherings since 2022 and have spent the last year crafting a collective mission and vision, grounded in regenerative leadership and other human values embedded in collective vocal improvisation.

Register for The Well Forum here: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZckcu2upzMuH9372Q3Cc3vagg_Yg5ggDQUV

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Penny Brohn UK, Chapel Pill Lane
Bristol
BS200HH

Website

https://www.ukvocalimprov.com/

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