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Here we go again…

Posted on May 15, 2012 at 1:28 pm in Instagram

Here we go again...

New York Idea

Posted on May 10, 2012 at 7:26 pm

A good example of the first stages of a new piece.

This was a little motif that wouldn’t leave my head, recorded on my iPhone outside New York’s Rockefeller Center, May 10th, 2012. I have no idea what this will become, if anything. My gut tells me it could be the theme of the third movement of a little ‘classical’ piano concerto I’ve always wanted to write, a companion piece to Mozart’s piano concerto #23. Who knows? For now, it will just go in the drawer with the rest of the ideas…

The Verrazano Bridge out the window of my cab (on the way to JFK).

Posted on May 10, 2012 at 4:15 pm in Instagram

The Verrazano Bridge out the window of my cab (on the way to JFK).

New York, I miss you already.

Posted on May 10, 2012 at 5:54 am in Instagram

New York, I miss you already.

Soaring Leap: Ohio – What a Day

Posted on May 7, 2012 at 12:50 am

After twenty-five minutes of reading/rehearsing, the attendees of Soaring Leap: Ohio performed A Boy and a Girl. The microphone seems to have been covered for the last bit (an audience member recorded it on my iPhone) but I think the magic is still there. THANK YOU to all who attended.

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    Here we go again…

  • Leopold Plantenhof: Eric Whitacre put behind bars. Fans weep.
  • Hans-Joachim Lustig: Looking forward to performing the result! ;-)
  • Dan: Can't wait to hear whatever ends up on that piece of paper! ;-)

    • New York Idea

  • Elizabeth Healy: Hi, good fun.. and I like the NY skyline sound file pattern! ( But I think you mean "motif" rather than "motive"?) E
  • Charles Anthony Silvestri: The sound file even looks like New York!
  • Donald Sosin: Love your music, the Sleep video moved me to tears. This NY clip sounds like the Magic Flute ovt. a bit. My own NYC music for the silent film MANHATTA (1920), a 12 minute ode to the city by Charles Sheeler and Paul Strand, has been recorded by a Slovak chamber orchestra, and can
  • Courtney Lea: Glad to know I'm not the only one who does this but with my camera.
  • Jamie Diamond: I do this all the time when melodies strike! My only problem is finding a good way to somehow capture the harmonies and context that go with it, because I'm sure to forget those too, and then the magic's gone. :( Still, very cool knowing you do this too.

    • Soaring Leap: Ohio – What a Day

  • Orry Burbott Dixon: I would go to Colorado from Florida for another class!
  • Orry Burbott Dixon: Thank you so much Eric, Capital University, and the Producers and Staff that helped make this a dream come true for me. I will never forget this experience. It was truly magical! I cant wait to attend the next soaring leap here in the states.
  • Jon Fisher: That was great! (Amazing, especially after only 25 min.) When will there be a "Soaring Leap: Colorado"??? :-D

    • The First Ideas

  • Joshua Leath: Ok...what would it take to get a signed print of that!?
  • Colin Williams: I love the chance to see inside a great composers head. It truly does help student composers like myself to understand what the great composers where thinking about while writing. I was, however, curious as to if the circle on the bottom could be explained. Its quite an interesting and detailed sketch that I would
  • Dennis Scannell: Ah!!! So this is the kind of thing you and John Corigliano were discussing in the postlude to the VC3 launch at Lincoln Center! That really was a revelation — revolting against “the tyranny of harmony”. It all makes so much sense, and speaks to the transporting quality of your music. Such an
  • Aviel Mann Ballo: James Kenney put it very well, sir. Your handwriting alone is magical.
  • James Kenney: As long as I've taught music (31 years a college prof.) and my Guildhall School of Music, London, post-grad degree; looking at this score, I feel as though I know nothing. (I even find Crumb's "Makrokosmos" more comprehensible.) To me, your music is, not only among the most beautiful ever created by anyone

    • Madrid

  • Jeremiah Witte: I loved Madrid when I visited a while ago. It's a beautiful city. If only you could catch a Real Madrid game!

    • The Rules

  • Aviel Mann Ballo: This must be an oddball choir. Love it.
  • Kate Rothman: Out of the mouths of babes ; )

    • The Virtual Choir: How We Did It

  • Jennifer: Wow, this is ethereal and truly beautiful, congratulations on a great concept! Jen