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A New Record for Virtual Choir!

February 3, 2012 at 9:57 am UTC

Final count for Virtual Choir 3: 3727 videos from 73 countries. EPIC. The video will debut early April.

I’m so incredibly proud of all of you!

UPDATE: revised count now shows 3746 videos.

  • http://www.youtube.com/xoclkox Courtney Lea

    Wow…That’s A LOT of Sopranos and Altos lol. I’m surprised we didn’t have as many men in this one (though 650 Tenors and 828 Basses is still more than enough).
    But YAY for record breaking accomplishments!

  • Romana Saintil

    aaaaaammmaaazzziiinnnggg :D virtual choirs’s going to get big!!! :D

  • http://www.jonfishermusic.com Jon Fisher

    WOW!!! O.o

  • http://www.facebook.com/Zhaboka Aviel Mann Ballo

    Congratulations, Eric. More than 80% more submissions than last time!

  • annemie

    it was amazing to take part of this beautiful ‘event’. Singing in a choir – with singers all over the world – young and old – women and men – one conductor, smiling to us all : Eric Whitacre!!! JIHAAAAAA!
    A big thank you to all of them who made this possible!

  • Brandon

    sopranos had the most, tenors the least. yay for choir stereotypes!

  • Jimmy Hunter

    awesome!!!

  • Kisha

    I would love to take part in such an amazing & uplifting movement, sad I missed the deadline for this one. Do you know when you might be accepting submissions for the next virtual choir?

  • Cindy Parvala

    I would like to sing….. fa la ti doe :D Plz let me know how I can be part of your team choir.

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Eric Whitacre is one of the most popular and performed composers of our time, a distinguished conductor, broadcaster and public speaker. His first album as both composer and conductor on Decca/Universal, Light & Gold, won a Grammy® in 2012, reaped unanimous five star reviews and became the no. 1 classical album in the US and UK charts within a week of release... full bio

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