American composer and conductor Eric Whitacre may deal mostly with choirs and contemporary classical music — but, much like Leonard Bernstein was in his day, Eric Whitacre... continued
LA Times April 2011 – Eric Whitacre\’s Virtual Choir will be unveiled Thursday
NPR music April 2011 – They’ve Never Met, but 2,051 Singers Perform Together
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“Teenage girls wear T-shirts bearing his image and swarm his Facebook page with declarations of love. He plays to sold-out houses all over the world. He just locked in a contract with Storm Models, the London-based agency... continued
“Having achieved the “classical” music world’s equivalency to rock star status (a totally cliché term, but descriptive nonetheless) with choral works like Lux... continued
BBC News March 2011 – Abbey Road launches anthem competition
Abbey Road Studios in London, where the Beatles recorded most of their hits, has launched a global anthem competition to mark its 80th anniversary this year.
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TED Talk by composer, conductor Eric Whitacre’s classical music video composed by cobbling together more than 2000 musical submissions from 58 countries. A TED premiere. People will go to any length to connect with each other. MOST EMOTIONAL
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To celebrate their 80th anniversary, Abbey Road Studios have launched a worldwide competition to find original, unsigned and undiscovered composers.
Read the full article on the DIY Records site.