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    The Seal Lullaby

  • CDL: Heard this for the first time recently...there's such a purity and transparency to this piece, yet a striking depth and gravitas. I do hope you'll keep writing lullabies--and film music. Any chance this film will ever be made?
  • Pam: I used this piece in my wedding for when the grandparents and parents were walking down the aisle! The lyrics seemed very fitting, I chose the instrumental version though.
  • Tommy: Hello Mr. Whitacre! I got told by my teacher that 20 students from my school was invited to sing with the Vancouver Chamber Choir next year under you direction. We were told that we would be singing Seal Lullaby, Cloudburst, and Sleep. Because of the teacher strike situations, there is to be no extra curricular activities
  • Angel: That was soo wonderful!!! I'm singing this song is chorus right now and I was looking at the notes and they were dead on.
  • Meredith B.: My High School Select Choir is singing this for our Spring concert. We are all so excited be cause it is such a beautiful song and we are all huge fans of Mr. Whitacre. Thanks for writing such lovely music. My High School Band is also playing October. It is going to be amazing.
  • India: I LOVE this piece. I had the chance to learn it for TMEA Region Auditions this year, but we didn't perform it. :-( I REALLY EXTREMELY VERY MUCH think that next year's Virtual Choir should be this piece. It's so beautiful, original, and just fantastic over all.
  • Amanda: This piece of music is incredibly beautiful. I am in a wind ensemble and I play Flute 2 on this piece. every time I go to band class I always beg to play this song because it is full of such beauty and delicacy. I also performed your song Water Night in a Region Choir
  • Ed: Such beauty. I would die if this movie were ever actually made.
  • Barend: Ahhh I love this song. I sang it with my choir and we were enchanted by the lyrics and music. Your awesome
  • Shea Wilson: Hey Mr. Whitacre, I don't know if you'll ever see this, but I wanted you to know something. I wanted you to know that your music is always present in my heart. It always echoes in my mind, always presenting an encore. Heartwarming is your music... moreso than any other heart reflects. Your heart has the
  • Ivan Lemus: Hi, I belong to a choir in Guatemala called "Capella Cantorum", and we love singing this beautiful song. We have recorded it and upload it to my YouTube channel "lemusivan", I hope you guys can take a look at it and let us know if you like our interpretation of it. Greetings to
  • Bryan Pless: I sang this at Western Michigan University...was one of the most emotional performances I have been a part of.
  • Sarah: This song has a very deep and special meaning to me. My choir director had this song all picked out for a festival and everything, when we(all of us in his Show Choir) got the news that a member of our choir, who is also a dear friend of mine, had just lost his father

    • Lux Aurumque

  • Hannah Froncek: This song.... The way that the harmony and dissonance play against each other, and yet also together is absolutely beautiful. It rings like a chime; a deep, beautiful chime. The concert choir is singing this song this year, but unfortunately, being one of the lowly freshmen, I don't get to be in concert choir until I'm
  • Steve: Both of my daughters were in the all-state band that premiered Lux Arumque, so I must cry every time I hear it. The three-note horn solo is my oldest, and those are the best three notes I ever experienced in a long life dedicated to music and music education. Lux will be played when my
  • Matt Bardin: The all state band I was in played the concert band arrangement of this piece, and it has since become my favorite song to listen to. This music just seems to mesh with my soul in a way nothing else ever does. My favorite thing about the piece though, is that I was able to
  • Zac: What can I say ?. I've recently had a really bad time, losing someone very important to me and your music really helped me. The harmonic progressions and sheer beauty of your compositions is totally mindblowing. At a very emotional time I'd like to thank you for composing such awesome music. Being
  • James Gladney: Over the time I have listened to all of your music starting my 8th grade year in 2008 to the current year of 2012, I have feel like every time I listen to this song performed by a different ensemble or choir, that it tells a different story and I always get a burst of
  • Christopher: OMG!! i love this piece... i love it so much i listen to it everyday... even in school... you are the best...
  • Samie Anderson: 2 minutes in. Goosebumps everywhere. I miss high school band!