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    October

  • Cheri: Mr. Whitacre, I have wanted to have my band perform October but never really had the "right" band to pull it off. Now I am actually working on October with my chamber orchestra (scored by Paul Lavender). My students love it and are getting better at doing it justice every day. I
  • Katrina Carpenter: This is an amazing piece:)
  • Nathan Nelson: Bravo Mr. Whitacre, Thank you for providing a piece that is both beautiful and lush and yet completely capable of being performed by high schoolers. Thank you for contributing a piece for our youth that has thought and emotion and soul.
  • Matthew Alan Canales: Was aquainted with this piece during my all-region practice in San Deago,Tx 2007. We practiced it numerous times in detail. Even after 2-3 hours of detailed repetition, October never got old. lol Unfortunately this piece was removed from the final cut list. Our directed wanted Texas/American themed music throughout our performance :-/ . maybe

    • Ghost Train

  • Eric: For me, it's this one, the UNLV performance (I'm playing piano, and all the tempos match what was in my head).
  • Michael Lee: Sorry, I meant the sax/piano duet at the beginning of "The Motive Revolution." Anyways, which recording is generally considered the high standard against which the others are judged?
  • Michael Lee: Hey, you said that the version with the sax/piano duet in "At the Station" is unauthorized? Does that mean that I should look for a recording other than the one performed by Eugene Corporon and the North Texas Wind Symphony? Actually, which one would you suggest? I've heard the Corporon/North Texas, the

    • Equus

  • Kim: Never mind I like the voices with it. After listening to it for a few times it felt empty without it
  • Kim: I also liked this piece without the voices. It gives you a chance to focus on the instruments and not the voices when the dramatic part of the song comes along.
  • Harrison Acosta: Ive always been a fan of your music since we played October my freshman year of highschool. Just yesterday and the day before did we read the Seal Lullaby and Sleep in the Reading Choir at the FMEA convention. I honestly could not put into words the beauty of th music you write! As amazing

    • Sleep

  • Dan DePriest: Quite a complement for Eric here: " If ole Eric can't get permission to set Frost no one can."
  • Dan DePriest: I think they probably realize by now they blew it big time.
  • Gretta: The first time I heard Sleep was from my dad and once he showed me I could not stop listening to it. I laid my head down and closed my eyes picturing the words & music painting a picture (I pictured angels singing in heaven to a child to help him fall asleep). I

    • The Seal Lullaby

  • 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

    • Lux Aurumque

  • 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