Eric Whitacre

I’m unpacking old boxes tonight, finding all this random stuff. I’ve had this cartoon next to my writing desk for 15 years.

Alleluia will be released in April, right after the extraordinary Conspirare has a chance to give it the American premiere. In the meantime, here are the first three pages of the final proof:

Alleluia Draft pgs. 1-3.pdf

And here’s a video of The Eric Whitacre Singers recording the same section for the new Decca album (also out this Spring).

The legendary Gareth Malone rockin’ the Choir Geeks t-shirt. LOVE it.

Looks like Gareth and his Military Wives Choir (from season 3 of his hit BBC TV show The Choir) may actually have the #1 Christmas song in the UK this year, even beating the unstoppable X-Factor machine. Go, Gareth!

Want to hear something weird? Here’s Sleep with the original text.

It’s actually very difficult for me to listen to this – not because the Frost estate denied me permission, but because I didn’t set the text very well. To my ear it sounds clunky and forced,... continued

ALABAMA: Birmingham-Southern College’s annual Service of Lessons and Carols celebrates its 75th anniversary this year. To mark the occasion they have commissioned from me a new work called “The Chelsea Carol”, scored for mixed... continued

One of the winners of the Abbey Road anthem competition, a truly beautiful piece of music. I’d love to conduct this work again in a concert setting.

Click here to visit Chen Zhangyi’s website.

Couldn’t be more honored. Big, big congratulations to all the performers: Christopher Glynn; Hila Plitmann; The King’s Singers; Laudibus; The Pavão Quartet; and of course The Eric Whitacre Singers. And huge thanks to Decca for their incredible support.

Woo hoo!

I’ll be conducting two concerts in Rome with the outstanding Coro Citta di Roma, December 17-18th. Cannot wait!

I have been a huge fan of Bowers & Wilkins products for years, so I was incredibly honored when they asked me to list my top 10 ‘headphone albums.’ (They also gave me a pair of P5’s, which I have been enjoying immensely). You can read my list of albums here.

The winning Abbey Road Anthems will be available to listen to from next Monday 28th November. Along with this you’ll be able to view videos about the competition and the winning composers as well as download the sheet music... continued

Next week I will make the second video installment answering your questions. So please post them here; I’ll try to answer as many as possible. Woo hoo!

Here’s the first video installment: