Eric Whitacre

The Eric Whitacre Singers on UK telly tonight, rockin’ Albert Hall at the Classic Brit awards. Woo hoo!

Here’s the video that Decca made with some of your questions answered. Sorry if I butchered your names! (Also, why do I look so unreasonably tan?).

Here’s the mermaid theme that I wrote with Hans Zimmer, and that’s the choir I conducted at Abbey Road. Anyone seeing the movie this weekend?

Some of the best conducting advice I’ve ever heard. From the maestro himself, Sir Colin Davis:

“The less ego you have, the more influence you have as a conductor. And the result is that you can concentrate on the only things that really matter:... continued

Jordan, you completely made my day.

I’m in a hotel lobby in Pittsburgh, trying to finish a setting of the heartbreaking Edgar Allen Poe poem Alone. (The King’s Singers will record it next week). When finished it will be a... continued

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OK gang, we’ve posted a non-VEVO version of Virtual Choir 2.0 on Vimeo (HD). Now everyone, anywhere can see it, without commercial interruption. Woo hoo!

From my hero Ira Glass. Imagine that everything he is saying is about composing and this becomes the single most important lesson an emerging composer can learn.

Actually, three new tracks – two originals and a Thomas Dolby cover, all sublime. Here’s “Strip Me” (Hila is playing piano and singing):

Head over to her Facebook page to hear the other tracks, and to let her know how cool her husband is. ;-)

Fifteen+ minutes of rehearsal footage with the excellent Junges Vokalensemble Hannover. I work through several of my pieces, including a ‘silent’ performance of my hope, faith, life, love. I had such a lovely time working with this group!

Last fall I spent a term at Cambridge University as a Visiting Fellow (at the gorgeous Sidney Sussex College). I wrote and conducted and taught and attended classes, and generally had the time of my... continued