OK gang, we are now one month from the deadline for submissions. We are at nearly 300 videos, a phenomenal number and nearly twice as many as the Lux Virtual Choir video. But I know there are so many of you out there that want to be a part of this, and now is your time. LET’S DO THIS THING, FRIENDS! TIME TO MAKE HISTORY!
I’ll be a judge on BBC’s Choir of the Year competition tomorrow night. See you on the telly!
Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you The Choir of Dave. Dave, if you are reading this, thank you for making my day.
That’s me with Guy Sigsworth, and Maestros Tim Brown and David Skinner. Guy was my guest at High Table tonight in Cambridge, and we had some pretty thrilling conversations about a piece(s) on which we’re going to collaborate. (We also had some... continued
Tony Silvestri (poet: Sleep, Leonardo, Lux, Nox) is visiting me in Cambridge. Here we are (with Maestro David Skinner) enjoying a nice port wine after High Table tonight.
Heard David Skinner’s Alamire perform in London last night – easily one of the most beautiful and arresting concerts I’ve ever heard. My god do they make early music sexy! If you get the chance please ‘like’ them on Facebook. I’m hoping to get Maestro Skinner to give some open masterclasses on my blog.
Merch = Merchandise, and yes, it’s come to this. I now have quite a few people contacting me asking me for “Eric Whitacre merch”, and I’m not yet sure how to do it. So I need your help. Please let me know what merch you think is cool,... continued
Premiered a new work Saturday night written for Sidney Sussex College at Cambridge. Called “Oculi Omnium”, it was presented as a grace before the High Table feast on the occasion of the annual meeting of the “1596 Foundation.” (Sidney Sussex was... continued
Hamburg: On December 12 I’ll conduct an entire concert of my music with Hans-Joachim Lustig’s award-winning Kammerchor “I Vocalisti” and Männerstimmen der Chorknaben Uetersen. The performance will feature older music (like Water... continued
Here’s a small clip of a rehearsal with Cordydd, the phenomenal Welsh choir I worked with last week. The music we are rehearsing is the very end of Nox Aurumque.
So… thus far we’ve had about 160 videos uploaded for the Virtual Choir, but ELEVEN THOUSAND people have downloaded the sheet music. That means there are an awful lot of people out there that want to make a video, but haven’t.
Have I mentioned how... continued
