Yep, I’ve got my own choir now. And I’m freaking.
The Eric Whitacre Singers will be a fully professional chorus, based in London for now but eventually touring the globe.
I’m still kind of speechless... continued
I’ll be doing a live interview on CNN’s World Report this Wednesday, speaking about the Virtual Choir and all things choral. 3:40 PST.
Woo hoo!
Just a reminder – Hila will be performing this in LA this weekend (May 22-23) in what may be the coolest concert I’ve seen in a long time. You haven’t lived until you’ve heard her do the “Five Hebrew Love Songs” followed immediately by NIN’s “All the Love in the World.”
Click it here for ticket info.
Here’s a pic of the killer performance space:
Here’s a recording of little man in a hurry, the last piece in my new piano/SATB cycle called The City and the Sea. It’s a little rough around the edges, mostly because I conducted it at such a ridiculously fast-paced tempo. The choir,... continued
Hey everyone: next week in Los Angeles I’ll be seeing an AMAZING pop/rock musician called Andy Grammer. Come join me!
If you buy tickets on his website, and enter “Eric” in the special instructions box, you’ll get free... continued
And it just keeps going. Apparently this CTV video has been appearing in local television markets all over the US:
My wife Hila Plitmann will be putting on an incredible show later this month, something that she’s calling an ‘eclectic cabaret.’ She’ll sing original pieces written for her by John Corigliano, Paul Cantelon, David Del... continued
A really nice profile highlighting Patrick Murray, a Canadian singer (and composer) who participated in the Virtual Choir. And they mentioned producer Scott Haines!
Click here to jump to the segment (brief advert plays before the video).
Here’s the interview I did last week for BBC’s World Service arts program The Strand. I must have mentioned producer Scott Haines’s name a dozen times, but they cut every reference from the final piece. Still, a nice interview, and great press for the... continued
I THINK this is the Peiyang Chorus from Tianjin, China performing Cloudburst. They’ve obviously taken some liberties with the piece, probably because of time constraints for the competition. Hard to tell, but it seems like they did pretty well after this... continued
After 30 years together, 80’s super-group A-Ha is breaking up. No reason was given in the press release.
I can’t begin to describe the impact this band had on my youth, and frankly, my writing style. It is a day of mourning, my friends – let us raise a glass and remember their glory as we watch the greatest music video ever made:
I loved this TED presentation, especially the way it relates to my own creative process. Too often I try to micro-manage my writing before I’ve written a note, endlessly planning for that moment when I will begin to compose. But I’ve found that if I... continued
