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!
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.
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The collegiate choirs at Cambridge University are organizing a Virtual Choir weekend over 20-22 November, celebrating the patron saint of music, St Cecilia’s, both in person and virtually this year. Laptops will be set up around Sidney Sussex College... continued
Many thanks to the incredible Tony Piper, who compiled this list. You’ll be seeing a lot of his name in the coming months as he takes on a much larger role in the managing of the Virtual Choir. WOO HOO!
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Let’s give it up for the first 59 submissions to the Virtual Choir. These singers are so brave, so motivated – congratulations to everyone who posted their videos early.
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Oh. Yes. Virtual Choir members: set the location of your video (easy to do, instructions after the jump) and voila – you’re part of the Virtual Choir Google Earth. So epic.
Someone cut together four of the first Virtual Choir 2.0 videos. How incredible is this going to be once everyone has posted?
Much, much easier to follow now.
Whilst in London last week for the launch of Light and Gold, I stopped by BBC’s morning show Breakfast. (Did any of my super-eloquent friends in the UK notice how I just rocked the word ‘whilst’ at the top of that sentence?). It was a fun interview, filmed very, very, very early in the morning.
Virtual Choir, this is HUGE: we are on YouTube’s front page in the UK all day today, and globally over the next few weeks. Hope you are all recording your videos soon. Woo hoo!
Here we go, gang. For the next version of the Virtual Choir we will sing Sleep, and this time around, we’re shooting for the Guinness title of “world’s largest internet choir.” We’ll need at least 900 singers, so all of you are invited. Any... continued
Just saw the near-final page for the new Virtual Choir YouTube channel. Oh. My. God. Seriously, gang – please start telling everyone you know to get ready for this – it’s going to be HUGE this time!
