A huge thank you to Jeff Beal & Nicki Wells for joining Eric and the Eric Whitacre Singers on stage at Union Chapel, London last night. Check out some of the highlights on Classic FM.
For those of you who were able to be there and for... continued
Eric is honored to be invited to the NDSU Choral Symposium: Contemporary Composition in America taking place in October 2015. As part of the symposium, he’ll present sessions on his music and work... continued
Gang… We’re looking for some volunteers for the health research investigating singing and wellbeing at Union Chapel, London on 5th March. It’s both optional & anonymous and will involve giving two saliva samples... continued
We’re excited to announce that Eric’s new album, Eric Whitacre Live at iTunes Festival 2014, is now available to pre-order on iTunes and will be released on 23 March 2015.
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During a concert of my music in Montreal years ago there was a spectacular thunderstorm. At the end of Lux Aurumque something magical happened…
The Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Los Angeles Master Chorale, under the direction of maestro Gustavo Dudamel, will perform Eric’s Equus and Her Sacred Spirit Soars at the Hollywood Bowl in July 2015 alongside Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana.
For the opportunity to be there, visit the Hollywood Bowl website.
Eric will be doing an AMA on Reddit at 12pm PT | 3pm EST | 8pm GMT this Sunday, 15th February. This is your opportunity to ask Eric about the composition process & Deep Field – the piece he’s currently writing for the Minnesota Orchestra & Minnesota Chorale to premiere in May 2015.
Visit Reddit to join in.
Recently, Eric spent a day at the Royal College of Music to discuss “Stage Presence – does it matter?”. He was part of a panel formed of Professors from the college who took part in feedback sessions and ensuing discussion. The event was in association with the Woodhouse Centre of which Eric is an Associate.
Following Eric’s Q&A with students at Stanford University last week, read Leena Yin’s recap of the evening on the Stanford Arts Review website.
Alongside the concert at Union Chapel on March 5, Eric will be collaborating with the Centre for Performance Science, Royal College of Music and Imperial College to lead a voluntary research study... continued
The first three minutes of Deep Field in skeletal sketch form – I call it “emotional architecture.” I will make drawings like this for every moment of the piece before I compose any of the actual music.
We’re delighted that British singer-songwriter Nicki Wells will join Eric and the Eric Whitacre Singers on March 5 at Union Chapel.
The concert will include works by Whitacre, Duruflé, Britten, Paulus & Beal. Tickets are available at unionchapel.org.uk or on 0207 734 8932.
Check out Nicki and Nitin Sawhney speak and sing at TEDxSalford.
Eric will be doing a Reddit AMA on February 15 where he’ll try and answer as many of your questions as possible. More details to be announced soon.
11am PST | 1pm CST | 7pm GMT
Classic FM are looking to you to vote for the best pieces of music ever written for their annual Hall of Fame.
Last year Vaughan Williams’s The Lark Ascending reached the number 1 spot accompanied in the Top 10 by Edward Elgar’s... continued
NPR’s Here & Now DJ Sessions recently featured a survey on choral music from from older classics, including the late Frank Martin, through to Eric’s Virtual Choir.
To listen to the program in full, visit the Here and Now website.
