Eric Whitacre

Eric spoke at The Marketing Society’s Annual Conference on Thursday 21 November in the beautiful Royal Opera House in London.

You can watch the talk in full on The Marketing Society’s website.

Eric’s new piece, “Glow” was performed for the first time by the World of Color Honor Choir at California Adventure® Park on November 14. The Honor Choir, made up of over 700 singers from across America, were selected to be part of the night-time... continued

There are only 10 days left to create and submit your entry for the Enjoy The Silence official video to win a huge $4,000.

What you create is completely up to you and your interpretation of the piece – just make it your own!

For more information visit the Genero TV website.

Cambridge News have posted a slideshow of photos from last night’s projection of Virtual Choir 3 “Water Night” on Senate House in Cambridge. You can see the photos on their website.

Last week, in the run up to the event, Ella... continued

Gramophone Magazine has featured the projection of Virtual Choir 3 at Cambridge Music Festival as their Event of the Month.

For the first time, Virtual Choir 3 “Water Night” will be presented outdoors. The... continued

Eric’s new EP Enjoy the Silence is out now! His first release on vinyl, it features his arrangement of Depeche Mode’s Enjoy The Silence and a setting of a Rumi text – This Marriage – written for his wife Hila as a gift on their seventh wedding... continued

Last week Eric visited Hamburg to conduct a workshop and concert with the Hamburg Symphony Orchestra and the Eric Whitacre Singers.

Singers were invited to come and rehearse with Eric during the afternoon and perform later that evening in the prestigious... continued

In preparation for his concert in Hamburg’s Laeiszhalle on 31 October, Eric put out a call for poetry to be read at intervals throughout the concert. The response was overwhelming – over 200 poems were submitted. The choice was tough but Eric whittled... continued

Eric will conduct an evening of Broadway and Choral blockbusters on 30 March 2014 at the Avery Fisher Hall in New York. The choir, of over 250 singers brought together by Distinguished Concerts International New York, will... continued

The evening began with a performance of She Weeps Over Rahoon by the ASU Women’s Chorus under the direction of Ashley Conway, an ASU School of Music  student. A discussion of the piece then broadened into a Q&A sessions between Eric... continued

Prior to his Q&A session at Arizona State University on October 24, Eric appeared on Arizona Horizon to chat to host Ted Simons about the Virtual Choir, composition and what makes a good choir as well as his plans for the upcoming event at ASU.

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Eric has teamed up with Genero TV to give you the chance to design the official video for his choral arrangement of Depeche Mode’s Enjoy The Silence.

The brief is open to interpretation – we want you to take your inspiration from the song and go get creative!

For more information and to start designing your video, visit Genero TV.

Auditions for Disney’s World of Color Honor Choir have now closed having received an incredible 1476 videos from 6796 registered users. Each one of the 50 states is represented as well as video submissions... continued

“Beautiful music is the art of the prophets that can calm the agitations of the soul; it is one of the most magnificent and delightful presents God has given us.”

– Martin Luther

Eric will be conducting the Hamburg Symphony Orchestra in a special concert in... continued

Virtual Choir 1: ‘Lux Aurumque’ has reached a record-breaking milestone, with over 4 million views on YouTube.

VC1 was launched in March 2010 and featured online performances by 185 singers. To view the video, please click here.

Virtual Choir 2: Sleep is the sound-track to a new PSA, created by Globe-athon and NASA, to raise awareness for women’s cancers world-wide.

On September 29 participants from over 80 countries, including Cambodia, Saudi Arabia, and Ireland, will be... continued