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Here's a surprising statistic: According to a survey by Chorus America, one in six Americans, or 54 million people, sing in choral groups, whether that's community, school and children's choirs, ...

Eric Whitacre, the cover star of Gramophone’s April issue, has created his third ‘virtual choir’. Water Night, unveiled tonight at the Lincoln Center in New York, will include 3746 voices from 73 ...

This didn’t propel him up the yellow brick road to Hollywood, but it did net him $10,000 in royalties, with which he bought an ESQ-1 synthesizer and a Drumulator drum machine. At the time, Whitacre ...

There could be no better illustration of the globe-shrinking power of the internet that Eric Whitacre‘s “virtual choir” recording of his own Lux Aurumque. Edited from 185 separately recorded vocal ...

What is the special appeal of Eric Whitacre’s music? Since 1991 the American composer has been writing choral works that have proved immensely popular in the US. But his recent online project, the ...

When I first heard Eric Whitacre talk about his virtual choir and its debut on YouTube, a virtual choir and the power of crowds, I got the chills. First, I was chilled by the music, Lux Aurumque ...