Tonight, 2,051 voices from 58 countries are getting together for a singalong like none other. Those voices will be melded together into a the Virtual Choir 2.0 — a Web project from composer/conductor ...

GRAND RAPIDS – Eric Whitacre's Virtual Choir 2.0 debuts online tonight with singers worldwide singing "Sleep" by the Los Angeles-based composer. Nearly a century ago, Gustav Mahler's “Symphony of a ...

GRAND RAPIDS – A century ago, Gustav Mahler's “Symphony of a Thousand” debuted. There weren't really 1,000 musicians on stage, but there sure were a lot. Eric Whitacre's Virtual Choir 2.0 goes online ...

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Many worshippers will not be able to gather inside churches for Holy Week services this Easter season. The coronavirus pandemic has restricted gatherings and temporarily shut down many churches. The ...

Composer Eric Whitacre , after seeing a Youtube video of a young soprano singing his song “Sleep” wondered: What if he could get people, regardless of where they were in the world, to record ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover music, society, and social change in a global context. While popularized by necessity during the pandemic, the concept of ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Eric, you’re in England at the moment where you’ve been appointed composer in residence at Cambridge ...

Composed and conducted by Eric Whitacre, "Lux Aurumque" merges hundreds of tracks individually recorded and posted to YouTube. The final product incorporates 185 voices from 12 countries to form a ...