Eric Whitacre Wikipedia. Eric Whitacre. Whitacre conducting in 2. Born1. 97. 0 0. January 2, 1. Reno, Nevada, United States. Virtual Orchestra Studio' title='Virtual Orchestra Studio' />Occupation. Composer, conductor, speaker. Years active. 19. Websiteericwhitacre. Eric Edward Whitacre born January 2, 1. Grammy winning American composer, conductor, and speaker, known for his choral, orchestral and wind ensemble music. He is also known for his Virtual Choir projects, bringing individual voices from around the globe together into an online choir. In March 2. Los Angeles Master Chorales first artist in residence at the Walt Disney Concert Hall. BiographyeditBorn in Reno, Nevada, Whitacre studied piano intermittently as a child and joined a junior high marching band under band leader Jim Burnett. Later he played synthesizer in a techno pop band, dreaming of being a rock star. Though he was unable to read music at the time, Whitacre began his full musical training while an undergraduate at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, eventually taking a BM in Music Composition. Whitacre states that the first work that he sang, Mozarts Requiem, changed his life. He studied composition with Ukrainian composer Virko Baley and choral conducting with David Weiller, completing his BM in Music in 1. Whitacre credits Weiller with the inspiration that put the young composer on the musical path. At 2. Go, Lovely Rose for his college choir and presented the composition as a gift to David Weiller. Whitacre went on to earn his masters degree in composition at the Juilliard School, where he studied with John Corigliano and David Diamond. At the age of 2. Wind Orchestra, Ghost Train, which has now been recorded over 4. Tom Leslie contributed to his interest in writing for wind ensembles. While at Juilliard he met his future wife, soprano Hila Plitmann, and two of his closest friends, composers Steven Bryant and Jonathan Newman. He lived in the state of Nevada until he was 2. He graduated in 1. Los Angeles and following the success of Ghost Train, he decided to become a full time professional composer. Whitacres first album as both composer and conductor on DeccaUniversal, Light  Gold,6 won a Grammy Award in 2. No.  1 classical album in the US and UK charts within a week of a release. Whitacres second album, Water Night, was released on Decca in April 2. Eric Whitacre Singers, the London Symphony Orchestra, Julian Lloyd Webber and Hila Plitmann. Whitacre has written for the London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Julian Lloyd Webber and the Philharmonia Orchestra, The Tallis Scholars, The Kings Singers and the Minnesota Orchestra, among others. His musical, Paradise Lost Shadows and Wings,8 won both the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers Harold Arlen award and the Richard Rodgers Award, and earned 1. Los Angeles Stage Alliance Ovation Awards. Whitacre also worked with film composer, Hans Zimmer, co writing the Mermaid Theme for Pirates of the Caribbean On Stranger Tides. In 2. 01. 1, he conducted the winning entries of the Abbey Road 8. Anniversary Anthem Competition, recording the London Symphony Orchestra and the Eric Whitacre Singers, in Abbey Road Studio 1. Whitacres Soaring Leap initiative is a dynamic one day workshop where singers, conductors and composers read, rehearse and perform several of his works. Whitacre has addressed the UN Leaders program and has given a TED talk on his virtual choirs project. He has addressed audiences at Oxford University, Harvard, The Economist, The World Economic Forum and the Seoul Digital Forum. From October to December 2. Whitacre was a visiting Fellow at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, during Michaelmas Autumn Term. He composed a piece for the Choir of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge and worked with students in masterclasses and workshops. He is now Composer in Residence at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge University. Whitacre has worked with pop artists including Annie Lennox, Laura Mvula, Imogen Heap, and performed at i. Tunes Festival in London on September 1. In 2. 01. 6, Whitacre was appointed Artist in Residence with the Los Angeles Master Chorale. Features Groundbreaking then, perfect now. Anthology Orchestra faithfully captures and puts at your fingertips a vast variety of realistic sounds for classical. Our friendly and knowledgeable tour guides share more than 125 years of Carnegie Hall history, walking guests through the landmark building. This is provides relevant resources for Florida Institute of Technology Visitors. Enjoy the lowest prices and best selection of Virtual Instruments Software at Guitar Center. Most orders are eligible for free shipping. In July 2. 01. 7, he co presented the Eurovision Choir of the Year. Whitacre is best known for his choral works and both his choral and instrumental styles use pandiatonic clusters usually arranged in successively increasing or decreasing density. Whitacre achieves this growth and decay by splitting voices divisiin one case up to 1. These sonorities can often be read as seventh or ninth chords, with or without added seconds and fourths. Whitacre makes frequent use of quartal, quintal, and secundalharmonies, and is also known for his use of unconventional chord progressionscitation needed. His use of rhythm often involves mixed, complex, andor compound meters. His pieces sometimes include frequent meter changes and unusual rhythmic patterns. Another trademark of Whitacres pieces is the use of aleatoric and indeterminate sections, as well as unusual score instructions involving, in some cases, hand actions or props. His work has been described as the sort of music Vaughan Williams might have composed in the Cambridge branch of Dunkin Donuts. Whitacre frequently composes his works as direct homages to the works of a number of poets, including Octavio Paz, Emily Dickinson, E. E. Cummings, Charles Anthony Silvestri, Robert Frost, Rumi and Federico Garca Lorca. ProjectseditVirtual ChoireditWhitacres Virtual Choir projects were inspired by a video sent to him of a young girl named Britlin Losee1. Long Island, New York1. He began with a test run of Sleep, then Lux Aurumque in 2. Sleep again in 2. Whitacres Virtual Choir performance of Lux Aurumque, has received 4. August 2. 01. 5, featuring 1. Eric Whitacres Virtual Choir 2. April 2. 01. 1 and involved over 2,0. Virtual Choir 3, Water Night, written in 1. April 2. 01. 2. 1. By the entry close date of February 1, 2. Water Night. On April 1. Titanic, the Water Night Virtual Choir video was shown in the new Titanic Belfast commemorative building. Virtual Choir 4, Fly to Paradise, contains 8,4. It launched at the Coronation Festival at Buckingham PalaceBBC1 on July 1. Hp Deskjet F4488 Printer Driver For Windows 7. The Virtual Youth Choir, in association with UNICEF, launched at the Glasgow 2. Commonwealth Games opening ceremony. It featured 2,2. 92 singers aged 1. Recording projectseditWhitacres first album with Decca, Light  Gold, was released in October 2. This album won the Grammy for Best Choral Performance in 2. Whitacres second album with Decca, Water Night, was released in April 2. United States. 2. Performance projectseditOn October 2. American program with the London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus at the Barbican London in a performance that featured his commission for the London Symphony Chorus entitled Songs of Immortality. On November 2. 8, 2. Choir of the Year, broadcast on BBC Four and BBC Radio 3. In December 2. Whitacre conducted the I Vocalisti choir in Hamburg, and was a guest conductor of the Christmas performance of the Berlin Rundfunkchor. In November 2. 01. Whitacre conducted Crdydd, a Cardiff based mixed choir, and friends in a concert of his work at the BBC Hoddinott Hall in the Wales Millennium Centre. He continues to develop his musical Paradise Lost Shadows and Wings. A concert version was given at Carnegie Hall in 2.