Eric Whitacre
Grammy-winning composer | Creator of the Virtual Choir, 100M+ views
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Eric Whitacre is a Grammy-winning composer and conductor who pioneered the Virtual Choir, bringing together thousands of singers from around the world to perform together online. His Virtual Choir videos have been viewed over 100 million times and demonstrated the power of technology to create human connection.
His choral works are performed by thousands of ensembles worldwide, and he has conducted at venues from Carnegie Hall to the Royal Albert Hall. His TED talk on the Virtual Choir showed how technology and music can transcend borders.
With 3 talks at major events, he speaks on creativity, virtual collaboration, and using technology to bring people together.
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Virtual Choir Live
Composer and conductor Eric Whitacre has inspired millions by bringing together "virtual choirs," singers from many countries spliced together on video. Now, for the first time ever, he creates the experience in real time, as 32 singers from around the world Skype in to join an onstage choir (assembled from three local colleges) for an epic performance of Whitacre's "Cloudburst," based on a poem by Octavio Paz.
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