Eric Whitacre News

For twenty years, the venerable Tallis Scholars have made a much-anticipated annual appearance in New York City to perform on Miller Theatre's Early Music series. This year's program explores the ways in which composers from different eras and backgrounds reacted to the same seminal texts; it includes multiple settings of Ave Maria, Salve Regina, Magnificat, and O sacrum convivium, alongside Allegri's exquisite Miserere.

On December 14 & 15, the entire Northwest Associated Arts choral family will present their annual Christmas program at the Highline Performing Arts Center in Burien. This choral extravaganza, titled Christmas Sounds in Burien features five choruses, over 150 singers ages 8 to 92, and is one of Burien's unique holiday traditions. From beloved favorites like The Wexford Carol, White Christmas and Deck the Halls to a joyful sing-a-long the entire audience enjoys.

Música barroca, romántica y contemporánea, de compositores como Johann Sebastian Bach, Heinrich Schütz, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Claudio Monteverdi, Felix Mendelssohn y Eric Whitacre, entre otros, además del estreno de Il Mago, forman parte del repertorio que interpretará el Coro del Teatro de Bellas Artes durante el concierto Plegarias de un día, bajo la dirección musical de Stefano Ragusini. Esta única función se llevará a cabo el viernes 25 de octubre, a las 20:00 horas, en la Sala Principal del Palacio de Bellas Artes.

Dr. Charlene Pauls, the new Artistic Director and Conductor of the Guelph Chamber Choir, is pleased to present our first 2019/2020 series concert. In a world that seems to highlight so much of what is negative about the human spirit, we are presenting a concert that focuses on music that brings people together. The cornerstone of our program is British composer Bob Chilcott's Five Days that Changed the World which, along with other works, will be performed at our afternoon concert on Sunday, October 27, 2019 at 3:00 pm at Harcourt Memorial United Church.

Distinguished Concerts International New York (DCINY) celebrates the holiday season bringing traditional and new holiday music to Carnegie Hall's Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage. Concerts feature composers Joseph Martin and Heather Sorenson, Grammy Award winner Eric Whitacre, Mark Hayes and Pepper Choplin, and Maestro Jonathan Griffith. Tickets start at $20. For tickets and information, visit DCINY.

The Sonoran Desert Chorale has welcomed its new Artistic Director, Dr. Carric Smolnik, and enthusiastically embraced his programming for the 26th Season.

On Sunday August 4, 2019, Idyllwild Arts Foundation will present the culmination performance of the High School Summer Chamber Festival Orchestra and Festival Choir of Idyllwild Arts, a fundraiser that helps to provide scholarships to hundreds of students

Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles (GMCLA), one of the country's longest-running and largest LGBTQ arts organizations, announced today that internationally-acclaimed conductor Jenny Wong will serve as Interim Artistic Director and Conductor beginning in September and will conduct the upcoming concerts in December. 

The University Singers, the University of Virginia's flagship choral ensemble, will be on tour this May 2019 appearing across the Northeastern U.S. and Canada.

From May 17th through May 26th, Lakeland Players in Waterford Township will put on a production of the award-winning rock musical Next to Normal. Next to Normal is the story of what happens when a family is met with death, mental illness, addiction, and the ethics (or lack thereof) of modern psychiatry. BWW Detroit had the opportunity to talk to the director of this production, Maria Mikulec.

The World Science Festival has unveiled its 2019 program lineup, which presents many of the world's leading scientists, pioneers, artists, and influential thinkers - bringing science to life in imaginative ways throughout the five boroughs of New York City.

The Chamber Singers from High Point University, located in High Point, N.C., will perform at Sayville Congregational United Church of Christ on Friday, May 17th at 7:30 PM. The Chamber Singers are the premier vocal ensemble of High Point University.

Fifty years after the moon landing, Grammy-winning composer and conductor Eric Whitacre will present a powerful new piece of music set to never-before-seen images from the Hubble Space Telescope's greatest discovery, the iconic Deep Field image, on Saturday, May 18th as part of the Vibrations series in the Event Gallery at Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, the nonprofit cultural center located at the historic site of the 1969 Woodstock festival.

The Broad Stage continues their collaboration with Red Hen Press for their final event of the season, Red Hen Press: The Figure of Orpheus in Poetry and Performance on Sunday, April 28 in The Edye at The Broad Stage. Poets selected by Poetry Society of America Director Alice Quinn will perform contemporary poems on the Orphic theme. A film clip from Marcel Camus' Black Orpheus will be shown to represent the theme in cinema, and pianist Paul Barnes will captivate the audience with The Orphee Suite for Piano, his amazing transcription of Philip Glass's symphony Orphee for solo piano. This event is sponsored in partnership with The Poetry Society of America and Red Hen Press.

Known for his virtual choir YouTube videos and as one of today's most established choral composers, Eric Whitacre returns to Carnegie Hall as part of Distinguished Concert International New York's (DCINY) concert series. Featuring Kelly Yu-Chien Lin on piano, Whitacre conducts the Distinguished Concert Singers in a variety of his most celebrated compositions. The concert will take place Sunday, April 28, 2019, at 8:30 pm at Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage, Carnegie Hall. For tickets and information, visit DCINY. Tickets start at $20.

The celebration of the 30th anniversary of the Los Angeles Master Chorale's Annual High School Choir Festival will be so joyous, it cannot be contained within the walls of Walt Disney Concert Hall! As part of the celebratory Festival Day on Friday, May 3, over 1,000 student singers will give a pop-up performance outdoors on the main staircase of Disney Hall on Grand Avenue at 11:30 AM. Internationally renowned choral conductor and composer Eric Whitacre, who is the 2019 Festival's guest artist, will lead the students in a performance of Pentatonix's Sing, arranged for the Master Chorale by Ben Bram and Pentatonix.

Colorado Vocal Arts Ensemble explores the enigmatic nature of genius in a concert honoring the 500th anniversary of the death of Leonardo da Vinci. Featuring music of da Vinci's own time through our modern era, the program includes works by Josquin des Prez, J.S. Bach, settings of texts by Shakespeare, and Eric Whitacre's fanciful Leonardo Dreams of his Flying Machine. 

On March 30th, The Museum at Bethel Woods, located at the site of the 1969 Woodstock festival, will open for the 2019 season and mark the 50th Anniversary with the Special Exhibit We Are Golden: Reflections on the 50th Anniversary of The Woodstock Festival & Aspirations for a Peaceful Future, part of A Season of Song and Celebration. This exhibit examines the desires of the youth of 1969, places the legendary festival within the context of the positive societal changes it inspired and asks today's youth what THEY are asking of the world now.

Sydney Philharmonia Choirs return to Sydney Opera House in March, presenting two intimate acapella concerts in the elegant Utzon Room, set against the backdrop of Sydney Harbour.

Sydney Philharmonia Choirs return to Sydney Opera House in March, presenting two intimate acapella concerts in the elegant Utzon Room, set against the backdrop of Sydney Harbour.