Eric Whitacre News

The Princeton Symphony Orchestra (PSO) looks to bring forth seasonal joy with multiple, free weekend broadcasts (December 5-20) of its family-friendly Holiday POPS! concert.

Despite an ever-changing world, Orange County School of the Arts (OCSA) continues to innovate and find new ways to engage its diverse student body of young artists, preparing them for success in college and future careers. Among the many unique learning opportunities OCSA provides is the Master Artist Series, which enters its fifth season during 2020-2021.

Acclaimed artists, performers, authors, educators and top industry leaders share knowledge and career advice through demonstrations, workshops, panel discussions, master classes and more.

The world's most successful and best selling soprano, Sarah Brightman, will bring HYMN: Sarah Brightman In Concert to the historic Auditorium Theatre on Friday, December 10, 2021 @ 8PM CDT. Tickets will go on sale to the general public on Friday, September 18, 2020 @ 10AM CDT.

Sarah Brightman, the world's best-selling soprano, makes her Sarasota debut with Hymn: Sarah Brightman in Concert on Tuesday, December 14, 2021 at 8 p.m.

BBC Proms is fast approaching, with the first Prom kicking off on 28 August. 

On August 28, 2020, the Los Angeles Master Chorale will release its recording of The Sacred Veil on Signum Classics. This powerful, thought-provoking 12-movement work is scored for SATB choir, cello, and piano by composer Eric Whitacre and poet-lyricist Charles Anthony Silvestri. Silvestri's wife, Julie, died of ovarian cancer at age 36 in 2005, leaving two young children. His texts (written collaboratively with Whitacre) and the intimate, compelling score tell a story of courtship, love, loss, and the search for solace. 

The New York Philharmonic announces Practice 30, a 30-day practice challenge taking place August 1-30, 2020.

The Los Angeles Master Chorale announced today that it will postpone the originally scheduled 2020-21 season at Walt Disney Concert Hall to the 2021-22 season due to the pandemic.

17,572 singers from 129 countries came together to perform Eric Whitacre's 'Sing Gently.'

BBC will present In The Studio: Eric Whitacre a?" Creating the Virtual Choir, as part of BBC World Service,  Tuesday 28 July 1130-1200 BST.

Due to COVID-19, the Juilliard Evening Division Voice Class transitioned to remote learning partway through their semester and they soon embraced Zoom lessons. As they didn't get a traditional recital this year, they wanted to do something special to remember this time and stay connected.

Moved by the breadth of the pandemic and effect on society, one of the world's most performed composers, Eric Whitacre, composed a new piece especially for his Virtual Choir - 'Sing Gently.'

Social distancing because of the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in most normal activities being moved online. But some, like attending class or making music, are not new to the virtual world.

 The Los Angeles Master Chorale has created two new digital seriesa?"Sundays at Seven and Offstagea?"to share the beautiful and inspiring power of choral music with virtual audiences as Angelenos continue to observe stay-at-home orders during the COVID-19 pandemic. Featuring both music and conversation, each of the series offers a welcome opportunity to connect through music during this unprecedented period of self-isolation.

The Cincinnati Pops Orchestra and Conductor John Morris Russell are pleased to announce the details of their 2020-21 season at Music Hall. Highlights of the new season include return appearances by Pops favorites Audra McDonald, Pink Martini and Cirque de la Symphonie; live-orchestra-to-film presentations; a comedic tribute to orchestras by The Second City; JMR's 10th anniversary celebration, featuring a world premiere by Grammy-winning composer Eric Whitacre; two Lollipops concerts for younger audiences; and four annual Cincinnati traditions: Red White & Boom at Riverbend on Independence Day, Holiday Pops with vocalists Aubrey Logan and Darius de Haas, New Year's Eve at Music Hall and Classical Roots.

FEINSTEIN'S/54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club, will present 'Starborn: A Disco Odyssey' on Tuesday, March 3rd, 2020 at 9:30 PM.

The Broad Stage continues its collaboration with Red Hen Press for the second event of the 2019-2020 season, Red Hen Press: Facets of Fatherhood, on Sunday, January 26 at 2:00pm in The Edye at The Broad Stage. The afternoon will feature performance and poetry with Carlo Ponti, Edoardo Ponti and the Los Angeles Virtuosi Orchestra.

WHAT: The Los Angeles Master Chorale will light up this holiday season with four spectacular concerts that include a world premiere by Swan Family Artist-in-Residence Eric Whitacre, the now-classic O Magnum Mysterium by Morten Lauridsen, and Handel's Messiah. Eric Whitacre will conduct the venerable ensemble at Festival of Carols on December 7 at 8:00 PM and December 14 at 2:00 PM at Walt Disney Concert Hall, including his world premiere of The Gift of the Magi, a setting of O. Henry's charming tale of love and generosity.