Twyla Nau can recall the face and name of each person she's ever taught. Even after 34 years. Even after chemotherapy. "She has the most clear memory of anyone," former student Kasey Jordan said. "She ...

A photo representation of how the virtual choir will look during the Easter Hallelujah video. The Mormon Tabernacle Choir will serve as a backdrop to the virtual singers’ submissions. (Mormon ...

2,000 singers from around the world perform together via the Internet American composer Eric Whitacre is a star in choral circles. His music is performed by amateur and professional choirs. Now he's ...

The coronavirus hasn't been kind to choirs. Think about it: You're packed in together, breathing deeply, mouths open wide. It's a recipe for super spreading. Choirs can't sing together over video chat ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Orchestral musicians had their date with Internet destiny a few weeks ...

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 ...

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 ...

Julia Reinach wasn’t surprised when Boston Children’s Chorus rehearsals were canceled in March. The Natick High School senior had been following the global spread of coronavirus. “I kind of assumed ...

Composer Eric Whitacre tells us how he created his latest Virtual Choir project with 17,572 singers from around the world. Show more As Covid-19 has swept the world we’ve become used to seeing ...

Joshua Countryman does not take the easy route. The Henry Sibley High School choir director was assigned by his principal to make a faculty video to cheer up sheltered-at-home students this spring.

The curtain opens, the voices rise, but it takes a moment or two for a viewer's senses to sync with the component parts of the "choir." The layered notes of American composer Eric Whitacre's "Lux ...