Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Heralded as one of the 21st Century's greatest composers, Whitacre's works have ...

"What if our departed loved ones are not truly gone, but are closer than we think? How can we mourn those we have lost while still moving forward? We have all experienced the loss, in one way or ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – As if getting to perform at Severance or Blossom Music Center weren’t attractive enough, the Cleveland Orchestra just made the prospect of being an adult or youth chorister even more ...

I remember years ago, while living in my little rent-controlled apartment in Santa Monica, listening to the lilting Duruflé Requiem, calmly dreaming away, awash in the lovely choral music. A next door ...

There’s no predictable timeline for processing grief. For poet Charles Anthony Silvestri, it took 10 years to express the loss of his wife and the encouragement of his dear friend, composer Eric ...

I’m not really into a lot of choral music, despite what vocal aficionados say about it being the purest musical form. But Eric Whitacre is an exception. His third album, Water Night, has just come out ...

There could be no better illustration of the globe-shrinking power of the internet that Eric Whitacre‘s “virtual choir” recording of his own Lux Aurumque. Edited from 185 separately recorded vocal ...

The Sacred Veil tells a universal story about love and loss, as seen through one family’s experience. The North Texas premiere of the 12-movement choral piece by Eric Whitacre and Charles Anthony ...