About Eric Whitacre
Grammy Award-winning composer and conductor recognised as among today's most popular musicians. Graduated from The Juilliard School. Created and pioneered Virtual Choir projects, which have united over 100,000 singers from more than 145 countries. His Virtual Choir 1: Lux Aurumque premiered in 2010 with 185 singers from 12 countries; Virtual Choir 6: Sing Gently in 2020 featured 17,562 singers from 129 countries. Works performed worldwide by leading orchestras and choirs.
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MusicianSpeakerBandMotivationalChoral MusicCompositionConductingCreativity And InnovationLeadershipNASA Collaboration
Known for
- Grammy Award-winning composer
- conductor
- Virtual Choir creator and pioneer
- keynote speaker and multimedia presenter
- compositions for choirs and orchestras
- collaboration with NASA on Deep Field
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