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Eric Whitacre Instagram - Love this! Does anyone know who this is so I can tag them? Update: it’s @ridgepointchoir !
Eric Whitacre Instagram - This is not my kid, but my god can I relate.
 
Anyone know who originally posted this so I can give them credit?
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Eric Whitacre Instagram - Unreal. This video from the terrific @romca.ensemble, their oktavists Alex Dmitrieff and Paul Krivoshev hit one of the lowest notes a human voice can sing - C#1. I don’t think I’ve ever heard a note this low sung so clearly.
Eric Whitacre Instagram - Does anyone know who made this so I can credit them? I can’t stop laughing.
Eric Whitacre Instagram - Already found my Halloween costume for next year.
Eric Whitacre Instagram - This is a video @tenebraechoir made of their recent performance of my composition When David Heard. In my very humble opinion Tenebrae is one of the world’s best choirs — extraordinary
 singing and music making. If you are a composer, having your music brought to life with this level of sensitivity and musical intelligence is a dream come true.
Eric Whitacre Instagram - Love this brilliant advice from legend @thomashampson. Does anyone know who the soprano is? My wife and I were stunned by her gorgeous voice and control. Update: FOUND HER! This is soprano @yolisangwexana. Can’t wait to see where her career takes her!

You can see the entire masterclass on operavision.eu.
Eric Whitacre Instagram - Lux Aurumque TTBB with a brand new ending. Thank you @byumusic.
Eric Whitacre Instagram - One of the consequences of all these meter changes in the second half of Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring is hyper-focus. Every time I’ve seen this performed there is a palpable escalation of concentration on stage — you can actually feel the players leaning forward and digging in. I’ve always wondered if Stravinsky wrote it that way knowing that it not only sounded great, but it would also unite the orchestra by giving them an outrageous mountain they all had to climb together. 

As a side note, I’ve never once seen a conductor use a score to conduct this; it’s always from memory. I think if you don’t have this music in your body at a cellular level you’re not going to be able to lead the orchestra up the mountain.
Eric Whitacre Instagram - So haunting and delicate. 
 
Agni Parthene - ORSK MONASTERY.
Eric Whitacre Instagram - This is some of the best circular breathing I’ve ever seen. Great performance by @sergei.nakariakov and a terrific piece by Jorg Widmann.
Eric Whitacre Instagram - Thanks Maria!
Eric Whitacre Instagram - My semi-annual reminder to music students (and teachers). Somehow feels like we need it a little earlier this year.
Eric Whitacre Instagram - Congratulations Mr. V! This is a life well lived.
Eric Whitacre Instagram - My dear friend of 33 years, poet Tony Silvestri, is quite ill. He has given SO much to all of us writing poetry for dozens of beloved pieces and composers. (For me he wrote the lyrics to Sleep, Lux Aurumque, Leonardo Dreams, and The Sacred Veil to name just a few). Now is the time for us to give a little back.

If you are able to give anything at all to help him in his very long and difficult recovery, his family —and I — would be incredibly grateful.

Tony, each of us is sending you warmth, love, optimism, and profound gratitude. Get well soon, my brother.

Link to the giving campaign is in my bio.
Eric Whitacre Instagram - Utterly masterful.
Eric Whitacre Instagram - The text we are singing: “My son, O Absalom!”Can’t believe it has been 25 years since I wrote this.

Performed by The Eric Whitacre Singers, from a concert in 2012.
Eric Whitacre Instagram - Sing Gently in Louisville. I gave a masterclass today with 17 area high school choirs, @louisvillechamberchoir and UofL Chorale singers. Such beautiful singing from these extraordinary young people!
Eric Whitacre Instagram - So much to absorb here, but the main thing I am struck by is how much imagination is required from both of them. This was in the days before playback monitors, time code, and sample libraries, so the best John Williams can do is try to watch the tiny Moviola screen and find the music that will work best at each moment. And Steven Spielberg has to do his best to imagine the lush, gorgeous orchestration that he won’t be able to hear until they record it with an actual orchestra. The fact that they were able to make something as magical as E.T. using this process speaks volumes about the absolute mastery of their respective crafts and their unshakable trust in each other.
Eric Whitacre Instagram - 7-year-old Edward Yudenich conducts The student Orchestra of the State Conservatory of Uzbekistan.
Eric Whitacre Instagram - My semi-annual reminder to music students (and teachers). Somehow feels like we need it a little earlier this year.
Eric Whitacre Instagram - The Seal Lullaby with @voces8 and Christopher Glynn, piano.
Eric Whitacre Instagram - A long story, but hopefully worth it. 

This is taken from my masterclass “The Beautiful Mess.”
Eric Whitacre Instagram - Vuma Moya, beautifully arranged (and led) by @thabo_matshego and performed by the fantastic @quavavocalgroup. I love how fun and effortlessly Thabo is teaching his arrangement to the group — reminds me of the old saying “That’s why it’s called PLAYING music.”
Eric Whitacre Instagram - Had the most beautiful residency at @georgiastatemusic this past week, including this workshop with 700 singers. THANK YOU to everyone that participated!!
Eric Whitacre Instagram - This is a pop song I wrote, sang and recorded, ca. 1986. As best I can remember I used a Roland Juno 106; an ESQ 1; a Korg DDD1 drum machine; and an early generation emulator. Everything was recorded onto a four track recorder.

And yes, I actually did that with my hair.
Eric Whitacre Instagram - I had the honor of conducting all the choir parts for @johnj_powell ‘s gorgeous score to How to Train Your Dragon 3. It was with my choir (The Eric Whitacre Singers) in Abbey Road — an absolute dream. 

One thing I vividly remember is that I had a small monitor on my podium, showing the film as I conducted. But the choir couldn’t see what I was seeing, and I couldn’t even tell them because of an NDA I had signed. So there were moments where I was laughing, or tearing up, and I could only wait until the end of the day to tell John privately how beautiful and moving it all was.
Eric Whitacre Instagram - Sigh.
Eric Whitacre Instagram - Teachers, THANK YOU for all you give.
Eric Whitacre Instagram - At the age of 18 I sang in a choir for the first time. I couldn’t read music, had no idea what a ‘Kyrie’ was, but the power of the singing and the humanity in that room transformed me forever. My great wish is that everyone could experience a moment like this, making music with others.

This is from a talk I gave at @oxford_uni several years ago.
Eric Whitacre Instagram - I didn’t know this existed! Now I want it in every piece I write. Bravo @vitor_vitoriinoo!
Eric Whitacre Instagram - Went full goth last night to see my heroes @depechemode. Black gloves, black nails, black eyeliner, and white AirPods (to save what’s left of my hearing). 

THANK YOU for the tickets Josh and Madeline! And kisses to the New Wave 80’s babe in the video with me: @laurence_servaes you’re all I ever wanted, all I ever needed.
Eric Whitacre Instagram - One of the great musical moments of my life. The @royalphilorchestra brought this piece to life with such power and elegance. And I can’t overstate how loud this moment is — just an exquisite wall of sound.
Eric Whitacre Instagram - When we recorded my first Spitfire sample library we warmed up with a piece I wrote called Sleep, singing only vowels.
Eric Whitacre Instagram - Child of wonder
Child of sky
Time to end your voyage
Time to die.

Silent slumber calls you
Dark and deep
Child of soft surrender
Child of sleep.

Child of sorrow
Child of rain
There is no tomorrow
No more pain.

Turn your silvered sail
Toward the light
Child of mourning
Child of night.

Child of iridescence
Child of dream
Stars and moons will guide you
Down the stream.

Stretched on ocean waves
Of endless foam
Welcome home my child
Welcome home.

When I wrote these lyrics I took a lot of inspiration from the incomparable Stephen Sondheim, who is the absolute master of distilling the human experience into a few simple words. 

Child of Wonder, performed in March, 2020 by the Bob Cole Chamber Choir at Long Beach State. (We were performing in Salt Lake City). We couldn’t know it at the time, but this was the last performance we gave before the lockdown. @choirsatbccm
Eric Whitacre Instagram - Out today, a new orchestra and choir arrangement of my “Sleep”, arranged by Jim Clements and performed by @voces8, @association_singin, and conducted by maestro @barnabysmithmusician!
Eric Whitacre Instagram - Silence. Thinking a lot about silence after I posted that beautiful performance of When David Heard by @tenebraechoir. 

When David Heard is filled with long, deep silences. Some of them are gripping, some of them are devastating, some of them are hollow. But none of them are ‘nothing’. Each island of silence should be as alive and electric as the singing.
Eric Whitacre Instagram - Life with a three year old son…
Eric Whitacre Instagram - The great Peter Schickele (aka P.D.Q. Bach) died earlier this month. What a tremendous loss for classical music. He took the air out of stuffy classical music in the most erudite way, endlessly inventive and laugh-out-loud funny way. Thank you, Maestro, for all of the laughter and joy.
Eric Whitacre Instagram - Such a wondrous moment.
Eric Whitacre Instagram - One of the most mesmerizing works of art I’ve ever seen. @refikanadol at @themuseumofmodernart.
Eric Whitacre Instagram - Louisville! I am here this week to perform the Mozart Requiem, The Sacred Veil, and The River Cam with the @louisvilleorchestra and singers from the University of Louisville and Voces Novae. It has been a magical week — the musicians and staff are SO good, and such lovely people.

Conducting the Mozart Requiem is something I’ve dreamed of doing since I first sang it 35 (!) years ago with my mentor, David Weiller. This piece (and David) changed my life, and is the reason I am composer and conductor. 

And to make it even more special, my wife @laurence_servaes is singing the soprano solos, and she is performing from my original choral score, the one that I used with David. 

Two concerts, tomorrow night (Friday) in Indiana and Saturday in Louisville. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Eric Whitacre Instagram - Louisville! I am here this week to perform the Mozart Requiem, The Sacred Veil, and The River Cam with the @louisvilleorchestra and singers from the University of Louisville and Voces Novae. It has been a magical week — the musicians and staff are SO good, and such lovely people.

Conducting the Mozart Requiem is something I’ve dreamed of doing since I first sang it 35 (!) years ago with my mentor, David Weiller. This piece (and David) changed my life, and is the reason I am composer and conductor. 

And to make it even more special, my wife @laurence_servaes is singing the soprano solos, and she is performing from my original choral score, the one that I used with David. 

Two concerts, tomorrow night (Friday) in Indiana and Saturday in Louisville. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Eric Whitacre Instagram - The new single from @VOCES8 is a choral favourite, reimagined. The esteemed vocal ensemble premiere Jim Clements’ new orchestration of Eric Whitacre’s hauntingly beautiful choral song ‘Sleep’, with the VOCES8 Foundation Orchestra.

Join @realaled this morning after 11am to hear the breathtaking performance, featured as his Sunday Choral Classic. 

(📷 Andy Staples)
Eric Whitacre Instagram - Concert tonight! Such beautiful rehearsals and time spent with the Youth Choral Academy at the @oregonbachfestival. Tonight we put it all together. Here we are rehearsing my work A Boy and a Girl, a piece they started learning just four days ago. (!)

Huge thanks to Dr. Anton Armstrong, one of my mentors and heroes, for inviting me to work with these fantastic young singers.
Eric Whitacre Instagram - Sublime.
Eric Whitacre Instagram - ;-)
Eric Whitacre Instagram - The Seal Lullaby with the dream team of @voces8 and pianist Chris Glynn.
Eric Whitacre Instagram - I am truly humbled by this. THANK YOU, each and every one of you. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Eric Whitacre Instagram - One of the highlights of my musical life: conducting Equus with the @royalphilorchestra and the BBC Symphony Chorus at the @bbc_proms. Gets me so excited for my upcoming Proms concert this September with the @bbc_singers.

Also, one of my all-time favorite comments from the original video: “Lovely music, shame about the jacket.”
Eric Whitacre Instagram - This morning @ericwhitacre hosted a masterclass with with 17 area high school choirs, @louisvillechamberchoir and UofL Chorale singers! Wait to see what he thinks of this incredible group!
Eric Whitacre Instagram - Tonight in Eugene we will perform Sing Gently as an encore after The Sacred Veil. What a week it has been making music with these exceptional musicians: The Oregon Bach Festival Chorus; Andrew Campbell, piano; and Marilyn de Oliveira, cello.
Eric Whitacre Instagram - For my birthday @laurence_servaes is throwing me a neon 80’s party!! Ik hou van u, mijn droom!
Eric Whitacre Instagram - “From this hour I ordain myself loos’d of imaginary lines,
Going where I list, my own master total and absolute.”
— Walt Whitman

🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 @voces8
Eric Whitacre Instagram - These are my “Emotional Architecture” drawings I made for “A Boy and a Girl”. I do drawings like this for most of my pieces, trying to build the inherent emotional journey before I write the music.
Eric Whitacre Instagram - These are my “Emotional Architecture” drawings I made for “A Boy and a Girl”. I do drawings like this for most of my pieces, trying to build the inherent emotional journey before I write the music.
Eric Whitacre Instagram - Just in case you missed it the first time around, this brilliant tattoo by @leobiaso.
Eric Whitacre Instagram - Sing Gently with the incomparable @voces8 and pianist Christopher Glynn.
Eric Whitacre Instagram - Come sing with me next Christmas in New York!

A.I. thinks I’m old. Or Steve Zissou. But this is what happens when I type “Eric Whitacre in the snow in New York.” It was all to announce a concert of Christmas music with @dciny next year that you can join. We will perform my Christmas opera Gift of the Magi, Lux Aurumque, Glow, and even The Seal Lullaby (which feels like Christmas). What other pieces should I include? They don’t have to be written by me — in fact the more new holiday music the better!
Eric Whitacre Instagram - Each voice is special and unique.
Eric Whitacre Instagram - Part 2 of a deep dive into The Sacred Veil. 

Here we explore Julie’s theme, a simple three note  musical motive, and the way that motive becomes corrupted with her cancer diagnosis.
Eric Whitacre Instagram - Often when I am writing a new piece I will make a kind of “style sheet” before I write any notes (this is alongside my “Emotional Architecture” pictures I draw). This is my “style sheet” from A Boy and a Girl.
Eric Whitacre Instagram - What a joy and a privilege to hear the incomparable @jacobcollier perform in such an intimate setting. And his new album Djesse Vol. 4 continues his extraordinary evolution as one of the greatest artists of our time.
Eric Whitacre Instagram - Heh. Thanks to @eshwhitacre for reminding me. ;-)
Eric Whitacre Instagram - Last week my dear friend @verenaconductor conducted the Durham Medical Orchestra, Duke Chorale and SONAM (Singers of New and Ancient Music) in a gorgeous performance of The Sacred Veil for strings. So beautiful to have members of the medical community play this piece! And big thanks to director Allan Friedman for preparing the choirs.
Eric Whitacre Instagram - Part 1 of a deep dive into The Sacred Veil. 

In many ways The Sacred Veil is my most ‘intentional’ work. Every note, every gesture is written in service of the story and its themes of love and loss. Here I talk about the musical representation of the “veil”, and how it is woven through the piece.
Eric Whitacre Instagram - Laurence and I saw L.A. Story last night for Valentine’s. (In the theatre!! Thank you @am_cinematheque!!). We adore that movie, brilliantly written (and acted) by the one and only @stevemartinreally.
Eric Whitacre Instagram - Laurence and I saw L.A. Story last night for Valentine’s. (In the theatre!! Thank you @am_cinematheque!!). We adore that movie, brilliantly written (and acted) by the one and only @stevemartinreally.
Eric Whitacre Instagram - The blooper reel from my masterclass, The Beautiful Mess. The music you hear in the background was made by brilliant and twisted wife @laurence_servaes. 

The Beautiful Mess is a deep, 25 chapter masterclass in composition and creativity. Just in time for Christmas it can now be gifted! Link is in my bio.
Eric Whitacre Instagram - Just ask.
Eric Whitacre Instagram - These are the last two measures of “All Seems Beautiful to Me” — performed by @voces8 —slowed 800%. It’s like another world at this speed.
Eric Whitacre Instagram - Had the chance to work with choirs from UT Austin last week! Such fine singing and great people. Thank you @texaschoirs!
Eric Whitacre Instagram - September 12-14, 2025 — Barcelona! Singers from around the world are invited to join me for three days of music-making in one of the world’s most beautiful halls, Barcelona’s @palaumusicacat. 

Sponsored by the good people at @interkulturevents, last year’s concert saw over 600 singers from dozens of countries come together for three magical days of singing. Hope to see you there in 2025! Link is in my bio.
Eric Whitacre Instagram - From the premiere last week of “You Feel Like Home”, my transcription of the first five movements of The Sacred Veil. Beautifully and soulfully brought to life by @salastinala. If you look in the left hand corner of the screen you can see @laurence_servaes and me basking in their sound.
Eric Whitacre Instagram - An unforgettable weekend as Eric Whitacre not only masterfully conducted Mozart’s Requiem but also presented his own profound piece, ‘The Sacred Veil’ for two sold out performances. The power and emotion of both performances were truly moving. #MozartsRequiem @ericwhitacre
Eric Whitacre Instagram - Saw the incomparable @jacobcollier last night at the @greek_theatre. Hard to describe how impossibly good Jacob and his band are live. And suddenly, in the middle of the show, a stunning cameo by @johnlegend. What a night!
Eric Whitacre Instagram - The Sacred Veil deep dive, Part 3. Thinking about my spiritual brother Tony so much these days.
Eric Whitacre Instagram - I’ve been waiting 40 years to be able to do this!!
Eric Whitacre Instagram - Beautiful workshop last night with the University of Oregon Chamber Choir and their director Maestra Sharon Paul. Bravo to these terrific young musicians!
Eric Whitacre Instagram - Love this! Thanks @eshwhitacre for sending me this and reminding why real jazz is about being totally in the moment. Incredible moment from saxophonist @bj_khaled_
Eric Whitacre Instagram - The extraordinary @anneakikomeyers and the @lachildrenschorus premiering a new arrangement of The Seal Lullaby. Makes my heart glow. Thank you Maestro Fernando Malvar-Ruiz and pianist Twyla Meyer for such a gentle and touching performance.
Eric Whitacre Instagram - Working hard on my new piece for choir and electronics.
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Eric Whitacre Instagram - From an interview I did some years back with the good people at @jwpeppermusic. 

I believe so deeply in bringing young people to our shared art, and doing it in a way that is pure and authentic.
Eric Whitacre Instagram - Another clip of @salastinala premiering “You Feel Like Home”, my transcription of the first five movements of The Sacred Veil.
Eric Whitacre Instagram - This is the “Emotional Architecture” I drew before writing “Home” from the Sacred Veil. I do this for most of the pieces I write — trying to build a solid emotional journey for the audience and players before I write a note of the music.
Eric Whitacre Instagram - Tomorrow! I’ve arranged the first five movements of The Sacred Veil for the spectacular @salastinala piano quintet, a suite that I’m calling “You Feel Like Home”. It will premiere tomorrow (Saturday) at the gorgeous and ethereal @mt_view_mausoleum, but will also be live-streamed. (Tix in my bio). I’ll speak before the piece and take questions after from both the live and virtual audience.
Eric Whitacre Instagram - Recording my string quintet arrangement of The Sacred Veil today with the spectacular
players of @salastinala. We are in Alta Dena’s gorgeous Mountain View Mausoleum, giving the morning a reverent and mystical atmosphere.
Eric Whitacre Instagram - Last week with the @louisvilleorchestra was such a beautiful experience, musically and personally. The musicians, the staff, the audiences, the supporters were endlessly generous and gracious, and in just a short time my family and I felt completely welcomed and at home. THANK YOU Louisville!! We can’t wait to come back.
Eric Whitacre Instagram - I’m conducting my synths! This was the first experiment for a new piece I’m writing for choir and electronics — I can modulate the sound by moving my hands closer to the antenna. Huge thank you to my friend and mentor @lesjamusic for helping me solve this (and a myriad of other synth stuff).

For my fellow modular nerds, this is just the @doepfer_musikelektronik A-178 sending signal to the @instruomodular Arbhar scan CV, which is in Omega mode (so all six buffers get scanned).
Eric Whitacre Instagram - How beautiful is this?
Eric Whitacre Instagram - I feel exactly the same way about composition. Not knowing what you are doing is a superpower.
Eric Whitacre Instagram - A few years ago @laurence_servaes and I took care of this incredibly sweet dog named Carson. Only later did we learn he’s a famous dog, lots of TV and movies. (A friend of ours from Europe said her kids recognized him from pictures we were sending, saying, “That’s Squishy Paws!”). Carson, we miss you!
Eric Whitacre Instagram - The climax of Deep Field, performed by the extraordinary @nwsymphony. It’s hard to tell from the video but this moment is so massive it actually shakes the conductor’s podium.
Eric Whitacre Instagram - The ‘breathing motive’ in Lux Aurumque.
Eric Whitacre Instagram - If @ericwhitacre wants to stage dive then we’ll see what we can do…🤘

A centenary celebration with the @bbc_singers and a brand new commission from one of the world’s leading choral composers is a Prom not to miss 🎟️✨

Tickets go on sale 18 May: https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/efh6gw
Eric Whitacre Instagram - Lake Tahoe, Friday afternoon.
Eric Whitacre Instagram - I chose a program of my favorite Christmas music and narrated for BBC Radio 3’s Inside Music. It’s available to stream for the next 30 days. Would love to share it with you! Link in my bio. 

@BBCRadio3 @TandemProUK @BBCSounds
#InsideMusic
Eric Whitacre Instagram - 100 floors of frights, they’re not all gonna be winners.

From my masterclass The Beautiful Mess.
Eric Whitacre - 1.6 Million Likes - Love this! Does anyone know who this is so I can tag them? Update: it’s @ridgepointchoir !

1.6 Million Likes – Eric Whitacre Instagram

Caption : Love this! Does anyone know who this is so I can tag them? Update: it’s @ridgepointchoir !
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Eric Whitacre - 677.7K Likes - This is not my kid, but my god can I relate.
 
Anyone know who originally posted this so I can give them credit?

677.7K Likes – Eric Whitacre Instagram

Caption : This is not my kid, but my god can I relate. Anyone know who originally posted this so I can give them credit?
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Eric Whitacre - 535.7K Likes -

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Eric Whitacre - 175.1K Likes - Unreal. This video from the terrific @romca.ensemble, their oktavists Alex Dmitrieff and Paul Krivoshev hit one of the lowest notes a human voice can sing - C#1. I don’t think I’ve ever heard a note this low sung so clearly.

175.1K Likes – Eric Whitacre Instagram

Caption : Unreal. This video from the terrific @romca.ensemble, their oktavists Alex Dmitrieff and Paul Krivoshev hit one of the lowest notes a human voice can sing – C#1. I don’t think I’ve ever heard a note this low sung so clearly.
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Eric Whitacre - 52.6K Likes - Does anyone know who made this so I can credit them? I can’t stop laughing.

52.6K Likes – Eric Whitacre Instagram

Caption : Does anyone know who made this so I can credit them? I can’t stop laughing.
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Eric Whitacre - 52.2K Likes - Already found my Halloween costume for next year.

52.2K Likes – Eric Whitacre Instagram

Caption : Already found my Halloween costume for next year.
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Eric Whitacre - 52.2K Likes - This is a video @tenebraechoir made of their recent performance of my composition When David Heard. In my very humble opinion Tenebrae is one of the world’s best choirs — extraordinary
 singing and music making. If you are a composer, having your music brought to life with this level of sensitivity and musical intelligence is a dream come true.

52.2K Likes – Eric Whitacre Instagram

Caption : This is a video @tenebraechoir made of their recent performance of my composition When David Heard. In my very humble opinion Tenebrae is one of the world’s best choirs — extraordinary singing and music making. If you are a composer, having your music brought to life with this level of sensitivity and musical intelligence is a dream come true.
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Eric Whitacre - 47.9K Likes - Love this brilliant advice from legend @thomashampson. Does anyone know who the soprano is? My wife and I were stunned by her gorgeous voice and control. Update: FOUND HER! This is soprano @yolisangwexana. Can’t wait to see where her career takes her!

You can see the entire masterclass on operavision.eu.

47.9K Likes – Eric Whitacre Instagram

Caption : Love this brilliant advice from legend @thomashampson. Does anyone know who the soprano is? My wife and I were stunned by her gorgeous voice and control. Update: FOUND HER! This is soprano @yolisangwexana. Can’t wait to see where her career takes her! You can see the entire masterclass on operavision.eu.
Likes : 47910
Eric Whitacre - 39K Likes - Lux Aurumque TTBB with a brand new ending. Thank you @byumusic.

39K Likes – Eric Whitacre Instagram

Caption : Lux Aurumque TTBB with a brand new ending. Thank you @byumusic.
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Eric Whitacre - 37.4K Likes - One of the consequences of all these meter changes in the second half of Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring is hyper-focus. Every time I’ve seen this performed there is a palpable escalation of concentration on stage — you can actually feel the players leaning forward and digging in. I’ve always wondered if Stravinsky wrote it that way knowing that it not only sounded great, but it would also unite the orchestra by giving them an outrageous mountain they all had to climb together. 

As a side note, I’ve never once seen a conductor use a score to conduct this; it’s always from memory. I think if you don’t have this music in your body at a cellular level you’re not going to be able to lead the orchestra up the mountain.

37.4K Likes – Eric Whitacre Instagram

Caption : One of the consequences of all these meter changes in the second half of Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring is hyper-focus. Every time I’ve seen this performed there is a palpable escalation of concentration on stage — you can actually feel the players leaning forward and digging in. I’ve always wondered if Stravinsky wrote it that way knowing that it not only sounded great, but it would also unite the orchestra by giving them an outrageous mountain they all had to climb together. As a side note, I’ve never once seen a conductor use a score to conduct this; it’s always from memory. I think if you don’t have this music in your body at a cellular level you’re not going to be able to lead the orchestra up the mountain.
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Eric Whitacre - 27.1K Likes - So haunting and delicate. 
 
Agni Parthene - ORSK MONASTERY.

27.1K Likes – Eric Whitacre Instagram

Caption : So haunting and delicate. Agni Parthene – ORSK MONASTERY.
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Eric Whitacre - 22.8K Likes - This is some of the best circular breathing I’ve ever seen. Great performance by @sergei.nakariakov and a terrific piece by Jorg Widmann.

22.8K Likes – Eric Whitacre Instagram

Caption : This is some of the best circular breathing I’ve ever seen. Great performance by @sergei.nakariakov and a terrific piece by Jorg Widmann.
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Eric Whitacre - 19.8K Likes - Thanks Maria!

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Caption : Thanks Maria!
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Eric Whitacre - 18.8K Likes - My semi-annual reminder to music students (and teachers). Somehow feels like we need it a little earlier this year.

18.8K Likes – Eric Whitacre Instagram

Caption : My semi-annual reminder to music students (and teachers). Somehow feels like we need it a little earlier this year.
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Eric Whitacre - 17.5K Likes - Congratulations Mr. V! This is a life well lived.

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Caption : Congratulations Mr. V! This is a life well lived.
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Eric Whitacre - 14.1K Likes - My dear friend of 33 years, poet Tony Silvestri, is quite ill. He has given SO much to all of us writing poetry for dozens of beloved pieces and composers. (For me he wrote the lyrics to Sleep, Lux Aurumque, Leonardo Dreams, and The Sacred Veil to name just a few). Now is the time for us to give a little back.

If you are able to give anything at all to help him in his very long and difficult recovery, his family —and I — would be incredibly grateful.

Tony, each of us is sending you warmth, love, optimism, and profound gratitude. Get well soon, my brother.

Link to the giving campaign is in my bio.

14.1K Likes – Eric Whitacre Instagram

Caption : My dear friend of 33 years, poet Tony Silvestri, is quite ill. He has given SO much to all of us writing poetry for dozens of beloved pieces and composers. (For me he wrote the lyrics to Sleep, Lux Aurumque, Leonardo Dreams, and The Sacred Veil to name just a few). Now is the time for us to give a little back. If you are able to give anything at all to help him in his very long and difficult recovery, his family —and I — would be incredibly grateful. Tony, each of us is sending you warmth, love, optimism, and profound gratitude. Get well soon, my brother. Link to the giving campaign is in my bio.
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Eric Whitacre - 13.6K Likes - Utterly masterful.

13.6K Likes – Eric Whitacre Instagram

Caption : Utterly masterful.
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Eric Whitacre - 13.6K Likes - The text we are singing: “My son, O Absalom!”Can’t believe it has been 25 years since I wrote this.

Performed by The Eric Whitacre Singers, from a concert in 2012.

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Caption : The text we are singing: “My son, O Absalom!”Can’t believe it has been 25 years since I wrote this. Performed by The Eric Whitacre Singers, from a concert in 2012.
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Eric Whitacre - 12.9K Likes - Sing Gently in Louisville. I gave a masterclass today with 17 area high school choirs, @louisvillechamberchoir and UofL Chorale singers. Such beautiful singing from these extraordinary young people!

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Caption : Sing Gently in Louisville. I gave a masterclass today with 17 area high school choirs, @louisvillechamberchoir and UofL Chorale singers. Such beautiful singing from these extraordinary young people!
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Eric Whitacre - 12.5K Likes - So much to absorb here, but the main thing I am struck by is how much imagination is required from both of them. This was in the days before playback monitors, time code, and sample libraries, so the best John Williams can do is try to watch the tiny Moviola screen and find the music that will work best at each moment. And Steven Spielberg has to do his best to imagine the lush, gorgeous orchestration that he won’t be able to hear until they record it with an actual orchestra. The fact that they were able to make something as magical as E.T. using this process speaks volumes about the absolute mastery of their respective crafts and their unshakable trust in each other.

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Caption : So much to absorb here, but the main thing I am struck by is how much imagination is required from both of them. This was in the days before playback monitors, time code, and sample libraries, so the best John Williams can do is try to watch the tiny Moviola screen and find the music that will work best at each moment. And Steven Spielberg has to do his best to imagine the lush, gorgeous orchestration that he won’t be able to hear until they record it with an actual orchestra. The fact that they were able to make something as magical as E.T. using this process speaks volumes about the absolute mastery of their respective crafts and their unshakable trust in each other.
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Eric Whitacre - 12.4K Likes - 7-year-old Edward Yudenich conducts The student Orchestra of the State Conservatory of Uzbekistan.

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Caption : 7-year-old Edward Yudenich conducts The student Orchestra of the State Conservatory of Uzbekistan.
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Eric Whitacre - 11.9K Likes - My semi-annual reminder to music students (and teachers). Somehow feels like we need it a little earlier this year.

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Caption : My semi-annual reminder to music students (and teachers). Somehow feels like we need it a little earlier this year.
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Eric Whitacre - 11.5K Likes - The Seal Lullaby with @voces8 and Christopher Glynn, piano.

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Caption : The Seal Lullaby with @voces8 and Christopher Glynn, piano.
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Eric Whitacre - 9.8K Likes - A long story, but hopefully worth it. 

This is taken from my masterclass “The Beautiful Mess.”

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Caption : A long story, but hopefully worth it. This is taken from my masterclass “The Beautiful Mess.”
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Eric Whitacre - 9.6K Likes - Vuma Moya, beautifully arranged (and led) by @thabo_matshego and performed by the fantastic @quavavocalgroup. I love how fun and effortlessly Thabo is teaching his arrangement to the group — reminds me of the old saying “That’s why it’s called PLAYING music.”

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Caption : Vuma Moya, beautifully arranged (and led) by @thabo_matshego and performed by the fantastic @quavavocalgroup. I love how fun and effortlessly Thabo is teaching his arrangement to the group — reminds me of the old saying “That’s why it’s called PLAYING music.”
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Eric Whitacre - 9.5K Likes - Had the most beautiful residency at @georgiastatemusic this past week, including this workshop with 700 singers. THANK YOU to everyone that participated!!

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Caption : Had the most beautiful residency at @georgiastatemusic this past week, including this workshop with 700 singers. THANK YOU to everyone that participated!!
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Eric Whitacre - 8.6K Likes - This is a pop song I wrote, sang and recorded, ca. 1986. As best I can remember I used a Roland Juno 106; an ESQ 1; a Korg DDD1 drum machine; and an early generation emulator. Everything was recorded onto a four track recorder.

And yes, I actually did that with my hair.

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Caption : This is a pop song I wrote, sang and recorded, ca. 1986. As best I can remember I used a Roland Juno 106; an ESQ 1; a Korg DDD1 drum machine; and an early generation emulator. Everything was recorded onto a four track recorder. And yes, I actually did that with my hair.
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Eric Whitacre - 8.2K Likes - I had the honor of conducting all the choir parts for @johnj_powell ‘s gorgeous score to How to Train Your Dragon 3. It was with my choir (The Eric Whitacre Singers) in Abbey Road — an absolute dream. 

One thing I vividly remember is that I had a small monitor on my podium, showing the film as I conducted. But the choir couldn’t see what I was seeing, and I couldn’t even tell them because of an NDA I had signed. So there were moments where I was laughing, or tearing up, and I could only wait until the end of the day to tell John privately how beautiful and moving it all was.

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Caption : I had the honor of conducting all the choir parts for @johnj_powell ‘s gorgeous score to How to Train Your Dragon 3. It was with my choir (The Eric Whitacre Singers) in Abbey Road — an absolute dream. One thing I vividly remember is that I had a small monitor on my podium, showing the film as I conducted. But the choir couldn’t see what I was seeing, and I couldn’t even tell them because of an NDA I had signed. So there were moments where I was laughing, or tearing up, and I could only wait until the end of the day to tell John privately how beautiful and moving it all was.
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Eric Whitacre - 7.6K Likes - Sigh.

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Caption : Sigh.
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Eric Whitacre - 6.6K Likes - Teachers, THANK YOU for all you give.

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Caption : Teachers, THANK YOU for all you give.
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Eric Whitacre - 6.5K Likes - At the age of 18 I sang in a choir for the first time. I couldn’t read music, had no idea what a ‘Kyrie’ was, but the power of the singing and the humanity in that room transformed me forever. My great wish is that everyone could experience a moment like this, making music with others.

This is from a talk I gave at @oxford_uni several years ago.

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Caption : At the age of 18 I sang in a choir for the first time. I couldn’t read music, had no idea what a ‘Kyrie’ was, but the power of the singing and the humanity in that room transformed me forever. My great wish is that everyone could experience a moment like this, making music with others. This is from a talk I gave at @oxford_uni several years ago.
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Eric Whitacre - 6.2K Likes - I didn’t know this existed! Now I want it in every piece I write. Bravo @vitor_vitoriinoo!

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Caption : I didn’t know this existed! Now I want it in every piece I write. Bravo @vitor_vitoriinoo!
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Eric Whitacre - 5.9K Likes - Went full goth last night to see my heroes @depechemode. Black gloves, black nails, black eyeliner, and white AirPods (to save what’s left of my hearing). 

THANK YOU for the tickets Josh and Madeline! And kisses to the New Wave 80’s babe in the video with me: @laurence_servaes you’re all I ever wanted, all I ever needed.

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Caption : Went full goth last night to see my heroes @depechemode. Black gloves, black nails, black eyeliner, and white AirPods (to save what’s left of my hearing). THANK YOU for the tickets Josh and Madeline! And kisses to the New Wave 80’s babe in the video with me: @laurence_servaes you’re all I ever wanted, all I ever needed.
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Eric Whitacre - 5.9K Likes - One of the great musical moments of my life. The @royalphilorchestra brought this piece to life with such power and elegance. And I can’t overstate how loud this moment is — just an exquisite wall of sound.

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Caption : One of the great musical moments of my life. The @royalphilorchestra brought this piece to life with such power and elegance. And I can’t overstate how loud this moment is — just an exquisite wall of sound.
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Eric Whitacre - 5.4K Likes - When we recorded my first Spitfire sample library we warmed up with a piece I wrote called Sleep, singing only vowels.

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Caption : When we recorded my first Spitfire sample library we warmed up with a piece I wrote called Sleep, singing only vowels.
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Eric Whitacre - 5.3K Likes - Child of wonder
Child of sky
Time to end your voyage
Time to die.

Silent slumber calls you
Dark and deep
Child of soft surrender
Child of sleep.

Child of sorrow
Child of rain
There is no tomorrow
No more pain.

Turn your silvered sail
Toward the light
Child of mourning
Child of night.

Child of iridescence
Child of dream
Stars and moons will guide you
Down the stream.

Stretched on ocean waves
Of endless foam
Welcome home my child
Welcome home.

When I wrote these lyrics I took a lot of inspiration from the incomparable Stephen Sondheim, who is the absolute master of distilling the human experience into a few simple words. 

Child of Wonder, performed in March, 2020 by the Bob Cole Chamber Choir at Long Beach State. (We were performing in Salt Lake City). We couldn’t know it at the time, but this was the last performance we gave before the lockdown. @choirsatbccm

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Caption : Child of wonder Child of sky Time to end your voyage Time to die. Silent slumber calls you Dark and deep Child of soft surrender Child of sleep. Child of sorrow Child of rain There is no tomorrow No more pain. Turn your silvered sail Toward the light Child of mourning Child of night. Child of iridescence Child of dream Stars and moons will guide you Down the stream. Stretched on ocean waves Of endless foam Welcome home my child Welcome home. When I wrote these lyrics I took a lot of inspiration from the incomparable Stephen Sondheim, who is the absolute master of distilling the human experience into a few simple words. Child of Wonder, performed in March, 2020 by the Bob Cole Chamber Choir at Long Beach State. (We were performing in Salt Lake City). We couldn’t know it at the time, but this was the last performance we gave before the lockdown. @choirsatbccm
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Eric Whitacre - 5.2K Likes - Out today, a new orchestra and choir arrangement of my “Sleep”, arranged by Jim Clements and performed by @voces8, @association_singin, and conducted by maestro @barnabysmithmusician!

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Caption : Out today, a new orchestra and choir arrangement of my “Sleep”, arranged by Jim Clements and performed by @voces8, @association_singin, and conducted by maestro @barnabysmithmusician!
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Eric Whitacre - 5K Likes - Silence. Thinking a lot about silence after I posted that beautiful performance of When David Heard by @tenebraechoir. 

When David Heard is filled with long, deep silences. Some of them are gripping, some of them are devastating, some of them are hollow. But none of them are ‘nothing’. Each island of silence should be as alive and electric as the singing.

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Caption : Silence. Thinking a lot about silence after I posted that beautiful performance of When David Heard by @tenebraechoir. When David Heard is filled with long, deep silences. Some of them are gripping, some of them are devastating, some of them are hollow. But none of them are ‘nothing’. Each island of silence should be as alive and electric as the singing.
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Eric Whitacre - 4.8K Likes - Life with a three year old son…

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Caption : Life with a three year old son…
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Eric Whitacre - 4.8K Likes - The great Peter Schickele (aka P.D.Q. Bach) died earlier this month. What a tremendous loss for classical music. He took the air out of stuffy classical music in the most erudite way, endlessly inventive and laugh-out-loud funny way. Thank you, Maestro, for all of the laughter and joy.

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Caption : The great Peter Schickele (aka P.D.Q. Bach) died earlier this month. What a tremendous loss for classical music. He took the air out of stuffy classical music in the most erudite way, endlessly inventive and laugh-out-loud funny way. Thank you, Maestro, for all of the laughter and joy.
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Eric Whitacre - 4.7K Likes - Such a wondrous moment.

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Caption : Such a wondrous moment.
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Eric Whitacre - 4.5K Likes - One of the most mesmerizing works of art I’ve ever seen. @refikanadol at @themuseumofmodernart.

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Caption : One of the most mesmerizing works of art I’ve ever seen. @refikanadol at @themuseumofmodernart.
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Eric Whitacre - 4.5K Likes - Louisville! I am here this week to perform the Mozart Requiem, The Sacred Veil, and The River Cam with the @louisvilleorchestra and singers from the University of Louisville and Voces Novae. It has been a magical week — the musicians and staff are SO good, and such lovely people.

Conducting the Mozart Requiem is something I’ve dreamed of doing since I first sang it 35 (!) years ago with my mentor, David Weiller. This piece (and David) changed my life, and is the reason I am composer and conductor. 

And to make it even more special, my wife @laurence_servaes is singing the soprano solos, and she is performing from my original choral score, the one that I used with David. 

Two concerts, tomorrow night (Friday) in Indiana and Saturday in Louisville. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

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Caption : Louisville! I am here this week to perform the Mozart Requiem, The Sacred Veil, and The River Cam with the @louisvilleorchestra and singers from the University of Louisville and Voces Novae. It has been a magical week — the musicians and staff are SO good, and such lovely people. Conducting the Mozart Requiem is something I’ve dreamed of doing since I first sang it 35 (!) years ago with my mentor, David Weiller. This piece (and David) changed my life, and is the reason I am composer and conductor. And to make it even more special, my wife @laurence_servaes is singing the soprano solos, and she is performing from my original choral score, the one that I used with David. Two concerts, tomorrow night (Friday) in Indiana and Saturday in Louisville. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
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Eric Whitacre - 4.5K Likes - Louisville! I am here this week to perform the Mozart Requiem, The Sacred Veil, and The River Cam with the @louisvilleorchestra and singers from the University of Louisville and Voces Novae. It has been a magical week — the musicians and staff are SO good, and such lovely people.

Conducting the Mozart Requiem is something I’ve dreamed of doing since I first sang it 35 (!) years ago with my mentor, David Weiller. This piece (and David) changed my life, and is the reason I am composer and conductor. 

And to make it even more special, my wife @laurence_servaes is singing the soprano solos, and she is performing from my original choral score, the one that I used with David. 

Two concerts, tomorrow night (Friday) in Indiana and Saturday in Louisville. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

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Caption : Louisville! I am here this week to perform the Mozart Requiem, The Sacred Veil, and The River Cam with the @louisvilleorchestra and singers from the University of Louisville and Voces Novae. It has been a magical week — the musicians and staff are SO good, and such lovely people. Conducting the Mozart Requiem is something I’ve dreamed of doing since I first sang it 35 (!) years ago with my mentor, David Weiller. This piece (and David) changed my life, and is the reason I am composer and conductor. And to make it even more special, my wife @laurence_servaes is singing the soprano solos, and she is performing from my original choral score, the one that I used with David. Two concerts, tomorrow night (Friday) in Indiana and Saturday in Louisville. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
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Eric Whitacre - 4.4K Likes - The new single from @VOCES8 is a choral favourite, reimagined. The esteemed vocal ensemble premiere Jim Clements’ new orchestration of Eric Whitacre’s hauntingly beautiful choral song ‘Sleep’, with the VOCES8 Foundation Orchestra.

Join @realaled this morning after 11am to hear the breathtaking performance, featured as his Sunday Choral Classic. 

(📷 Andy Staples)

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Caption : The new single from @VOCES8 is a choral favourite, reimagined. The esteemed vocal ensemble premiere Jim Clements’ new orchestration of Eric Whitacre’s hauntingly beautiful choral song ‘Sleep’, with the VOCES8 Foundation Orchestra. Join @realaled this morning after 11am to hear the breathtaking performance, featured as his Sunday Choral Classic. (📷 Andy Staples)
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Eric Whitacre - 4.4K Likes - Concert tonight! Such beautiful rehearsals and time spent with the Youth Choral Academy at the @oregonbachfestival. Tonight we put it all together. Here we are rehearsing my work A Boy and a Girl, a piece they started learning just four days ago. (!)

Huge thanks to Dr. Anton Armstrong, one of my mentors and heroes, for inviting me to work with these fantastic young singers.

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Caption : Concert tonight! Such beautiful rehearsals and time spent with the Youth Choral Academy at the @oregonbachfestival. Tonight we put it all together. Here we are rehearsing my work A Boy and a Girl, a piece they started learning just four days ago. (!) Huge thanks to Dr. Anton Armstrong, one of my mentors and heroes, for inviting me to work with these fantastic young singers.
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Eric Whitacre - 4.4K Likes - Sublime.

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Caption : Sublime.
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Eric Whitacre - 4.4K Likes - ;-)

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Caption : 😉
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Eric Whitacre - 4.3K Likes - The Seal Lullaby with the dream team of @voces8 and pianist Chris Glynn.

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Caption : The Seal Lullaby with the dream team of @voces8 and pianist Chris Glynn.
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Eric Whitacre - 4.2K Likes - I am truly humbled by this. THANK YOU, each and every one of you. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

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Caption : I am truly humbled by this. THANK YOU, each and every one of you. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
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Eric Whitacre - 4.2K Likes - One of the highlights of my musical life: conducting Equus with the @royalphilorchestra and the BBC Symphony Chorus at the @bbc_proms. Gets me so excited for my upcoming Proms concert this September with the @bbc_singers.

Also, one of my all-time favorite comments from the original video: “Lovely music, shame about the jacket.”

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Caption : One of the highlights of my musical life: conducting Equus with the @royalphilorchestra and the BBC Symphony Chorus at the @bbc_proms. Gets me so excited for my upcoming Proms concert this September with the @bbc_singers. Also, one of my all-time favorite comments from the original video: “Lovely music, shame about the jacket.”
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Eric Whitacre - 3.9K Likes - This morning @ericwhitacre hosted a masterclass with with 17 area high school choirs, @louisvillechamberchoir and UofL Chorale singers! Wait to see what he thinks of this incredible group!

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Caption : This morning @ericwhitacre hosted a masterclass with with 17 area high school choirs, @louisvillechamberchoir and UofL Chorale singers! Wait to see what he thinks of this incredible group!
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Eric Whitacre - 3.8K Likes - Tonight in Eugene we will perform Sing Gently as an encore after The Sacred Veil. What a week it has been making music with these exceptional musicians: The Oregon Bach Festival Chorus; Andrew Campbell, piano; and Marilyn de Oliveira, cello.

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Caption : Tonight in Eugene we will perform Sing Gently as an encore after The Sacred Veil. What a week it has been making music with these exceptional musicians: The Oregon Bach Festival Chorus; Andrew Campbell, piano; and Marilyn de Oliveira, cello.
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Eric Whitacre - 3.6K Likes - For my birthday @laurence_servaes is throwing me a neon 80’s party!! Ik hou van u, mijn droom!

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Caption : For my birthday @laurence_servaes is throwing me a neon 80’s party!! Ik hou van u, mijn droom!
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Eric Whitacre - 3.5K Likes - “From this hour I ordain myself loos’d of imaginary lines,
Going where I list, my own master total and absolute.”
— Walt Whitman

🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 @voces8

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Caption : “From this hour I ordain myself loos’d of imaginary lines, Going where I list, my own master total and absolute.” — Walt Whitman 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 @voces8
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Eric Whitacre - 3.4K Likes - These are my “Emotional Architecture” drawings I made for “A Boy and a Girl”. I do drawings like this for most of my pieces, trying to build the inherent emotional journey before I write the music.

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Caption : These are my “Emotional Architecture” drawings I made for “A Boy and a Girl”. I do drawings like this for most of my pieces, trying to build the inherent emotional journey before I write the music.
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Eric Whitacre - 3.4K Likes - These are my “Emotional Architecture” drawings I made for “A Boy and a Girl”. I do drawings like this for most of my pieces, trying to build the inherent emotional journey before I write the music.

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Caption : These are my “Emotional Architecture” drawings I made for “A Boy and a Girl”. I do drawings like this for most of my pieces, trying to build the inherent emotional journey before I write the music.
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Eric Whitacre - 3.4K Likes - Just in case you missed it the first time around, this brilliant tattoo by @leobiaso.

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Caption : Just in case you missed it the first time around, this brilliant tattoo by @leobiaso.
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Eric Whitacre - 3.2K Likes - Sing Gently with the incomparable @voces8 and pianist Christopher Glynn.

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Caption : Sing Gently with the incomparable @voces8 and pianist Christopher Glynn.
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Eric Whitacre - 3.1K Likes - Come sing with me next Christmas in New York!

A.I. thinks I’m old. Or Steve Zissou. But this is what happens when I type “Eric Whitacre in the snow in New York.” It was all to announce a concert of Christmas music with @dciny next year that you can join. We will perform my Christmas opera Gift of the Magi, Lux Aurumque, Glow, and even The Seal Lullaby (which feels like Christmas). What other pieces should I include? They don’t have to be written by me — in fact the more new holiday music the better!

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Caption : Come sing with me next Christmas in New York! A.I. thinks I’m old. Or Steve Zissou. But this is what happens when I type “Eric Whitacre in the snow in New York.” It was all to announce a concert of Christmas music with @dciny next year that you can join. We will perform my Christmas opera Gift of the Magi, Lux Aurumque, Glow, and even The Seal Lullaby (which feels like Christmas). What other pieces should I include? They don’t have to be written by me — in fact the more new holiday music the better!
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Eric Whitacre - 3.1K Likes - Each voice is special and unique.

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Caption : Each voice is special and unique.
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Eric Whitacre - 3.1K Likes - Part 2 of a deep dive into The Sacred Veil. 

Here we explore Julie’s theme, a simple three note  musical motive, and the way that motive becomes corrupted with her cancer diagnosis.

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Caption : Part 2 of a deep dive into The Sacred Veil. Here we explore Julie’s theme, a simple three note musical motive, and the way that motive becomes corrupted with her cancer diagnosis.
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Eric Whitacre - 3.1K Likes - Often when I am writing a new piece I will make a kind of “style sheet” before I write any notes (this is alongside my “Emotional Architecture” pictures I draw). This is my “style sheet” from A Boy and a Girl.

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Caption : Often when I am writing a new piece I will make a kind of “style sheet” before I write any notes (this is alongside my “Emotional Architecture” pictures I draw). This is my “style sheet” from A Boy and a Girl.
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Eric Whitacre - 3.1K Likes - What a joy and a privilege to hear the incomparable @jacobcollier perform in such an intimate setting. And his new album Djesse Vol. 4 continues his extraordinary evolution as one of the greatest artists of our time.

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Caption : What a joy and a privilege to hear the incomparable @jacobcollier perform in such an intimate setting. And his new album Djesse Vol. 4 continues his extraordinary evolution as one of the greatest artists of our time.
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Eric Whitacre - 2.8K Likes - Heh. Thanks to @eshwhitacre for reminding me. ;-)

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Caption : Heh. Thanks to @eshwhitacre for reminding me. 😉
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Eric Whitacre - 2.7K Likes - Last week my dear friend @verenaconductor conducted the Durham Medical Orchestra, Duke Chorale and SONAM (Singers of New and Ancient Music) in a gorgeous performance of The Sacred Veil for strings. So beautiful to have members of the medical community play this piece! And big thanks to director Allan Friedman for preparing the choirs.

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Caption : Last week my dear friend @verenaconductor conducted the Durham Medical Orchestra, Duke Chorale and SONAM (Singers of New and Ancient Music) in a gorgeous performance of The Sacred Veil for strings. So beautiful to have members of the medical community play this piece! And big thanks to director Allan Friedman for preparing the choirs.
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Eric Whitacre - 2.6K Likes - Part 1 of a deep dive into The Sacred Veil. 

In many ways The Sacred Veil is my most ‘intentional’ work. Every note, every gesture is written in service of the story and its themes of love and loss. Here I talk about the musical representation of the “veil”, and how it is woven through the piece.

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Caption : Part 1 of a deep dive into The Sacred Veil. In many ways The Sacred Veil is my most ‘intentional’ work. Every note, every gesture is written in service of the story and its themes of love and loss. Here I talk about the musical representation of the “veil”, and how it is woven through the piece.
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Eric Whitacre - 2.6K Likes - Laurence and I saw L.A. Story last night for Valentine’s. (In the theatre!! Thank you @am_cinematheque!!). We adore that movie, brilliantly written (and acted) by the one and only @stevemartinreally.

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Caption : Laurence and I saw L.A. Story last night for Valentine’s. (In the theatre!! Thank you @am_cinematheque!!). We adore that movie, brilliantly written (and acted) by the one and only @stevemartinreally.
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Eric Whitacre - 2.6K Likes - Laurence and I saw L.A. Story last night for Valentine’s. (In the theatre!! Thank you @am_cinematheque!!). We adore that movie, brilliantly written (and acted) by the one and only @stevemartinreally.

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Caption : Laurence and I saw L.A. Story last night for Valentine’s. (In the theatre!! Thank you @am_cinematheque!!). We adore that movie, brilliantly written (and acted) by the one and only @stevemartinreally.
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Eric Whitacre - 2.4K Likes - The blooper reel from my masterclass, The Beautiful Mess. The music you hear in the background was made by brilliant and twisted wife @laurence_servaes. 

The Beautiful Mess is a deep, 25 chapter masterclass in composition and creativity. Just in time for Christmas it can now be gifted! Link is in my bio.

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Caption : The blooper reel from my masterclass, The Beautiful Mess. The music you hear in the background was made by brilliant and twisted wife @laurence_servaes. The Beautiful Mess is a deep, 25 chapter masterclass in composition and creativity. Just in time for Christmas it can now be gifted! Link is in my bio.
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Eric Whitacre - 2.3K Likes - Just ask.

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Caption : Just ask.
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Eric Whitacre - 2.2K Likes - These are the last two measures of “All Seems Beautiful to Me” — performed by @voces8 —slowed 800%. It’s like another world at this speed.

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Caption : These are the last two measures of “All Seems Beautiful to Me” — performed by @voces8 —slowed 800%. It’s like another world at this speed.
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Eric Whitacre - 2.2K Likes - Had the chance to work with choirs from UT Austin last week! Such fine singing and great people. Thank you @texaschoirs!

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Caption : Had the chance to work with choirs from UT Austin last week! Such fine singing and great people. Thank you @texaschoirs!
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Eric Whitacre - 2K Likes - September 12-14, 2025 — Barcelona! Singers from around the world are invited to join me for three days of music-making in one of the world’s most beautiful halls, Barcelona’s @palaumusicacat. 

Sponsored by the good people at @interkulturevents, last year’s concert saw over 600 singers from dozens of countries come together for three magical days of singing. Hope to see you there in 2025! Link is in my bio.

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Caption : September 12-14, 2025 — Barcelona! Singers from around the world are invited to join me for three days of music-making in one of the world’s most beautiful halls, Barcelona’s @palaumusicacat. Sponsored by the good people at @interkulturevents, last year’s concert saw over 600 singers from dozens of countries come together for three magical days of singing. Hope to see you there in 2025! Link is in my bio.
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Eric Whitacre - 2K Likes - From the premiere last week of “You Feel Like Home”, my transcription of the first five movements of The Sacred Veil. Beautifully and soulfully brought to life by @salastinala. If you look in the left hand corner of the screen you can see @laurence_servaes and me basking in their sound.

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Caption : From the premiere last week of “You Feel Like Home”, my transcription of the first five movements of The Sacred Veil. Beautifully and soulfully brought to life by @salastinala. If you look in the left hand corner of the screen you can see @laurence_servaes and me basking in their sound.
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Eric Whitacre - 1.9K Likes - An unforgettable weekend as Eric Whitacre not only masterfully conducted Mozart’s Requiem but also presented his own profound piece, ‘The Sacred Veil’ for two sold out performances. The power and emotion of both performances were truly moving. #MozartsRequiem @ericwhitacre

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Caption : An unforgettable weekend as Eric Whitacre not only masterfully conducted Mozart’s Requiem but also presented his own profound piece, ‘The Sacred Veil’ for two sold out performances. The power and emotion of both performances were truly moving. #MozartsRequiem @ericwhitacre
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Eric Whitacre - 1.9K Likes - Saw the incomparable @jacobcollier last night at the @greek_theatre. Hard to describe how impossibly good Jacob and his band are live. And suddenly, in the middle of the show, a stunning cameo by @johnlegend. What a night!

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Caption : Saw the incomparable @jacobcollier last night at the @greek_theatre. Hard to describe how impossibly good Jacob and his band are live. And suddenly, in the middle of the show, a stunning cameo by @johnlegend. What a night!
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Eric Whitacre - 1.8K Likes - The Sacred Veil deep dive, Part 3. Thinking about my spiritual brother Tony so much these days.

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Caption : The Sacred Veil deep dive, Part 3. Thinking about my spiritual brother Tony so much these days.
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Eric Whitacre - 1.8K Likes - I’ve been waiting 40 years to be able to do this!!

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Caption : I’ve been waiting 40 years to be able to do this!!
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Eric Whitacre - 1.8K Likes - Beautiful workshop last night with the University of Oregon Chamber Choir and their director Maestra Sharon Paul. Bravo to these terrific young musicians!

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Caption : Beautiful workshop last night with the University of Oregon Chamber Choir and their director Maestra Sharon Paul. Bravo to these terrific young musicians!
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Eric Whitacre - 1.8K Likes - Love this! Thanks @eshwhitacre for sending me this and reminding why real jazz is about being totally in the moment. Incredible moment from saxophonist @bj_khaled_

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Caption : Love this! Thanks @eshwhitacre for sending me this and reminding why real jazz is about being totally in the moment. Incredible moment from saxophonist @bj_khaled_
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Eric Whitacre - 1.8K Likes - The extraordinary @anneakikomeyers and the @lachildrenschorus premiering a new arrangement of The Seal Lullaby. Makes my heart glow. Thank you Maestro Fernando Malvar-Ruiz and pianist Twyla Meyer for such a gentle and touching performance.

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Caption : The extraordinary @anneakikomeyers and the @lachildrenschorus premiering a new arrangement of The Seal Lullaby. Makes my heart glow. Thank you Maestro Fernando Malvar-Ruiz and pianist Twyla Meyer for such a gentle and touching performance.
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Eric Whitacre - 1.7K Likes - Working hard on my new piece for choir and electronics.

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Caption : Working hard on my new piece for choir and electronics.
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Eric Whitacre - 1.6K Likes - From an interview I did some years back with the good people at @jwpeppermusic. 

I believe so deeply in bringing young people to our shared art, and doing it in a way that is pure and authentic.

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Caption : From an interview I did some years back with the good people at @jwpeppermusic. I believe so deeply in bringing young people to our shared art, and doing it in a way that is pure and authentic.
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Eric Whitacre - 1.6K Likes - Another clip of @salastinala premiering “You Feel Like Home”, my transcription of the first five movements of The Sacred Veil.

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Caption : Another clip of @salastinala premiering “You Feel Like Home”, my transcription of the first five movements of The Sacred Veil.
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Eric Whitacre - 1.6K Likes - This is the “Emotional Architecture” I drew before writing “Home” from the Sacred Veil. I do this for most of the pieces I write — trying to build a solid emotional journey for the audience and players before I write a note of the music.

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Caption : This is the “Emotional Architecture” I drew before writing “Home” from the Sacred Veil. I do this for most of the pieces I write — trying to build a solid emotional journey for the audience and players before I write a note of the music.
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Eric Whitacre - 1.5K Likes - Tomorrow! I’ve arranged the first five movements of The Sacred Veil for the spectacular @salastinala piano quintet, a suite that I’m calling “You Feel Like Home”. It will premiere tomorrow (Saturday) at the gorgeous and ethereal @mt_view_mausoleum, but will also be live-streamed. (Tix in my bio). I’ll speak before the piece and take questions after from both the live and virtual audience.

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Caption : Tomorrow! I’ve arranged the first five movements of The Sacred Veil for the spectacular @salastinala piano quintet, a suite that I’m calling “You Feel Like Home”. It will premiere tomorrow (Saturday) at the gorgeous and ethereal @mt_view_mausoleum, but will also be live-streamed. (Tix in my bio). I’ll speak before the piece and take questions after from both the live and virtual audience.
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Eric Whitacre - 1.5K Likes - Recording my string quintet arrangement of The Sacred Veil today with the spectacular
players of @salastinala. We are in Alta Dena’s gorgeous Mountain View Mausoleum, giving the morning a reverent and mystical atmosphere.

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Caption : Recording my string quintet arrangement of The Sacred Veil today with the spectacular players of @salastinala. We are in Alta Dena’s gorgeous Mountain View Mausoleum, giving the morning a reverent and mystical atmosphere.
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Eric Whitacre - 1.5K Likes - Last week with the @louisvilleorchestra was such a beautiful experience, musically and personally. The musicians, the staff, the audiences, the supporters were endlessly generous and gracious, and in just a short time my family and I felt completely welcomed and at home. THANK YOU Louisville!! We can’t wait to come back.

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Caption : Last week with the @louisvilleorchestra was such a beautiful experience, musically and personally. The musicians, the staff, the audiences, the supporters were endlessly generous and gracious, and in just a short time my family and I felt completely welcomed and at home. THANK YOU Louisville!! We can’t wait to come back.
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Eric Whitacre - 1.4K Likes - I’m conducting my synths! This was the first experiment for a new piece I’m writing for choir and electronics — I can modulate the sound by moving my hands closer to the antenna. Huge thank you to my friend and mentor @lesjamusic for helping me solve this (and a myriad of other synth stuff).

For my fellow modular nerds, this is just the @doepfer_musikelektronik A-178 sending signal to the @instruomodular Arbhar scan CV, which is in Omega mode (so all six buffers get scanned).

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Caption : I’m conducting my synths! This was the first experiment for a new piece I’m writing for choir and electronics — I can modulate the sound by moving my hands closer to the antenna. Huge thank you to my friend and mentor @lesjamusic for helping me solve this (and a myriad of other synth stuff). For my fellow modular nerds, this is just the @doepfer_musikelektronik A-178 sending signal to the @instruomodular Arbhar scan CV, which is in Omega mode (so all six buffers get scanned).
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Eric Whitacre - 1.4K Likes - How beautiful is this?

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Caption : How beautiful is this?
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Eric Whitacre - 1.4K Likes - I feel exactly the same way about composition. Not knowing what you are doing is a superpower.

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Caption : I feel exactly the same way about composition. Not knowing what you are doing is a superpower.
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Eric Whitacre - 1.4K Likes - A few years ago @laurence_servaes and I took care of this incredibly sweet dog named Carson. Only later did we learn he’s a famous dog, lots of TV and movies. (A friend of ours from Europe said her kids recognized him from pictures we were sending, saying, “That’s Squishy Paws!”). Carson, we miss you!

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Caption : A few years ago @laurence_servaes and I took care of this incredibly sweet dog named Carson. Only later did we learn he’s a famous dog, lots of TV and movies. (A friend of ours from Europe said her kids recognized him from pictures we were sending, saying, “That’s Squishy Paws!”). Carson, we miss you!
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Eric Whitacre - 1.4K Likes - The climax of Deep Field, performed by the extraordinary @nwsymphony. It’s hard to tell from the video but this moment is so massive it actually shakes the conductor’s podium.

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Caption : The climax of Deep Field, performed by the extraordinary @nwsymphony. It’s hard to tell from the video but this moment is so massive it actually shakes the conductor’s podium.
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Eric Whitacre - 1.4K Likes - The ‘breathing motive’ in Lux Aurumque.

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Caption : The ‘breathing motive’ in Lux Aurumque.
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Eric Whitacre - 1.4K Likes - If @ericwhitacre wants to stage dive then we’ll see what we can do…🤘

A centenary celebration with the @bbc_singers and a brand new commission from one of the world’s leading choral composers is a Prom not to miss 🎟️✨

Tickets go on sale 18 May: https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/efh6gw

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Caption : If @ericwhitacre wants to stage dive then we’ll see what we can do…🤘 A centenary celebration with the @bbc_singers and a brand new commission from one of the world’s leading choral composers is a Prom not to miss 🎟️✨ Tickets go on sale 18 May: https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/efh6gw
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Eric Whitacre - 1.4K Likes - Lake Tahoe, Friday afternoon.

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Caption : Lake Tahoe, Friday afternoon.
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Eric Whitacre - 1.3K Likes - I chose a program of my favorite Christmas music and narrated for BBC Radio 3’s Inside Music. It’s available to stream for the next 30 days. Would love to share it with you! Link in my bio. 

@BBCRadio3 @TandemProUK @BBCSounds
#InsideMusic

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Caption : I chose a program of my favorite Christmas music and narrated for BBC Radio 3’s Inside Music. It’s available to stream for the next 30 days. Would love to share it with you! Link in my bio. @BBCRadio3 @TandemProUK @BBCSounds #InsideMusic
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Eric Whitacre - 1.3K Likes - 100 floors of frights, they’re not all gonna be winners.

From my masterclass The Beautiful Mess.

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Caption : 100 floors of frights, they’re not all gonna be winners. From my masterclass The Beautiful Mess.
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