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Eric Whitacre Choral
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A Boy and a Girl is a tender, delicate poem put to music by Eric Whitacre. It was commissioned by the 2002 California All-State Chorus.
Composer: Eric Whitacre
One of the latest hotly-anticipated choral works from Eric Whitacre, Alleluia is sure to be popular with choirs for concerts and liturgical services and events alike. The work simply sets one word - Alleluia - and embodies Whitacre's trademark style. Duration: ca. 10:00.
Composer: Eric Whitacre
This tender setting creates an image of the ebb and flow of the sea through pulsating parallel cluster chords in the piano and long legato vocal phrases.
Composer: Eric Whitacre
This is the last movement of The Sacred Veil, a twelve-movement work written with poet Charles Anthony Silvestri. The major work chronicles the rich life of Tony and his late wife Julie Silvestri. The poetry for this final movement is written by the composer as a benediction for Julie and Tony.
Composer: Eric Whitacre
A wild ride from the composer of October and Ghost Train! Equus is the Latin word for horse, and this moto perpetuo perfectly captures the fury and majesty of this magnificent animial. Commissioned by Gary Green and the University of Miami, Equus is not for the faint of heart! (Grade 5) Dur: 10:00
Composer: Eric Whitacre
Featured in Eric Whitacre's Virtual Choir 4, bringing together over 8,000 submissions from 101 countries from around the world, Fly to Paradise is taken from the award-winning musical Paradise Lost by Eric Whitacre which boasts 10 LA Stage Alliance Ovation Awards nominations, the 2008 Los Angeles Garland Award, and the LA Weekly Award. Please note the work requires an electronica track for performance. Access to that online audio is included in the purchase price.
Composer: Eric Whitacre
Simple and welcoming, Glow was performed for the first time by the World of Color Honor Choir at Disney's California Adventureae Park. The Honor Choir, made up of over 700 singers from across America, were selected to be part of the night-time spectacular Winter Dreams show.
Composer: Ross Copperman
Simple and welcoming, Glow was performed for the first time by the World of Color Honor Choir at Disney's California Adventureae Park. The Honor Choir, made up of over 700 singers from across America, were selected to be part of the night-time spectacular Winter Dream show. Now this beautiful piece is available for both men's choirs and women's choirs skillfully adapted by Emily Crocker.
Arranger: Emily Crocker | Composer: Eric Whitacre
Eric Whitacre's famous work for concert band, now with optional vocal parts! An original work best described in the composer's own words as being really out there. The writing reflects a keen interest in theater, film and television, with the structure of the piece being very film-like in its very rapid changes of style. A totally unique and very memorable work.
Composer: Eric Whitacre
Originally composed for harp, string orchestra and solo soprano, next adapted for soprano and piano and now finally available for SATB choir and piano. This SATB setting takes a whimsical approach to the text we as parents have read hundreds of times. The harmonic structure is transparent and the choral writing is smart and a joy to sing.
Composer: Eric Whitacre
Composed in the spirit of the Renaissance works written to Elizabeth I - fair Oriana - this soaring work for double chorus is in the signature Whitacre style with brilliant choral textures unfolding into a majestic final salute, Long live, Oriana!
Composer: Eric Whitacre
This is the third movement of The Sacred Veil, a twelve-movement work written with poet Charles Anthony Silvestri. The Sacred Veil chronicles the rich life of Tony and his late wife Julie Silvestri. Tony tells of their second date and his feeling like home.
Composer: Eric Whitacre
Setting the iconic song by Trent Reznor in a way that captures both pain and peace, hopelessness and sorrow too deep to describe - and at the same time a feeling of living in its fullness. The music is powerful while requiring a subtleness from the choir. Every bit of emotion in every level of intensity is required from the singers and the listeners.
Arranger: Eric Whitacre | Composer: Trent Reznor
White key clusters in the piano create the rhythmic framework for the playful vocals sung in unison declamation or that ricochet one part to another in this E.E. Cummings setting vividly portraying an urban street scene
Composer: Eric Whitacre
Full of colorful contrasts, this final movement from The City and the Sea dances with fun and humor! The rhythmic wordplay and deconstructed syllables of the E.E. Cummings poem hurtle ever faster to the final sudden "stop" for an extraordinary concert finale.
Composer: Eric Whitacre
With the characteristic clusters broken into arpeggios for this movement, this playful work features delightful wordplay and simple fun!
Composer: Eric Whitacre
A new setting of the text of the Latin Grace from Sidney Sussex College at Cambridge University with a beautiful undulating soprano solo. Ideal for the concert hall or for use in a liturgical setting. Duration: ca. 3:00.
Composer: Eric Whitacre
Eric Whitacre's work Sainte-Chapelle was written for the Tallis Scholars and inspired by the medieval Parisian chapel. It depicts that stained glass masterpiece through sustained plainchant-like lines which gradually divide into more and more parts, creating shimmering tone clusters for a rich and expressive outpouring of sound.
Composer: Eric Whitacre
Excerpted from Whitacre's music theater work Paradise Lost: Shadows and Wings for the American choir Chanticleer, this setting for SATB and soloists is marked by delicate, ethereal sounds and purity of tone.
Composer: Eric Whitacre
Although his name was Jabez Dawes, his character was full of flaws! With an hysterical text by Ogden Nash, Eric Whitacre has brought all of his theatrical skills to this three movement work and tells a wonderful story that will leave parents smiling and young children determined to be even better so as not to meet the same fate as young Jabez. This is a holiday treat for singers, players and audiences.
Composer: Eric Whitacre
Here are three whimsical settings of Ogden Nash poems that are perfect for a lighter portion of your program or as an encore. They are easily-learned and fun to perform! Includes: The Canary, The Eel, The Kangaroo.
Arranger: Eric Whitacre | Composer: Eric Whitacre
Come thou Wisdom, Gift of Winter - Composed for the Choirs of Birmingham-Southern College Service of Lessons and Carols, this meditative advent work for SATB divisi voices and organ with a Latin text by Charles Anthony Silvestri features chant-like melodies over vocal and organ pedal tones, vivid dissonances and striking dynamic contrasts. Duration ca. 7:20.
Composer: Eric Whitacre
This languorous setting of the E.E. Cummings text features a chaconne-like left hand pattern in the piano along with right hand cluster chords and legato vocal phrases in octaves to create a meditative musical atmosphere.
Composer: Eric Whitacre
Here are three whimsical settings of Ogden Nash poems that are perfect for a lighter portion of your program or as an encore. They are easily-learned and fun to perform!
Arranger: Eric Whitacre | Composer: Eric Whitacre
This loving and dreamlike work captures the undulating rhythm of a mother rocking her child to sleep. The text is a classic by Rudyard Kipling: Oh! Hush thee, my baby, the night is behind us, And black are the waters that sparkled so green. The moon, o'er the combers, looks downward to find us, At rest in the hollows that rustle between. Magical! Available separately: SATB. Duration: ca. 4:00.
Composer: Eric Whitacre
Eric Whitacre has created a remarkable setting of the Star-Spangled Banner, filled with colorful effects and vivid dissonance. Challenging and impressive!
Arranger: Eric Whitacre | Composer: Francis Scott Key
Set to a text by William Butler Yeats, this work was commissioned by the National Youth Choir of Great Britain and The King's Singers to celebrate their 25th and 40th anniversaries, respectively. The chorus represents the voice of "the human child, innocent and na•ve" while the six solo voices represent the "water and the wild," seducing the children away from the world with the promise of endless revelry and eternal youth.
Composer: Eric Whitacre
A simple and delicate setting of the timeless love poem by the Sufi poet Jalal al-Din Rumi, marks the first time that Eric has written for four-part a cappella chorus without divisi.
Arranger: Eric Whitacre | Composer: Eric Whitacre
This is the eleventh movement of The Sacred Veil, a twelve-movement work written with poet Tony Silvestri. The Sacred Veil chronicles the rich life of Tony and his late wife Julie: their courtship, the birth of their children, Julie's diagnosis of ovarian cancer, her treatment, her struggle, and finally, her death. This movement is set with portamentos throughout to signify moans and sadness during Julie's death.
Composer: Eric Whitacre
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