Virtual Harmony

Eric Whitacre’s Virtual Choir

What happens when you get 185 voices from 12 countries record a composition without having them leave the comforts of their homes? Composer and conductor, Eric Whitacre, developed a virtual conducting track for the piece “Lux Aurumque”, it’s like an instruction manual, and posted it as a free download for interested singers who wanted to join the virtual choir. The singers then post their recorded tracks and Scottie Haines would edit and polish and blend it together. The result was a very moving performance. Watching the composer and the singers perform their recital was both moving and amazing.

Music is truly a universal language and the technology that unites these people to perform for a single purpose. Bravo!

http://ericwhitacre.com/blog/the-virtual-choir-how-we-did-it