Eric Whitacre’s Virtual Choir

Eric Whitacre is as close as a choral composer can be to a superstar. He sees lots of fan videos on YouTube of people singing his songs. That got him wondering. What would happenif he got all those people singing together, at the same time, on the Internet? This is how Eric Whitacre created the world’s largest virtual choir.

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