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Eric Whitacre (born January 2, 1970[1]) is an American composer of choral and wind band music and electronica. He has also served as a guest conductor for ensembles throughout Europe, Asia, Australia and the Americas.
He currently resides in Los Angeles, California with his wife, soprano Hila Plitmann, and son. Musical backgroundWhitacre began his musical training while an undergraduate at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, where he studied composition with avant garde Ukrainian composer Virko Baley and choral conducting with David Weiller. It was here that he wrote his Ghost Train triptych for concert band. Whitacre received a Master's degree at the Juilliard School with composition studies under both John Corigliano and David Diamond .[2]MusicIn the past decade, Whitacre has become a prominent classical composer, particularly for educational bands and choirs. He has written a multitude of choral works, some of which utilize texts by E. E. Cummings and Mexican poet Octavio Paz. His Water Night, a setting of an English translation of the Paz poem, is very popular among high school and college vocal ensembles across the United States. Also popular are his settings of texts by Cummings: "i thank You God for most this amazing day", "i will wade out" and "hope, faith, life, love", as well as the haunting, emotional work "When David Heard", which sets a passage of biblical text.The text for one of his choral works, Five Hebrew Love Songs, was composed at Whitacre's request by his Israeli wife, Hila Plitmann, a fellow Juilliard graduate, while on tour in Germany before they were married. Another of his works, Sleep, was originally a setting of Robert Frost's "Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening". After extensive legal battles with the Robert Frost estate, he was forced to discontinue use of the text, and instead turned to poet and friend Charles Anthony Silvestri to craft a new text to fit the already existing music, including the presence of key words in the poem. Whitacre no longer intends to use Frost's poem with this music, saying that the original setting "no longer exists."[3] Whitacre premiered his first work for stage, Paradise Lost, in 2004 at California State University, Northridge, one year after premiering the work's musical suite in Berlin, Germany in the summer of 2003. The show is only distantly related to Milton's Paradise Lost. The music of this opera is a mixture of many different styles of music including trance, classical, electronica, and traditional opera. Paradise Lost will play in Pasadena in July and August 2007 with full cast, taiko drums, DJ, anime, and flying rigs.[4] Related projectsWhitacre's music—particularly his music for choir—has inspired the creation of a number of national and international music festivals. In July 2004, the Sydney Opera House hosted the first annual Eric Whitacre Wind Symphony Festival. In late June of 2007, Venice and Florence, Italy will host the first Venice Whitacre Festival, which will include a fully-staged performance of Paradise Lost.Outside of his freelance work, Whitacre is a founding member of the consortium BCM International, a quartet of composers consisting of himself, Steven Bryant, Jonathan Newman, and James Bonney, who, according to their mission statement, aspire to "enrich the wind ensemble repertoire with music unbound by traditional thought or idiomatic cliché". BCM International's online discussion forum, which features participation by all four BCM members and others, dissects various topics related to music. WorksBrass ensemble
Concert band
Choral
** collected on the album Cloudburst and Other Choral Works (Hyperion Records 2006), performed by Polyphony, conducted by Stephen Layton. + collected on the album Winter (Clarion 2005), performed by The Choral Project ++ collected on the album Water and Light (Clarion 2003), performed by The Choral Project String ensemble
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References1. ^ CD booklet for Cloudburst and other choral works, Hyperion Records CDA67543 [1]
2. ^ Biography at [2] 3. ^ Program notes available at www.ericwhitacre.com 4. ^ [3] External links January 2 is the 1st day of the year (2nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 0 days remaining. Events
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