Music Sales is delighted to congratulate Chester Music composer
Eric Whitacre on winning the Grammy for
Best Choral Performance at the 54th Grammy Awards for his album
Light & Gold.
Music Sales congratulates all the performers: Christopher Glynn; Hila Plitmann; The King’s Singers; Laudibus; The Pavão Quartet; and of course Eric Whitacre and The Eric Whitacre Singers.
Whitacre next album on Decca,
Water Night, features recently composed and revised works for both choir and orchestra, including
Equus,
The River Cam with Julian Lloyd Webber, and
Alleluia. Visit the preview website
here.
Eric recently featured on MSNBC promoting his new virtual choir production of
Water Night; see the video
here.
Visit the
Virtual Choir 3 website for details about how it was made and the forthcoming launch on April 2nd.
On April 1, a ‘Come and Sing with Eric Whitacre’ event takes place at Carnegie Hall in New York. Apply
here. Also in April, Whitacre premieres the new version of his
Songs of Immortality on April 15, with the Rundfunkchor Berlin at the
Berliner Philharmonie.
Foundation Excelentia has invited Whitacre to lead a series of workshops with singers from all over Spain, culminating in a final concert at the Palacio de Congresos de Madrid on April 30. More info
here.