"Whitacre is that rare thing, a modern composer who is both popular and original"
- The Daily Telegraph, London

Eric has inspired millions as composer, conductor, innovator, broadcaster and charismatic public speaker. His compositions rank among the most popular and frequently performed of the early 21st century, their reach broadened since 2010 by the extraordinary success of his online Virtual Choir project. Light & Gold, his first album as composer and conductor, won the 2012 Grammy® Award for Best Choral Recording and instantly topped the US and UK classical album charts.

Born in Nevada, he discovered a passion for choral music while studying at UNLV and he began composing soon after. He went on to study at the Juilliard School of Music in New York under John Corigliano. Many of his choral compositions, Cloudburst, Lux Aurumque and Sleep among them, have entered the standard choral repertoire and his orchestral music has been performed by some of the world’s most distinguished orchestras both sides of the Atlantic. Eric is currently Composer-in-Residence at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge University, UK.

A distinguished speaker, Eric has been invited to address the UN Leaders Programme, give the closing plenary at Davos World Economic Forum and to speak for UNICEF and Google among others. He has appeared twice on the main stage at the global TED conference in Long Beach CA, earning standing ovations on both occasions. Recent Virtual Choir projects include ‘Glow’ written for the Winter Dreams holiday show at Disneyland© Adventure California and the Virtual Youth Choir, in association with UNICEF, which premiered at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games. Broadcast live to 119 countries worldwide, Eric made his iTunes Festival debut with his professional choir in 2014, inviting multi award-winning composer and conductor Hans Zimmer to join him on stage. The performance was consequently released as a live album. Eric returned to the Minnesota Orchestra for a second residency in 2015 culminating in three performances at Orchestra Hall.


Composer, improviser, organist, trombonist, chorister, and quasi-mathematician. Also a classical music DJ on KHOI 89.1 FM, Story City/Ames (http://khoifm.org).

The Pentaholic Choir is a collaborative, virtual vocal ensemble for fans of Pentatonix, the fantastic, award-winning a cappella group (not to mention Season 3 winners of NBC’s The Sing-off). PTX devotes so much of their time and effort into making incredible music for fans to listen and enjoy, so it’s time for Pentaholics to give something back. 
 
Started in November 2013, the Pentaholic Choir’s first goal was to cover “Run To You”, PTX’s moving original song featured on their newest album (PTX, Vol. 2). The end product was a video similar to those done by Eric Whitacre’s Virtual Choir or the Doctor Who Fan Orchestra. Pentaholics were asked to take a video of themselves singing one voice part of Run To You, and all of the videos sent in were edited together so that, in a sense, we are all singing together. 

🌊 Our new album, Challenge The Sea, is now available for pre-order ⚓️

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