"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.


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Professional Musician: Violinist, Composer/ Arranger, Harpist, Singer

Ola Gjeilo was born in Norway in 1978 and moved to the United States in 2001 to begin his composition studies at the Juilliard School in New York City.

Ola is an exclusive Decca Classics artist, and his Decca choral albums include “Ola Gjeilo”, “Winter Songs” & “Dreamweaver”, featuring Tenebrae, Voces8 and the Choir of Royal Holloway, as well as the solo piano albums “Night” & “Dawn”. His global streams have now surpassed 250 million.

For more information, please visit olagjeilo.com, or find Ola on his social media profiles.

Sometimes Julie, one of San Diego’s most engaging and original indie bands, is the musical brainchild of singer/songwriter duo Monica Sorenson and Rick Walker.

Walker, former lead guitarist for Chicago’s Greeley, is a multi-instrumentalist who reveals his rock and roll prowess as he defines Sometimes Julie’s unique sound. Sorenson paints the pictures, finds the words, tells the stories, and delivers the melodies with her piano and powerful voice. Walker is the theory, the rhythm, the science, the skill, and Sorenson is the front woman who is all heart and art.

The duo first emerged in 2014 with their award-winning 2014 debut CD, Head First, which was followed up by Bright Side of the Line (2016), Breaking (2018), Where Are You? (2020 - San Diego Music Award nominee), and Seven Wishes (2023). 

Sometimes Julie is now thrilled to announce the release of their new six-song EP, entitled Transition, which drops on all music streaming platforms on December 30, 2025.

While Sometimes Julie’s five previous albums were all steeped in the band’s classic and alternative rock roots, the songs on Transition are more intimate and reflective in nature. While Transition falls squarely in the indie singer/songwriter realm, the duo’s soulful rock, pop, and country influences remain intact and are clearly evident.

With some of her most personal and revealing lyrics to date, Transition displays Sorenson’s strong desire to connect with the listener through the exploration of universal concepts such as love, loss, and the struggle for authenticity. In pursuit of that connection, she is unafraid to wear her heart on her sleeve.

Recorded in North San Diego County at three different recording studios – BigRock Studios (Escondido), Treehouse Studios (San Marcos), and Esperanza Studios (Carlsbad) – the songs on  Transition were written and  produced by Monica Sorenson and Rick Walker, engineered by Andy Machin, Dave Fuller, and Rick Walker and mixed & mastered by Dave Trumfio of Kingsize Soundlabs (Los Angeles).

Along with Sorenson (lead vocals, piano), and Walker (acoustic guitar, tambourine, synth, background vocals), musical contributors to Transition include new Sometime Julie band members Darko Petrovic (bass) and Guilherme Cunha (lead guitar), as well as frequent Sometimes Julie collaborators Andy Machin (guitar, mandolin, organ, synth, background vocals), Dave Fuller (drums/percussion, cello, synth, background vocals), and Clair Allison & Yvonne Fuller (background vocals).

Connect with Sometimes Julie at sometimesjulie.com, and follow on instagram.com/sometimesjuliesd, facebook.com/sometimesjulie, and youtube.com/user/sometimesjulieband. Stream on Spotify, Apple Music, or any other platform where you find music.

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