These guide tracks have been created solely for the purpose of learning and recording "Sing Gently" for Eric Whitacre's Virtual Choir 6.

Grace Davidson - Soprano
Martha McLorinan - Alto
Ben Hymas - Tenor
Greg Skidmore - Bass

Sam Glicklich - Piano
Eric Whitacre - Conductor

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Eric Whitacre's Virtual Choir 6 is in collaboration with The Colburn School and The NAMM Foundation.

Sing Gently - Virtual Choir 6 Guide Track (SOPRANO HIGHLIGHTED)

"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 since 2008, I used to write music in about a hundred projects so far, classically trained professional musician, composition is for me a great source of joy, it is fascinating to be included in projects which require a beautiful collective energy, I hope that my music deposited here will allow me to share with you the enthusiasm that I put in creating them.
Komponist seit 2008, ich habe bisher in etwa hundert Projekten Musik geschrieben, klassisch ausgebildeter Berufsmusiker, Komposition ist für mich eine große Quelle der Freude, es ist faszinierend, in Projekte einbezogen zu werden, die eine schöne kollektive Energie erfordern, das hoffe ich meine hier hinterlegte Musik wird es mir ermöglichen, mit Ihnen die Begeisterung zu teilen, die ich in ihre Erstellung gesteckt habe.

Sing Gently - Virtual Choir 6 Guide Track (SOPRANO HIGHLIGHTED)

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