"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.


Choral music composed, arranged, or conducted by Dr. Seth Houston (b. 1974). Seth Houston is director of choral activities at and associate chair for performance at the University of California, Irvine, where he conducts UCI Chamber Singers and teaches conducting, composition, and musicianship. Houston holds a D.M.A. degree in choral music from the University of Southern California Thornton School of Music, as well as earlier degrees from the University of Colorado, University of Michigan, and Oberlin College and Conservatory of Music. Houston’s compositions are published by Santa Barbara Music Publishing, Inc., Walton Music/GIA, MusicSpoke, and Northern Harmony. For more information, please visit www.sethhouston.com.

The World Youth Choir is a genuine educational and social experience drawing on many vocal traditions, aiming for the highest artistic level. By music education, professional artistic approach, multicultural social interaction and exchange the World Youth Choir unites 40 to 80 young choral singers age 18 to 30 from all over the world at projects organized in different countries each or every other year. Artistically, singers develop their musical talents by interacting with internationally renowned conductors performing repertoires of various styles, time periods at a professional level. The choir performs both a cappella and with distinguished youth or national orchestras, further expanding its message of artistic unity. Socially, and regardless of political or cultural differences, singers share up to a month of their lives together. They work, play, converse, and debate. Such communal living creates a genuine spirit of understanding, lifelong friendships, and a cohesive group with a unique bond. This is why UNESCO has awarded the World Youth Choir with the “Artist for Peace” title in 1996, recognizing its success as a platform for intercultural dialogue through music. 

As a jewel in the crown of Cornwall’s arts scene, Truro Cathedral Choir broadcasts regularly on television and radio, presents concerts throughout the year, and records for the acclaimed record label Regent.

The choir dates back to the 1880s when services took place in a wooden shed whilst John Loughborough Pearson’s magnificent Gothic Revival cathedral was still under construction.

Today, the choir consists of eighteen boy choristers, eighteen girl choristers, and twelve adult professional singers. All organise their lives around the choir’s busy schedule of commitments which has at its heart seven sung services each week during term time.

Our performances are regularly attended by music lovers from all backgrounds and we invite you to join us at one of our services or concerts, or to listen to our broadcasts, webcasts and recordings!

Maite Rodríguez nació en Uruguay en 1988. Desde el 2015 reside en Barcelona donde desarrolla una investigación creativa para su TFM del Máster de Arte Sonoro de la Universidad de Barcelona. Su interés como artista está puesto en la composición musical, en los cruces disciplinarios y en la investigación de la interacción del mundo sonoro, visual, literario, y del movimiento.
 
En el 2013 obtiene el título de Licenciada en música con especialización en Dirección de Coro de la Escuela Universitaria de Música (EUM) de la Universidad de la República del Uruguay (UDELAR), donde también estudió en las carreras de Composición y de Artes Visuales.
 
Su formación académica como cantante ha sido con profesores como Graciela Pérez Casas (Uruguay), Ulrich Schrader (Alemania) y Eulalia Fantova (España). También ha tomado clases de interpretación en música popular con Carmen Pi y Titi Percovich (Uruguay) y ha realizado diversos cursos y talleres de formación relativos a la voz, a la dirección musical y al jazz.
 
Paralelamente ha estudiado guitarra con Ana Zeballos, piano y taller de escritura de canciones con Dany López y también con Alejandro Barbot, y taller de escritura creativa y danza con Mariana Casares.
 
Desde el 2009 ha dirigido diversas agrupaciones corales: Serafinas, A viva voz entre otros,  destacando la fundación del  Ensamble Oikos.
 
Como cantante coral desde el 2016 integra el Orfeó Catalá, coro del Palau de la Música Catalana. Ha participado de los coros internacionales: World Youth Choir, JSB Ensamble y Time Ensemble. En Uruguay ha integrado: proyecto teatral-coral Quatro de Empezar, Coro Polifónico Santa Elena, Coro Universitario, Grupo Vocal Opsis, Grupo Vocal Cinco en la rama y el Coro de la EUM.
 
Como compositora transita tanto lenguajes populares como académicos. Su repertorio incluye canciones, piezas para coro, música para danza, poesía sonora y piezas radiofónicas. En el 2009 su pieza para coro mixto El silencio, obtiene el primer premio en el concurso de composición coral del Coro de la EUM.
 
Desde el 2009 se ha presentado en vivo en Montevideo con diferentes agrupaciones interpretando jazz, bossa nova y canciones propias. En el 2013 forma su propia banda con la que graba su primer disco de canciones de su autoría En el movimiento (Perro Andaluz, 2015). El disco contó con apoyo del FONAM y fue presentado en diversos escenarios de Montevideo destacando Teatro Circular, Teatro Tractatus y Teatro del Centro Cívico de Can Deu en Barcelona.
 
A parte de su carrera musical ha realizado proyectos vinculados a otras artes:
proyecto Sketch´m up de sketch y paisaje sonoro, Marsella-2017,  muestra colectiva de fotografía Rodamons, Barcelona-2016, proyecto de Investigación en creación conjunta e interactiva de danza y música de la Facultad de Artes, Montevideo 2014 y exposición individual de pintura Teclas, Montevideo-2012.

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.

Born and raised in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, started learning the piano and music theory at the early age of 5, Chow passed his grade 8 piano with merit and a received a distinction in music theory from The Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (ABRSM) as well as a performance diploma from the Yamaha School of Music. 
In 2005, Chow gained his admittance into Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing and received tutelage from WenChen Qin, Gang Chen and JianPing Tang. After graduation in 2011, currently Chow is taking master degree in Jacobs School of Music, Indiana University under P.Q. Phan.
In July 2010, Chow received the sponsorship by Goethe Institute of Malaysia to attend the 45th Darmstadt International Summer Course for new music in Germany. He organized open-space project “Sharing Idea of Chinese Wind Organ Instrument-Sheng” during the summer course.
Chow is now the composer-in-residence of Vivo Experimental Orchestra.  In the August 2010, together they organized “Homegrown Talented-The Three Musketeers” Concert, and premiered Chow’s Chinese Orchestra Piece “Vivo”(Dalele). Later in December 2010, Chow’s first symphony work - “Getaran”, commissioned and premiered by Malaysian Philharmonic Youth Orchestra, is performed in “Past & Present” concert that toured Kuantan, Penang and Kuala Lumpur  (Malaysia). In May 2011, Chow’s ensemble piece “A Night without Voices” was performed in “Malaysian Voices” concert, which is curated by Malaysian composer, Kee Yong Chong and presented by New Music Concerts in Toronto, Canada. In Oct 2012, Chow organized his first composition recital in Bloomington, United States.


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