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Eric Whitacre and the standing ovation from TED 2011

March 2, 2011 by philip copeland Leave a Comment


Way to go, Eric – a standing "O" at TED:
 
Who knows what the sound of one hand clapping is, but a choir of hundreds of singers connected by nothing more than webcams and an internet connection sounds, surprisingly, pretty sublime.
Classical composer and conductor Eric Whitacre unveiled a clip from his new virtual choir project at TED on Tuesday and got the first complete standing ovation at the conference — something generally reserved for speakers much later in TED’s lineup.
 
I'm not surprised, but I am proud. Thanks for taking our art to the elite and giving them a taste of the sublime.
 
Read more about Eric and Ted 2011 here.

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