A day in the life of Eric Whitacre

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1. philip copeland says

   November 28, 2011 at 10:20 am

   Thom,

    

   We settled this here on ChoralNet nearly a year ago:

    

   https://choralnet.org/273705

    

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2. Christopher Barbee says

   November 27, 2011 at 10:34 pm

   I think you may be misinterpreting the article that was written. I’d like to make sure that I’m reading the same one.

   As an American choral student, I can’t say that I find anything in it inherently offensive. I see a lot of talking up about British choirs, but no talking down about Americans.

    

   Also, he’s written an explanation here that helps to clarify a bit.

    

   I think the absurdity of this comic is hillarious. I’d love to see some talented Whitacre fanboys/fangirls create a full blown comic book of these adventures.

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3. Thom Baker says

   November 27, 2011 at 9:11 am

   How soon we forget.  Am I the only choral director in the country who is still offended by Mr. Whitacre’s recent global trashing of American choirs?  Our singers work hard and, for the most part, have not received the childhood musical training opportunities of his beloved Brits.  (Nothing against them.)  It seems rather treacherous of him to disparage the very people who supported and nurtured him, performing his works when the rest of the choral world was not.   I, for one, a director of three choral ensembles, have no plans to even look at another Whitacre piece until I have witnessed an apology to our singers.

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