American composer and conductor Eric Whitacre has invited the
world to sing-a-long online in an attempt create the world’s
largest virtual choir.
The Juilliard-trained Whitacre — whose first Virtual Choir
became a hit on YouTube — aims to combine thousands of individual
choral parts sung by people around the world and submitted as video
clips for his composition “Sleep.”
“I’m delighted to lead what I anticipate to be a big step
forward for classical — and indeed, all — music,” Whitacre said
in a statement on record label Decca’s website. “I hope this will
be a moment in music history for the YouTube
generation.”
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