Eric Whitacre's Virtual Choir

The Virtual Choir began in May 2009 as a simple experiment in social media and has since exploded into a global phenomenon, creating a user-generated choir that brings together singers from around the world in their love of music making through the use of technology, whether singing alone in their living rooms, their dorm rooms, their garages or anywhere they can connect to the internet; these videos are synchronised and combined into one single performance to create the Virtual Choir.

Successfully funded through a Kickstarter campaign, run in association with DCINY/Soaring Dreams, Virtual Choir 4: Fly to Paradise was released in July 2013, received over 8,400 submissions from 101 countries and launched at the Coronation Festival at Buckingham Palace/BBC 1.


Eric Whitacre's Virtual Choir

Sing Gently with VOCES8!

Three years ago, 17,572 of us came together to bring Sing Gently to life. It was one of the most poignant and special moments in my 30 year career.

Now, I’ve recorded the piece with a MUCH smaller collection of musicians: VOCES8 and Christopher Glynn, our pianist. I find it so beautiful that even though their sound is more intimate, the warmth and compassion from the Virtual Choir version sings brave and true.

https://youtu.be/s1UnI4mcNsk

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Eric Whitacre's Virtual Choir

On this day 13 years ago we started a little project…

Thank you to each and every one of you who shared your voice with the world!

https://youtu.be/Nj_37MdB-w0

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