The Virtual Choir – a Metaphor for Classical Public Radio

March 23, 2010

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If you are skeptical about how a community can come together to create and support one great musical idea, watch this.

This virtual choir was organized by composer and conductor Eric Whitacre. The process was simple:

• Whitacre recorded a conductor track with an accompanist playing the reduction on the piano. He recorded a separate video discussing the piece and ilustrating a few musical concepts that all singers were to aim to achieve in their performances.

• A video was posted explaining the translation of the text with pronounciation.

• He posted individual-part videos, with one side of the screen showing the sheet music and one half of the screen showing the conductor track.

• And he invited the public to submit videos of individual performances. Those individual performances were stitched together to make this video.

If you are a WDAV listener, do your part and join our “virtual choir” of supporters. Call 1-877-333-8990 or today. Thank you!