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When I went to college at the University of Nevada back in Las Vegas, I got tricked into singing in choir. The first thing we did was the Mozart 'Requiem.' That was the piece that changed my life overnight.

~Eric Whitacre

Topics: Back Changed Choir College Did First First Thing Got Las Vegas Life Mozart My Life Nevada Overnight Piece Requiem Singing The First Thing Thing University Vegas

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With vocal and choral music, first and foremost, it's the text. Not only do I need to serve the text, but the text - when I'm doing it right - acts as the perfect 'blueprint', and all the architecture is there. The poet has done the heavy lifting, so my job is to find the soul of the poem and then somehow translate that into music.

~Eric Whitacre

Topics: Acts Architecture Blueprint Doing Done Find First Foremost Heavy Job Lifting Music Need Only Perfect Poem Poet Right Serve Somehow Soul Text Then Translate Vocal

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When you look back on music history, it falls into these neat periods, but of course, the period you yourself are living through seems totally scattered and chaotic.

~Eric Whitacre

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I'm a self-confessed geek, and my whole concept of music at first was entirely electronic. In many ways, it turned out to be an advantage. I was so green, so utterly naive about the nature of classical music, that I did things that made me look totally, deliberately unorthodox.

~Eric Whitacre

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Since I first fell in love with choral music when I was 18 and began composing at 21, I've been listening to these recordings of British choirs. I just fell in love with that sound - that pure, clean, pristine sound - and I think it's probably been the biggest influence on my sound.

~Eric Whitacre

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In Las Vegas, the magnitude is impressive, but the humanity is gone. It feels like you're being intimidated out of your money instead of inviting you to come have this experience.

~Eric Whitacre

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Composer

Born: January 2nd, 1970

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