Eric Whitacre

Although his name was Jabez Dawes, his character was full of flaws! With an hysterical text by Ogden Nash, Eric Whitacre has brought all of his theatrical skills to this three movement work and tells...

Sing Gently was written by Eric Whitacre in response to the 2020 global pandemic. Originally written for choir & piano, he adapted the work for string quartet and piano to create the soundtrack to the...

From the composer Eric Whitacre: Over the past six years I must have read Goodnight Moon to my son a thousand times, maybe more. Somewhere around reading number 500 I began hearing little musical frag...

GRAMMY® Award-winning American composer Eric Whitacre's symphonic work Deep Field was inspired by the world's most famous space observatory, the Hubble Space Telescope, and its greatest discovery, the...

The River Cam by Eric Whitacre, first performed at the Royal Festival Hall, London, on 14 April 2011 by Julian Lloyd Webber (Cello) and the Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted by Eric Whitacre.

After Eric Whitacre decided upon the poem by Edward Esch (He was immediately struck by its genuine, elegant simplicity), he had it translated into the Latin by the celebrated American poet Charles Ant...

After Eric Whitacre decided upon the poem by Edward Esch (He was immediately struck by its genuine, elegant simplicity), he had it translated into the Latin by the celebrated American poet Charles Ant...

Eric Whitacre's Goodnight Moon for Soprano and Piano. This is a setting of the text from Margaret Wise Brown's children's bedtime story, which tells of a child saying goodnight to everything around. I...

This loving and dreamlike work, now available in multiple voicings including SA, TB & SAB, captures the undulating rhythm of a mother rocking her child to sleep. The text is a classic by Rudyard Kipli...

The composer writes: Seeing the Hubble Deep Space Field for the first time is an experience much like listening to a powerful piece of music - it elicits feelings of wonder and awe that can be difficu...

Eric Whitacre's famous work for concert band, now with optional vocal parts! An original work best described in the composer's own words as being really out there. The writing reflects a keen interest...

Eric Whitacre's famous work for concert band, now with optional vocal parts! An original work best described in the composer's own words as being really out there. The writing reflects a keen interest...

Setting the iconic song by Trent Reznor in a way that captures both pain and peace, hopelessness and sorrow too deep to describe and at the same time a feeling of living in its fullness. The music is...

One of Eric Whitacre's earliest choral compositions, this is for treble voices with the accompaniment of English horn. Available: 3-Part Treble.

Here are three whimsical settings of Ogden Nash poems that are perfect for a lighter portion of your program or as an encore. They are easily-learned and fun to perform! Includes: The Canary, The Eel,...

White key clusters in the piano create the rhythmic framework for the playful vocals sung in unison declamation or that ricochet one part to another in this E.E. Cummings setting vividly portraying an...

This languorous setting of the E. E. Cummings text features a chaconne-like left hand pattern in the piano along with right hand cluster chords and legato vocal phrases in octaves to create a meditati...

With the characteristic clusters broken into arpeggios for this movement, this playful work features delightful wordplay and simple fun! Duration: ca. 1:40.

For SATB choir with Piano accompaniment. Commissioned by Distinguished Concept Artists International New York as part of the DCINY Premiere Project. By Eric Whitacre with text from E. E. Cummings.

For SATB choir with Piano accompaniment. Commissioned by Distinguished Concept Artists International New York as part of the DCINY Premiere Project. By Eric Whitacre with text from E. E. Cummings.

White key clusters in the piano create the rhythmic framework for the playful vocals sung in unison declamation or that ricochet one part to another in this E. E. Cummings setting vividly portraying a...

This languorous setting of the E. E. Cummings text features a chaconne-like left hand pattern in the piano along with right hand cluster chords and legato vocal phrases in octaves to create a meditati...