Eric Whitacre is choral music’s modern superstar

US composer Eric Whitacre has brought a fresh energy to his genre, writes Marjorie Brennan.

ERIC Whitacre is a superstar of choral music, with his 21st century take on sacred song bringing it to a vast new audience beyond cathedrals and concert halls. His ‘virtual choir’ project has been a viral sensation, with hundreds of singers from around the world uploading their vocals, which are then synchronised and combined into one single performance.