Eric Whitacre's Virtual Choir

[crusse10]

He's a classical composer who had youtubers worldwide send in videos of them singing a part to his song, "Sleep." He received over 2000 submissions.

As a musician, all I can say is, "Wow." There are few words to describe the feeling you get when you hear 2000 voices mesh worldwide.

Enjoy.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WhWDCw3Mng[/youtube]

 

[BigOrange15]

Eric Whitacre is the master of vocal harmonies. Sleep is an astounding piece of music.

 

[Gator H8R]

Damn. Thats impressive.

 

[crusse10]

One of the coolest stories I heard from this was about sisters from the US. One of them is in Afghanistan and they both used to sing in choirs together. It meant so much for them to finally be able to sing together again. It's heartwarming to just think about how music can now literally connect family from across the globe.