Sunday, April 08, 2012
Virtual Choir Spans the Globe, Garners Millions of YouTube Hits
ABC News: It may not be the world's most traditional choir, but it is certainly one of the most diverse. 2,950 singers from more than 73 different countries have come together over the Internet to create an incredible collaboration, all without leaving home. The virtual choir, which has singers hailing from South Africa to Australia to Kazakhstan and everywhere in between, is the brainchild of Eric Whitacre. Whitacre, the composer and conductor of the choir, who admits he isn't much of a singer, spoke to ABC News about his inspiration for the project.
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This is a really cool concept. The diversity is amazing. The number of singers isn't insane, but the number of countries is.
Here's an in-depth explanation from the creator if anyone is interested
http://ericwhitacre.com/blog/the-virtual-choir-how-we-did-it
The thing that puzzles me most is the organization. Some people are tenors, sopranos, etc. Who chooses? What if the ratio isn't right? How does editing work when you have 300 separate soprano tracks? What about the people who sing with a really heavy accent, or in another language altogether?
I don't know, but I do love that this exists.
I feel similarly-this sounds really cool, but that article didn't do much to tell me exactly what this is. It sounds like what the founder wants to do is bring people together through song, using the power of the internet. A great mission, but I too would love to know more details, not just that it has reached 60+ countries. How, for example, are songs and material distributed? Do people sing their parts alongside a backing track (if not, it would be quite a job to edit them all together with such high potential for deviations in pitch and rhythm). What if participants cannot read music? Just interested in learning more, and was disappointed that this tidbit article didn't have more answers,
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