Eric Whitacre

Eric Whitacre (born 1970) is an American composer of choral and symphonic music and electronica. A graduate of the Juilliard School of Music, he was a student of composers John Corigliano and David Diamond. Perhaps his best known work is Cloudburst, composed in 1992. He has also served as a guest conductor for scores of ensembles throughout Europe, Asia, Australia and America. He has also gained repute for his "Paradise Lost: Opera Electronica."

Works

Symphonic

• Noisy Wheels of Joy
• Cloudburst
• Equus
• Ghost Train
• Godzilla Eats Las Vegas!
• October
• Sleep
• Lux Aurumque

Choral

• A Boy and A Girl
• Cloudburst
• Five Hebrew Love Songs
• Leonardo Dreams of His Flying Machine
• Little Birds
• little tree
• Lux Aurumque
• She Weeps Over Rahoon
• Sleep
• This Marriage
• Three Flower Songs
• I Hide Myself
• With a Lily in Your Hand
• Go, Lovely Rose
• Three Songs of Faith
• i will wade out
• hope, faith, life, love
• i thank you God for most this amazing day
• When David Heard
• Water Night
• Winter

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Opera

• Paradise Lost: Opera Electronica