Download and buy printable sheet music online at jw pepper. Eric whitacre is one of the bestloved composers and directors active today. The single contains the full track, radio edit and electronicaonly version. Fly to paradise began its musical life as the fourth installment of whitacres virtual choir series, which brought over 8000 singers from 101 countries together in a fusion of music and social media. Fly to paradise satb choir by eric whitacre youtube. Download tunes at this is my version of eric whitacres newest virtual choir release fly to paradise.
Featured in eric whitacres virtual choir 4, bringing together over 8,000. The virtual choir thrives because so many people believe in its purpose. To have the ability to build a choir from as far as the web can reach is. The piece, which opened the show, was performed by a choir of 600 choristers from around europe including jolanta strikaite and eva johansone, who hosted the. His pieces are sung and played around the world by thousands of choirs and instrumental ensembles, and his innovative virtual choir productions have been viewed over 15 million times. After a hugely successful kickstarter funding campaign, and lengthy editing process where 8,409 videos featuring 5,905 singers one of whom is classic fms very own tim lihoreau. The virtual choir the virtual choir is a global phenomenon, creating a usergenerated choir that brings together singers from around the world and their love of music in a new way through the use of technology. Watch the highly anticipated video of eric whitacres latest composition, fly to paradise. So now were providing the tracks of the final master for you to create your own audio remix.
I nearly joined the virtual choir 4, but sore throat after sore throat meant i couldnt record. Eurovision choir of the year took place over the weekend, and conductor eric whitacre opened the show with his piece fly to paradise, performed by 600 singers and one soloist. Fly to paradise virtual choir 4 satb soprano 2 predominant voices, a song by matthew curtis on spotify we and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes. Stream fly to paradise remix, a playlist by ericwhitacre from desktop or your mobile device. It launched at the coronation festival at buckingham palacebbc1 on july 11, 20. Users who like eric whitacres virtual choir 4 fly to paradise. After months of effort by thousands, virtual choir 4. Their voices have been blended together into a virtual choir by composer eric whitacre for his latest composition, fly to paradise. All available proceeds received from the sale of fly to paradise will be used to fund future eric whitacre choral projects. The work requires an electronica track for performance. Download and print fly to paradise sheet music for satb choir by eric whitacre from sheet music direct. Fly to paradise, taken from erics musical paradise lost, is the feature track of virtual choir 4 featuring over 8,000 voices from 101 countries. Virtual choir 4, fly to paradise, contains 8,409 videos from 5,905 people from 101 different countries.
All eric whitacre lyrics sorted by popularity, with video and meanings. Users who reposted eric whitacres virtual choir 4 fly to paradise. Virtual choir courtesy eric whitacre virtual choir. Eric whitacres virtual choir is a global gathering of online singers for the creation of stunning multimedia choral. The version here by the eric whitacre singers is a smaller vocal ensemble. Fly to paradise is taken from the awardwinning musical paradise lost and in its original version combines choral performance with electronic.
Featuring 5905 voices, the worlds largest collaboration of singers to date, the work is titled fly to paradiseand was written specially for the queens. The virtual youth choir, in association with unicef, launched at the glasgow 2014 commonwealth games opening ceremony. This is arranged for a percussion type of ensemble, along with some added synths, because they are huge in the virtual choir video of fly to paradise. Courtesy eric whitacre virtual choir with nearly 6,000 voices represented, eric whitacres latest installment of his virtual choir series is the most ambitious and widestreaching assembly of a global choir to date. Eric edward whitacre born january 2, 1970 is an american composer, conductor, and.
The latest, virtual choir 4, fly to paradise, released in july 20, received over 8,400 submissions from 101 countries and launched at the coronation festival at buckingham palacebbc 1. Registration is open for the fifth edition of eric whitacres celebrated virtual choir project, with promises of greater accessibility, multimedia participation and collaboration with scientists the virtual choir was conceived in 2009 when a youtube user uploaded a video of herself singing whitacres 2001 work, sleep, prompting the grammywinning american composer to ask more and more. A virtual choir 2,000 voices strong in 2010, whitacre merged 185 singers from 12 countries singing via webcam, so that they sounded like they were performing together in one room. Eric whitacre fly to paradise satb satb vocal score ismn. Eric whitacre conducts the fourth installment of his virtual choir series. Something of a superstar within the international choral community, whitacres fourth virtual choir project was released last week and has already achieved 230 000 views in seven days. Playlists containing eric whitacres virtual choir 4 fly to. Using the tumblr social media web site, she first discovered eric whitacres music around the time virtual choir 2 sleep premiered. With nearly 6,000 voices represented, eric whitacres latest installment of his virtual choir series is the most ambitious and widestreaching assembly of a global choir to date. Fly to paradise 8409 videos 5905 singers 101 countries eric whitacre composer. The lyrics appear to symbolize the beauty of soaring to new heights in various vistas of life.
Youve seen our production of virtual choir 4 fly to paradise, now its. Fly to paradise recorded by the eric whitacre singers is the single version of virtual choir 4. Eric whitacre fly to paradise lyrics genius lyrics. Fly to paradise is taken from the awardwinning musical paradise lost by eric. Eric whitacre conducted a 600strong choir at eurovision. Eric whitacre is raising funds for virtual choir 4.
Fly to paradise is her first vc experience, which makes it extra special. Full terms and conditions apply as you download the tracks. It has been a while since we have checked in on mr. All rights belong to eric whitacre, the eric whitacre singers, and the virtual choir series, along with producer guy sigsworth.
Partially funded through a kickstarter campaign, run in association with dcinysoaring dreams, virtual choir 4 fly to paradise featured 8,409 video submissions, more than doubling the numbers for virtual choir 3. Fly to paradise by eric whitacre singers, guy sigsworth. Fly to paradise main mix fly to paradise radio edit fly to paradise instrumental. Watch eric whitacres virtual choir fly to paradise with. Eric whitacres virtual choir 4 fly to paradise by marjie. Fly to paradise 8,409 videos 5,905 singers 101 countries the them bonez crew bonez first discovered the amazing virtual choir creations of eric whitacre way back in blogger time in 2010 with our reporting of eric whitacres virtual choir lux aurumque. Featured in eric whitacres virtual choir 4, bringing together over 8,000 submissions from 101 countries from around the world, fly to paradise is taken from the awardwinning musical. To have the ability to build a choir from as far as the web can reach is really thinking outside the box for music. She was incredibly impressed and immediately decided she wanted to be part of the virtual choir. The choir was made up of nearly 8,500 videos from almost 5,000 people singing fly to paradise. Eric whitacre bliss fly to paradise sheet music for. Fly to paradise by eric whitacre features a various group of men and women singing together in harmony with superb vocals.
Vc4 was always destined to be a remix project, hence the choice of fly to paradise with soloists, choir and electronica. Fly to paradise remix by ericwhitacre eric whitacre. Shadows and wings, a musical that incorporates choral and operatic singing with electronica and trance music. Featuring over 5000 individuals providing over 8000 vocal tracks from 101 countries around the earth, vc4 is a remarkable achievement of crowdsourcing technology. Virtual choir 4 changed the established formula by changing from classical choral music to a piece from whitacres musical paradise lost. Eric whitacre invites submissions to virtual choir 5. Fly to paradise by eric whitacre virual choir with added piano by. Fly to paradise sheet music eric whitacre satb choir. Virtual choir has grown beyond our wildest dreams and we can only make vc4 with your help. Fly to paradise sheet music for piano, percussion, strings. When britlin losee a fan of erics music recorded a video of herself singing sleep and shared it on youtube, eric was deeply moved by the spirit of her performance and responded by sending a call out to his online fans to purchase polyphonys recording of sleep, record. Fly to paradise youtube eric whitacre eric whitacres virtual choir 2. Singers record and upload their videos from locations all over the world. Pdf virtual choir 4 fly to paradise free download pdf.
The virtual choir is a global phenomenon, creating a usergenerated choir that brings together singers from around the world and their love of music in a new way through the use of technology. Print and download in pdf or midi bliss eric whitacre. My choir teacher showed us this and i instantly fell in love with it. The final, mastered audio was then synced with the video. Fly to paradise is available as a single, performed by the eric whitacre singers, hila plitmann and legendary producerkeyboardist guy sigsworth. Virtual choir 4, fly to paradise, is the latest production of eric whitacres virtual choir concept. Fly to paradise the eric whitacre singers timothy murphy. Virtual choir 4, fly to paradise, contains 8,409 videos from 5,905 people from 101 different. In 20, singers from all across america joined an online honor choir to perform a special commission for disney, glow, at the winter dreams. I admit that i first found out about this song thanks to the video being featured on one of my husbands online news feeds.
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