In this video clip of TED Talks, Eric Whitacre talked about his early years in chorale singing and how he was transformed by singing Mozart Requiem and how he became a composer. He talked about how he got this idea of creating a “virtual choir” and organized the singers from around the world to sing “Lux Aurumque “– it means “Light and Gold”. He talked about the challenges of making music powered by YouTube and unveiled the beginning 3 minutes of his new work “Sleep” with a virtual choir of 2,052.
Eric shared the experience and comments from the virtual choir members with the audience, some had moved him deeply. He concluded that (1) Human beings will go to any links necessary to find and connect with each other, and (2) People seem to be experiencing an actual connection, it was not a “virtual choir” any more.