Hinkle Distinguished Lecture and Community Sing
July 6, 2024
2:30pm | Beall Concert Hall
Registration Open Now Through June 20
Join GRAMMY-winning composer and conductor Eric Whitacre for an unforgettable event, as members of the Oregon choral community come together for an afternoon of voice and fellowship.
The gathering begins at 2:30pm when Whitacre delivers the annual Oregon Bach Festival Hinkle Distinguished Lecture. Through the marriage of singing and technology, Whitacre explores the fundamental building blocks of leadership, community, and our shared humanity. At 3:45, Whitacre leads a choir of community members through several of his most engaging musical works, including Sleep, Sing Gently, and “Home” from The Sacred Veil.
The Lecture and Community Sing are both free. Participation in the Community Sing requires registration.
For those wishing to enhance their experience, a ticketed reception will follow the Community Sing. Limited seating for the reception is $25 per person.
About Eric Whitacre
Grammy Award-winning composer and conductor, Eric Whitacre, is among today’s most popular musicians. His works are programmed worldwide and his ground-breaking Virtual Choirs have united 100,000 singers from more than 145 countries. Eric is a graduate of The Juilliard School, Visiting Composer at Pembroke College of Cambridge University (UK), and is an Ambassador for the Royal College of Music in London. He recently completed two terms as Artist in Residence with the Los Angeles Master Chorale. His compositions have been widely recorded and his debut album as a conductor on Universal, Light and Gold, went straight to the top of the charts, earning him a Grammy. His most recent album is a collaboration with VOCES8 on Universal Decca entitled Home featuring The Sacred Veil alongside other works spanning his thirty-year composition career. As a guest conductor he has drawn capacity audiences to concerts with many of the world’s leading orchestras and choirs in venues such as Carnegie Hall (New York), Walt Disney Concert Hall (Los Angeles), the Royal Albert Hall and Buckingham Palace (London).