{"id":2901,"date":"2010-05-01T16:11:00","date_gmt":"2010-05-01T16:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2010\/05\/virtual-choir-performs-eric-whitacres-lux-aurumque\/"},"modified":"2010-05-01T16:11:00","modified_gmt":"2010-05-01T16:11:00","slug":"virtual-choir-performs-eric-whitacres-lux-aurumque","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2010\/05\/virtual-choir-performs-eric-whitacres-lux-aurumque.html","title":{"rendered":"Virtual Choir performs Eric Whitacre’s Lux Aurumque"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

I am a fan of Eric Whitacre\u2019s choral music<\/a>, and was pleasantly surprised when his name popped up on some blogs whose feeds I subscribe to. Both were highlighting a project in which people were encouraged to record themselves singing parts of his composition Lux Aurumque and post them online. Whitacre then compiled them into a single \u201cvirtual choir\u201d performance. Here\u2019s the result:<\/p>\n<\/iframe>\n<p>HT <a href=\"http:\/\/www.benedictionblogson.com\/2010\/04\/30\/eric-whitacre-virtual-choir-lux-aurumque\/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Benedictionblogsoncom+%28Benedictionblogson.com%29&utm_content=Google+Reader\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Bene Diction Blogs On<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenflame.org\/2010\/05\/01\/virtual-choir\/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Greenflame+%28Greenflame%29&utm_content=Google+Reader\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Greenflame<\/a>, who also have the text of the piece and further information about the project.<\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/tracker\/7622297540113836091-4224266288204835298?l=exploringourmatrix.blogspot.com\" alt=\"\"><\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am a fan of Eric Whitacre\u2019s choral music, and was pleasantly surprised when his name popped up on some blogs whose feeds I subscribe to. 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