In a little over a weeks time, The King's Singers return for their 3rd and final tour of the US this season, to perform in some incredible venues and meet again wonderful friends in these cities. This will be David's final tour of the US as a King's Singer, making each and every performance particularly special. Tickets are still available: Thursday 7 July 2016: Winona,
This time next year we will be at DePauw School of Music in Indiana for our first-ever US Summer School. We look forward to welcoming singers from around the world, working, learning, singing and spending time together. Here’s a throwback to last year when special guest Eric Whitacre worked with singers on his beautiful piece, The Seal Lullaby.
Having worked with the National Youth Choir of Scotland as part of the opening ceremony of the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games and premiere of the Virtual Youth Choir, Eric has donated a signed, handwritten copy of Lux Aurumque to their charity auction to help support the choir's future. For more information and to view all auction items, visit the NYCoS website.
Mark Pullinger praises the recording with the Carducci Quartet for both Bruce's Gumboots - "an engaging new work which deserves a place in the chamber repertory" - and Brahm's Quintet which comes "strongly-recommended". The full review is published on the Gramophone website and the recording is available from all major retailers and platforms including Amazon and iTunes.
The Julian Bliss Septet are thrilled to be playing Nottingham's Royal Concert Hall on Saturday 29th April as part of the concert hall's After Hours series. The band will take to the stage to perform a selection of tracks from their programme "A Tribute to Benny Goodman". Stay tuned for more UK dates to be announced. For more information and tickets for Nottingham, visit the
The King's Singers are excited, and honoured to announce that they will be taking part in the 2016 Pioneer Day Concerts with the inspirational Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra. Dedicated to the universal language of music, this incredible choir consists of hundreds of dedicated singers who volunteer their time to share the power of music and singing. The concerts, entitled 'Music for a Summer Evening' will
"His arrangement [Eric's arrangement of Depeche Mode's Enjoy the Silence] was skillful and haunting in a way that sincerely added to the source material. Following this was Anders Hillborg’s Mouyayoum, a wordless percolating postmodern piece with dozens and dozens of parts melding in an elaborate aural tapestry. Whitacre has many tricks up his sleeve, and it’s as much an exciting time to be listening to
Recently Eric spoke to Brian Lauritzen, host of KUSC's weekly Arts Alive show, ahead of his augural performance with the Los Angeles Master Chorale on June 5. The podcast can be streamed or downloaded from KUSC's website.
Julian is joining forces with cellist Richard Harwood & pianist James Baillieu for a performance at Thaxted Festival on 26 June 2016. Beethoven: Clarinet Trio in B flat Op. 11 Fauré: Cello Sonata in G minor Op. 117 Schumann: Fantasiestücke for Clarinet and Piano Brahms: Clarinet Trio in A minor Op. 114 Beethoven’s Opus 11 is attractive, uncomplicated music, ‘a delectable Trio whose lightheartedness belies
Eric is thrilled to be guest conductor at the 5th annual Jacksonville Sings taking place in September 2016. Registrations are now open so sign up now to save your place. For more information, visit the UNF website.
