Meet The Team

Eric Whitacre

Composer, Conductor and Creator, Virtual Choir

Grammy® Award-winning composer and conductor Eric Whitacre is one of today’s most popular and performed musicians. His works are programmed worldwide by orchestras and choirs, while his ground-breaking Virtual Choirs have united singers from over 120 different countries.

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Music Productions

Executive Producers

Headed by Claire Long and Meg Davies, Music Productions is an artist management and production company. Claire has been Eric’s manager and business partner for over a decade and together with producer and co-manager, Meg, they have produced five of his Virtual Choirs, in addition to the Virtual Youth Choir and the Disney World of Honor Choir.

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Toitoit

Web Designer and Technical Manager

Toitoit is the work of Damien du Toit, an independent designer/developer with 20 years of industry experience, focused on delivering a diverse range of creative and technical solutions to a variety of clients ranging from startups to global brands, and extreme athletes to Grammy® award winners.

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59 Productions

Filmmakers

59 Productions is an award-winning team of creative people that makes imaginative work for audiences of all kinds. The company’s designers, writers, directors, architects, animators, visual artists and technologists work together to produce artistic work in a range of disciplines.

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We would like to extend our deep appreciation to the Colburn School and the NAMM Foundation who through their partnership, support and shared philosophy have helped to make this project possible.

Colburn School

An internationally renowned performing arts institution located in the heart of downtown Los Angeles, the Colburn School trains students from beginners to those about to embark on professional careers. The School comprises four academic units joined by a single philosophy: that all who desire to study music and dance should have access to top-level instruction.

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NAMM Foundation

The NAMM Foundation is the philanthropic arm of the National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) trade association that supports programs, research and activities that promote music-making across the lifespan through its signature programs including Music Research, the Best Communities for Music Education, the SupportMusic Coalition, Talking Up Music Education Podcast…

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Our special and sincere thanks go to the following for their generosity and support of Virtual Choir 6

Rosemarie Fall and Andrew Millstein
The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation
Stephanie and Greg Guyett
Gaylord “Nick” Nicholas
Harry Suh and Patricia Koh
Jeff and Joan Beal
Scott Vangen
Stephanie McAlpine
Janice and William Haueisen

It takes a village: we couldn’t have done it without you

Sel Kardan and the exceptional team at the Colburn School
Mary Luehrsen and Claire Kreger-Boaz of The NAMM Foundation
Boosey & Hawkes
Hal Leonard
Damien du Toit
59 Productions
Jack Rowland
Mike Hatch and Steve Long of Floating Earth
Conor Redmond
Lawrence Harrison
Distinguished Concerts International New York (DCINY)
Riverside Studios, Hammersmith
To all those who have contributed so generously and creatively to ThinkTank
Last but not least, let’s hear it for the wonderful Virtual Choir singers and community