Composer in Residence Eric Whitacre has won a GRAMMY Award for his album Light & Gold.

Whitacre's disc was nominated against strong competition in the Best Choral Performance category, not least from Stephen Layton and the choir of Trinity College, Cambridge.  Our congratulations to Eric.

As Composer in Residence Eric Whitacre is a regular visitor to Sidney. He teaches conducting as part of the University's new MMus Choral Conducting and supports the work of our choir and its Director of Music, Dr David Skinner.

This is an archived news story, first posted in 2012.


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