Eric Whitacre conducts Òran in Seal Lullaby

[chubbycheek8]

This video/ performance seals the deal. Thank you for sharing :)

[HaleyRuin]

I love you Eric fff.

We sang this song last year and it is still my favorite piece ever.

I will sing this to my children.

[silvercrew1]

sang this my senior year in hs, love this so much, made my mom cry lol

[radlikewhoa]

could have used more tenors. LOVE this song. very nicely done.

[silvercrew1]

@radlikewhoa agree, I sang tenor for this song and I can hardly hear my part

[NatyD14]

@silvercrew1

lol that's just a placement error on my part. I was on the edge of the choir and had altos/bases around me mainly! sorry! We DID have Tenors singing..... just no where near where I was standing! haha!

[silvercrew1]

@NatyD14 lol I believe you! It still sounded great

[pkent67]

@radlikewhoa We did what we could for a totally IMPROMPTU performance. We never even warmed up as he just asked us to come on stage and sing for him!

[TheDragon565333]

We Are singing this song now. and surprisingly enough he just is opening his new opera in chicago next tuesday in chicago! Our school is near where he's going to be opening this and All of the girls in my choir would like him to come to listen to us sing.. so yeah

[imoutokat]

Yay! Eric Whitacre! We sang this song in our girls/treble choir last year. I LOVE it so much! Best lullaby I know! XD

[diator]

Beautiful, love that lullaby and never seen it put to better use. Life is all about living in the moment and that was a moment to savour.

[alaman321]

well... The lullaby worked :D

[mountaindewmedia]

that is one lucky baby!

[sweetiegrl41]

Anyone see the baby? It sort of was like a real lullaby being sung to this little baby!

[Alycu1]

I was an alto, I sang this song with my highschool choir last year, along with A Boy and A Girl. I wish I knew Whitacre, he is an amazing person. You're very lucky to have met him!

[veggiechick1001]

love(:

[mystermerry]

Kudos to the pianist :D She was really great :)

[Violentrose827]

This is just beautiful, amazing job.

[chadortom]

NEVER interupt the man in mid sentence!!! He was probably gonna give them another compliment and then some chick in the audience tells a pointless story.

[hayleybabyy96]

This is a beautiful piece, Barbara Ingram School for the Arts recently performed this piece at the Maryland Theatre and it wasn't nearly as beautiful as this choral group.

Very nice!

[singerrock1213]

@NatyD14 My choir is from Connecticut

[BrittanysMusicVideos]

Altos are fantastic :)

This song makes me melt inside.

[gridsinister]

shitty quality

[xxxxcensoredxxx]

this is wank

[singerrock1213]

My choir director told me to look this up for my college concert choir. I love this song and you guys sound REALLY good.

[sactownboss]

absolutely goregous!! the altos were amazing. eric whitacre is a BOSS!!!

[hoopster71]

I was lucky enough to meet him this summer. He is so funny and down to earth, and doesn't regard himself as "famous." He really is gifted.

[coloratura518]

As a professional singer, choral conductor, Whitacre enthusiast, and (most importantly) mom, this is the sweetest video I've ever seen! The choir sounds fantastic, Eric Whitacre is completely mesmerizing, and the sweetly sleeping baby is just the icing on the cake. How her parents will love telling her this story and showing her this video when she's older!

[NatyD14]

Thanks for the wonderful comment!

[71259mark]

@NatyD14

Warning !!

Warranty is void if seal is broken !!!

[pkent67]

@coloratura518 thank you so much! We enjoyed singing it sooo much in Montreal with Eric!

[steelvenom2003]

I love that we can hear your voice. Really gives the sense of being a part of the choir. :)

[steelvenom2003]

@steelvenom2003 Also yaaay the baby is being held by a tenor :D

[TheFlutegirl15]

the first Whitacre piece I've heard accompanied. I love it!! I'm gonna try to convince my choral teacher to let us sing this now :D

[margarita412]

ahh i love this piece. Eric Whitacre is so amazing :)

[sara91145]

we are doing this song in my chior class. so great!

[SingDownUnder]

How do we top this, I don't know. It must have been a wonderful experience for all, including the baby.

[futurelennon]

while the actual music content is really good, i just feel like this song isn't as... genuine(for lack of a better word) as some of his other pieces.. But eric whitacre is a brilliant composer, and continues to amaze..

[ZeldaFanaticForever]

It's like they're singing the lullaby to the baby... :) How sweet <3

My (all girl) choir is doing this song too, and the part I sing is what the guys are singing.... hmmmm :)

[aseretkavon]

Were you recording AND singing? If you're the alto I hear, I love your voice. :)

[NatyD14]

@aseretkavon - hahahahah thanks *bashful look*. I apologize for a couple of wrong notes though, but thanks for the compliment! Totally made my night :)

[YvetteWho]

My high school sang this song for our first concert. We do about... 4 Whitacre pieces a year. I love his music. <3

[RizaHawkeye101]

good looking guy and an amazing music writer he is awesome I am proud to be singing one of his peices for UIL

[born2broadway]

please tell me the baby fell asleep? :)

[NatyD14]

she did :) It was adorable.

[born2broadway]

loved this song, now love this choir too. get it y'all :)

[Kwatesewe]

this is so beautiful, wow :)

[MrsAbaraiRenji]

Lol @ the baby.

[66ryuk]

were practcing this song in my choir for our spring concert. its a beautiful peice :)

[jchagan05]

Naty I'm so happy you got a vid of this moment!! Whee!!

[NatyD14]

hahah not a problem, Jen! So worth it!

[pkent67]

@jchagan05 Me too....glad I was there to sing at that moment!

[JAnthony37]

What a beautiful song, the tenderness it conveys is so heartfelt. What a gifted composer Whitacre is. I look forward to performing this song some day.

[OmigahitsJames]

Our school's symphonic band is going to play the instrumental version of this song. I love it! I'm one of the french horns in the band, and with the piano, it sounds incredible.

[inuhimesama]

I just got to watch San Jose State University Choir perform this today, and that was the first time i'd heard it. you sing it BEAUTIFULLY. :) i love the song so much that i bought it on itunes. <3

[MsDreamer101]

we're doing this piece in my tri county chorus group.....i love it.... so pretty...hahah luv the baby its it real...??? prob. not

[meganelisha]

Yes, the baby is real. Both of her parents are members of the choir and she hangs out with us at rehearsal quite a bit.

[cristyt308]

I love it!!!!! We r actually learnin this song in my choir class! cnt wait 2 perform it!!!:)

[crystalwolfberri]

this is beautiful! we're singing this song now and I love it so much. you guys did a tremendous job on this piece, 5 stars! :)

haha, love the baby. <3

[RachelnL9496]

This song is so beautiful, our band might get the chance to premire this piece in March :)

[LaNcEdApAnTz]

it's really a pretty good performance overall.

it's too bad that the mic placement makes it an alto show : P

[meganelisha]

The camera-holder is singing alto, haha.

[SugarbabyLA]

Soooo beautiful, I teared up.

If I have a baby when I'm older I'm definitely singing this song to put them to sleep, along with Eric Whiatcre's other songs.. haha <3

[KENNY1BOONVILLE]

Whats up with the cute baby in the back ground?

[meganelisha]

We're a choir of youngish adults, and many of our members are married and/or starting families. Both of the baby's parents are members of the choir, so she often joins us for rehearsals and that sort of thing. This was a very impromptu performance at a workshop.

[Broadwaylove88]

Awesome conductor.

[olgap35]

we are singing this for bel canto singers and it is my favorite out of all the songs!!! so beautiful!

[FrenchHornKid95]

Eric originally wrote this as a lullaby to sing to his baby to get it to go to sleep

[NatyD14]

actually, he wrote it for a pixar movie but the movie was never made (instead they made Kung Fu Panda) and so he kept it and tried it out on his baby as a lullaby and apparently that failed! haha! :)  It's a really funny story!

[drmanerd]

It was Dreamworks, not Pixar.

[NatyD14]

RIGHT! sorry, my mistake!

[t20y25]

I cry uncontrollably everytime I hear this song. Bravo.

[happyhav]

love this piece. choir sings it beautifully and pianist plays very musically, as well. learned the piece to accompany some singers recently and found it a little more challenging than it sounds. kinda reminds me of the profound simplicity in some of Arvo Part's work.

[lalala5923]

i wish he would come to my school. that would be AMAZING!!!!! what's with the baby?

[NatyD14]

baby's parents are both in the choir --- brought her on stage because it was just a workshop performance. super cute.

[MorsmordreMaiden]

Awesome. AWEsome.

[sassypaco]

i'm so excited eric whitacre is coming to my school to conduct my choir it is going to be great!!!!!

[DuckDuckHURP]

Same Here!

[bsol07]

lol there is a baby in the choir!

[GuardingFire]

And its sleeping! :o

[equistera]

I love Eric Whitacre!!! he has a gift for music!

I wish that he would come and conduct our choir...that would be so cool!!!

[Dancingfool721]

OMG ERIC WHITACRE!!!!

[Friedallie]

My friend told me to look this up and it was amazing. But I was disapointed because he said a bass was holding a baby seal. I don't know why I thought that would be true. It's a cute baby though.

And Eric Whittacre is amazing.

[NatyD14]

HAHAHAHAHAHAH! omg loved your comment! hilarious!

[NatyD14]

@Friedallie this is easily my favorite comment! haha! it still makes me laugh!

[Benion630]

You just have to love ERIC WHITACRE!!!! He is a GENIUS!!!!

[TaylorWoodard]

i wonder is he made him hold that baby

thats would be truly musically comical

[Greenflames510]

thats a good little baby!

[soycubano4392]

holding babies probably helps you sing better because you're not thinking too much about how you're doing things, you just do them.

[chorusgeek78]

eric whitacre...seriously has been gifted by God...all of his music is incredible. and he's hot too!

[samanthac08]

@chorusgeek78 yes he is hot! lol

[elvenlove]

Eric Whitacre is such a rock star. If you've met him, you agree.

[butchiechihuahualove]

Yes! Agreed :)

[angie86504]

Our chorus is singing this (:

Its absolutely brilliant.

[swisscheesepotatochi]

mine too...

[KnottPatriot]

Look at the Baby Daddy

[Pills526]

eric whitacre looks like dennis leary

[EnforcedCrowd]

truly amazing

[11holala11]

hahaha my choir recorded this for itunes. =D

Eric Whitacre is amazing! Working with him was so much fun!

[Anielday06]

so beautiful!

[eztobeme]

Very nice. What's with the dude with the babe?

[NatyD14]

well, the baby's parents are both in the choir, so they usually bring her to rehearsal and they brought her on tour with us! Also, considering this was a very impromptu "performance", they just brought her on stage. :)

[eztobeme]

A momentous occasion, then, for all. Let's hope the little one absorbs and goes on to great things.

[Adian00]

that's so touching. :) My first thought too. If more people could do this every day our world would be such a different place. Thank you.

[Iddybud]

gorgeous! ♥

[kokoscoot]

can't believe we had this moment together... amazing...

[EmmaMusic100]

Awweee Oran choir

We miss them <3

HCC

[NatyD14]

we miss you guys too! hope you're all well :D say hi to everyone for me!

[darik60]

beautiful. <3 Oran