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Distinguished Concerts Singers International in an all-Whitacre program on April 17. Whitacre conducted the program of his music on April 17.

International Spotlight: Dithyrambic Singers Perform with Eric Whitacre Distinguished Concerts Singers International is comprised of singers from all over the world, and we were privileged recently to have the Dithyrambic Singers from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, grace our stage. The Dithyrambic Singers performed in an all-Whitacre program along with over 360 singers in Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage, Carnegie Hall, on April 17. It was a weekend filled with many eye-opening moments, thanks to Whitacre's insights into his work, and the performance was truly one of the best concerts that DCINY has produced. Wrote Vincent Kang, co-director, about the group's experience: "The rehearsals with Mr. Whitacre have helped our group understand the music better, and making music with him was immensely gratifying. Singing Whitacre's best chorale compositions at Carnegie Hall was truly a dream come true." Eric Whitacre's the city & the sea Premieres with DCINY On April 17, in an all-Whitacre program, DCINY presented the World Premiere of Eric Whitacre's the city & the sea. The work, created as part of the DCINY Premiere Project, is based on the poetry of ee cummings. Whitacre turned five of cummings' poems into five pieces, and they were all sung together in one choral cycle. No stranger to setting poems to music, Whitacre has created works from the writings of many great poets. He took Ogden Nash's short, witty poems about animals and set them to music, resulting in his popular Animal Crackers Volumes I and II. Likewise, several works by Octavio Paz have become his A Boy and a Girl, Little Birds, Cloudburst and Water Night. Rudyard Kipling's Seal Lullaby has also been set to Whitacre's stirring music. All of these pieces appeared on the concert , and the city & the sea received a warm welcome into the choral repertoire. Eric Whitacre to Appear with DCINY in 2011 Following a concert of his music in Carnegie Hall on April 17, DCINY is pleased to announce that composer Eric Whitacre will return to the DCINY Concert Series twice in 2011. Auditions are now being accepted for performances on April 10, 2011 at Avery Fisher Hall in New York City and on June 25, 2011 in Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles. Spaces are limited-- audition today!