When choral composer Eric Whitacre first composed his setting of Robert Frost’s poem ‘Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening’, he created a work that was a perfect match for the quiet beauty of the poem. Frost had written the

Composer and conductor Eric Whitacre (b. 1970) has an international following and makes appearances around the world (and on the internet) conducting choirs and bringing the modern choral sound to people who didn’t know they liked choral music.