The turning point of my life was my decision to give up a     1     business career and study music. My parents, though     2     and sharing my love of music,     3     of it as a     4    . This was     5     in view of the family background. My grandfather had taught music for nearly forty years at Springhill College and,     6     much beloved and respected in the     7    , earned     8     enough to provide for his large family.     9     a consequence of this example, my parents     10     upon college instead of a conservatory of music.

The virtual choir was the idea of award-winning composer and     1     Eric Whitacre.     2     in the USA on 2 January 1970, Whitacre began study music at the University of Nevada in 1988. He     3     in love with Mozart’s classical music     4     he sang for the university choir.     5     by this music, he said, “It was like seeing color for the first time.” He graduated     6     university in 1995, and then     7     a master’s degree in musical composition from the Juilliard School in New York in 1997. Over the next 10 years, Whitacre’s     8     compositions began to become quite     9     among choirs and singers. This     10     to the creation of the virtual choir.

Many musicians may start as a group of high-school students,    1     practicing their music in someone’s house is the first step to    2    . Sometimes they may play to passers-by in the street or subway so that they can earn some extra money to pay for their instruments. Later they may give    3     in pubs or clubs, for which they are paid     4    .

The virtual choir was the idea of award-winning composer and     1     Eric Whitacre.     2     in the USA on 2 January 1970, Whitacre began study music at the University of Nevada in 1988. He     3     in love with Mozart’s classical music     4     he sang for the university choir.     5     by this music, he said, “It was like seeing color for the first time.” He graduated     6     university in 1995, and then     7     a master’s degree in musical composition from the Juilliard School in New York in 1997. Over the next 10 years, Whitacre’s     8     compositions began to become quite     9     among choirs and singers. This     10     to the creation of the virtual choir.