Page 4 - Book II Unit 5

3 Read the text again and answer the questions.

1 How is a virtual choir different from other choirs? Who can take part in it?
2 What caused Eric Whitacre to fall in love with classical music? What gave him the
inspiration to make his first virtual choir?

4 Find the numbers and dates to fill in the timeline.

2 January 19 Eric Whitacre was born.
19 –1995 Whitacre attended the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
19 Whitacre got a master’s degree from the Juilliard School in New York.
2009 Whitacre first got the idea for the virtual choir. His first virtual choir used
singers from different countries; received
views on the Internet.
July 2014 Whitacre formed the Virtual Youth Choir for UNICEF. young
people from countries sang “What If”.

5 Learn more about music by completing the sentences with the correct forms of
the words and phrase. Then make a mind map about what music means to you.

ordinary remind perform award effort individual fall in love
enable stage studio original prove onto opportunity

1 Last night I went to see my friend’s new rock band on at a
small local music festival.
2 This new pop song me of an old song that was sung by Billy
White but later made popular by another singer.
3 I’m so happy! My favourite singer just won a music . This that
all the she put into her work was worth it.
4 I with rap music when I was a teenager. Listening to it me
to relax and forget about my problems.
5 Five years ago, he was finally given a(n) to record his song at a(n)
. Ever since, his success has shown the world that even
people can become famous.
6 Nowadays millions of musical performances are uploaded the Internet every
day by different who may or may not be professional musicians or singers.

6 Discuss the questions in groups.

1 What are the advantages and disadvantages of being a member of a virtual choir?
2 Does a virtual choir really bring people together? Why or why not?

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