More on our weekend activities involving the choral rock star

Hope thinks he looks like Cary Elwes. I see the resemblance. Intriguing factor: Eric Whitacre couldn't read music when he entered college.

"He couldn't read music when he started college, but within a few years he was composing music that was performed and recorded by professional choirs around the world. He is that rare composer whose music is simultaneously deep and accessible, heavenly and earthy."