Harmonic Space Orchestra

Michiko Ogawa, clarinet
M.O. Abbott, bass trombone
Fredrik Rasten, e-bow guitar
Sarah Saviet, violin
Catherine Lamb & Thomas Nicholson, violas

KM28, Berlin
10-24-2020

V1 (2020)

A meditation on unnecessary air travel

Rendered in SuperCollider using the Ctk quark for non-realtime synthesis

Original version is 4-channel, please reach out if interested in hearing it

Contrails (2016)(stereo version)

Melody Chua, alto flute
Amelia Lee, oboe

live performance at Smith Memorial Hall, University of Illinois, 5-4-14

Gaffed (1999)

An electronic sonification of data from a photosynthesis study.   Data for sonification was provided by Ursula Ruiz Vera.  Grace and SuperCollider were used to realize the piece.  This recording is best appreciated on a sound system with a very wide frequency range.

green unpredictable (2014)

Illinois Modern Ensemble
Gonzalo Farias, conductor

live performance
Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, University of Illinois
4-19-15

PSO J318.5-22 (2012-15) (excerpt)

University of Illinois Trombone Choir
M.O. Abbott, conductor

live performance
Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, University of Illinois
4-12-15

Synchronicity and Disarray (2015)

Kevin McFarland, cello

live performance
Rec Hall, New Music on the Point (Point CounterPoint), Leicester, VT
6-11-15

Foretaste (2000)

Gavin Goodwin, alto saxophone
Kathleen Andrews, violin
Kevin McFarland, cello
Tomoko Ono, piano

live performance
Town Hall Theater, Middlebury, VT
6-12-15

Lost Lozenge (2015)

Beth Trower, viola
M.O. Abbott, trombone
Tomoko Ono, piano

live performance
Smith Memorial Hall, University of Illinois
8-5-2015

Funeral Music (2006), Mvmt. III

Melody Chua, flutes
Victor Pons, percussion
Tomoko Ono, piano

dress rehearsal
Smith Memorial Room, University of Illinois
3-14-2016

Puppis (2016)

A manifold composition with many legitimate versions.  New versions can be created for any arbitrary number of speakers.  Optimally, the speakers are set up in a circle (or ring) on a flat plane, with the audience in the center.  

This is the original version that was presented at ICMC 2017 in Shanghai, China.  This recording is best appreciated on a sound system with a very wide frequency range.

"I Said Top-Top" (2017-18) (original stereo version)

Whitney Ashe and Tomoko Ono, piano

live performance
Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, University of Illinois
2-15-2018

Pseudoku Redux (2011)

Illinois Modern Ensemble
Stephen Andrew Taylor, conductor

live performance
Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, University of Illinois
11-3-17

Popular tracks by M.O. Abbott