Spontaneous Combustion Choir is a form of improvised chorale singing invented by O-Lan Jones, Artistic Director of Overtone Industries.

Spontaneous Combustion Choir - "Swan, Tell Me Your Old Story"

An excerpt from The Woman Who Forgot Her Sweater, an opera presented by Overtone Industries. Written by Kathleen Cramer & O-Lan Jones.  Featuring Melody Butiu with Silvie Zamora, Patty Cornell, Michelle Maisy Mais, and Wanda-Lee Evans.

The Woman Who Forgot Her Sweater - "Weighed & Found Wanting"

An excerpt from Woman in the Wall, an opera presented by Overtone Industries. Written by Kathleen Cramer & O-Lan Jones. Featuring Schola Cantorum of San Francisco and Gretchen Johnson.

The Woman in the Wall - "Justice"

•SAND - Start 00:00, Duration :34 
From "Songs and Dances of Imaginary Lands" 2010
(Example of Men's Choir music)

•THE LIGHT OF KNOWING - Start 00:34, Duration :19
From "The Woman in the Wall", recorded live 2012
(Example of Women's Choir music)

•QUIVER QUINTET - Start 00:56, Duration 1:04
From "The Woman Who Forgot Her Sweater", professional recording 2009

•DEATHCART - Start 01:57, Duration 3:36
From "The Woman in the Wall", recorded live 2012

•COLD BREATH - Start 03:42, Duration 1:00
An excerpt of the song written 30 years ago which helped to inspire the storyline for ICELAND.

O-Lan Jones, Work Samples

O - LanJones RedCat 2015

ELF STORY 11•6•15

from the contemporary opera ICELAND
performed in concert at The Ford Theaters in Los Angeles

AVAILABLE LIGHT

written by Emmett Tinley
performed by Cesili Williams
arranged by John Ballinger

musical director David O

recording engineer E. Martin Gimenez
audio mastering John Ballinger

"Available Light" from ICELAND, live at the Ford Amphitheater

Spontaneous Combustion Choir - "Close To Heaven"

An excerpt from Songs and Dances of Imaginary Lands, an opera presented by Overtone Industries. Written by Deb Gwinn & John Ballinger. Featuring Victor Chan with Melody Butiu and Silvie Zamora.

Songs and Dances of Imaginary Lands - "Wet Footsteps"

An excerpt from The Woman in the Wall, an opera presented by Overtone Industries. Written by Kathleen Cramer & O-Lan Jones. Featuring Gretchen Johnson with Schola Cantorum of San Francisco, and Amyellen Kessler.

The Woman in The Wall - "In The Cell"

Overtone Industries develops and presents new multi-disciplinary operas and music theatre, bringing to life vivid, original myths and fables.  We are passionate about live performance and its power to generate transformation, as performers and audience participate together in each unfolding moment.  We believe artistic expression is an essential part of living, serving as a catalyst for both artists and audience members to understand themselves in a new way.  Collaboration is at the heart of our process and we give each project the time and devotion it requires to come to life.  We simultaneously stay connected to our community by providing spontaneous methods of participatory art making.  Our purpose is to create work that will inspire a broad demographic of people to experience together the joys of being alive.

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