The Stanford Mobile Phone Orchestra (MoPhO) is a
first-of-its-kind ensemble that explores social music-making using mobile
devices (e.g., iPhones and iPads). Far beyond ring-tones, MoPhO's
interactive social-musical works and research take advantage of
the unique technological capabilities of today's hardware and software,
transforming multi-touch screens, built-in accelerometers, gyroscopes,
microphones, cameras, GPS, data networks, and computation into powerful,
mobile, and personal musical instruments and experiences. MoPhO was
instantiated in 2007 at CCRMA, Stanford
University, by faculty member and director Ge Wang,
Deutsche Telekom senior research scientist (now faculty at University
of
Michigan, co-director 2007-2009) Georg
Essl, and visiting CCRMA researcher Henri
Penttinen, with
CCRMA Artistic Coordinator Chryssie
Nanou, 2007-2008
MA/MST students, and generous initial support from Nokia. MoPhO performed
its first public concert in January 2008 and continues to serve as a
research platform for social, mobile music. |