"Laptop Orchestra points way to future"

f.scottie
Tue, 18 Jul 2006 00:31:40 +0000

the palm beach post has a thoughtful blog post today on the princeton laptop orchestra (plork), a self-described “ensemble of computer-based musical meta-instruments.” says NPR:

“The group has caused something of a sensation in academic circles and avant-garde musicians are queuing up to compose for them. They have their own wireless-network that can play anything from electropop to avant garde on instruments specially designed to interface with their laptops.”

Weekend America for Saturday, May 6 2006;

here’s the palm beach post piece:

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/palmbeach/stepanich/

see also:

Brainwaves | Classical music | The Guardian; (guardian)
http://plork.cs.princeton.edu/images/nyt-2006.4.30.gif (times)

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