June 19, 2006
Chicago Sinfonietta ringtone concert
Karina on mobuzz.tv today mentions the Chicago Sinfonietta's incorporating mobile ringtones into its performance.
As part of their ongoing experiment in audience participation, they are unveiling a new work called Concertino for Cell Phone and Orchestra by David Baker. During the performance, different sections of the audience will be asked to play their mobile ringtones at different times. "The grand finale will probably have everyone play their cell phone at once, according to the Director.
Other ringtone concerts:
-- Rocking the stage with mobile phones - The Handydandy consisted of five media artists from Austria using their mobile phones as musical instruments.
-- Cellphones join the orchestra - German conductor Bernd Kremlin incorporated mobile phone ringtones into his orchestra's performances.
-- Get 25,000-watt music via your mobile phone - An experimental live concert was held at the annual 2003 Ars Electronica festival where performer Tim Didymus conducted a live concert featuring music and sounds generated entirely on-the-fly from a mobile phone application.
-- Radio Ringtone Concert - The Hamburg Kunsthalle was the venue for a musical event dubbed "Wählt die Signale" (Dial the Signals), a radio concert for 144 mobile phones.
-- «Dialtones Symphony» - Was a collection gathered by American composer Golan Levin who initiated the first original «Dialtones Symphony» in 2001, where the 200 instruments played were the audience's ringing cell phones.
Offbeat:
-- Interactive Live Show - A Techno gig using mobile technology in 2001, was broadcast nationally across Japan.
-- Ringtone Concert In Estonia - The Tallinn Song Festival in Estonia planed a ringtone concert planned…sorta.
-- Cell phones and ringtones play part in new musical comedy - A stand-up comedian and a student wrote a musical comedy where cell phones and ringtones play a part.
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