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Virtual Orchestrators 
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This page will serve as a nexus of links to composers who are taking the the process of realizing many of their works into their own hands, through the means of electronic "virtual" performances -- something that is near its infancy (less than 20 years since the general use of MIDI) and yet has come farther, and become more pervasive, than many people realize.
Included here are those composers for whom the process of sonic realization has become an important and integral part of their work, and whose realizations transmit the feeling of an authentic performance, not simply some pale substitute. The links will show a wide variety of both compositional and orchestrational possibilities, some more fully realized than others -- but these are all musicians I've listened to and admire, both for their craft and compositional skill, and they've all been showing ways forward for what is sure to become one of the more important and prevalent practical means to achieve performances, recordings, and dissemination of new music. Many links will lead you to examples that you can hear right on your own computer here and now, as either MP3s, Real Audio, Windows Media or Quicktime files. In a way, this is a complementary aspect of this revolution, in that things like record stores and "labels" can be bypassed, letting the gap between creation and dissemination begin to shrink dramatically. Creators and audience can become intimately connected, ideas can be shared in days instead of months or years, a composer in Kiev can make his new work instantly available to a listener in Kansas City. This isn't the place to discuss the craft or "technical" aspects of what these composers do; almost all can be contacted via e-mail and asked directly. And in a sense, what each of these composers is doing is to make that question irrelevant; to make realizations live and convince on their own terms. Visitors are invited to browse; composers who are working in this technique are invited to send an e-mail to stevelayton@niwo.com for consideration, and to contact and network with others listed here. |
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Dennis Báthory-Kitsz (USA) |
Home site |
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Daniel D'Quincy (USA) |
Home site |
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Jerry Gerber (USA) |
Home site |
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Jeff Harrington (USA) |
Home site |
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Ben Heneghan (UK) |
Recording on Chandos |
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Tazio Iacobacci (Italy) |
Recordings at MP3.com |
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Ian Lawson (UK) |
Recording on Chandos |
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Steve Layton (USA) |
Recordings at Ampcast |
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Daniel Lentz (USA) |
Home site |
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Chris Milmerstadt (USA) |
Home site |
Vladimir Nemet (Croatia) |
Recordings at MP3.com |
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Anthony Ranieri (USA) |
Recordings at MP3.com |
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David Rubenstein (USA) |
Home site |
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Giorgio Sollazzi (Italy) |
Recordings at MP3.com |
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Alberto Vignani (Italy) |
Recordings at MP3.com |
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J.D. Vormittag (Canada) |
Recordings at MP3.com |
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