Laptop+Orchestra+Directory


 * Academic**

[|Aalto University Laptop Orchestra (AULO)]. Affiliated with Aalto University Laptop Orchestra, Finland. Koray Tuhigulou, Director. Started in 2009.

[|Bard Laptop Orchestra (blork)]. Affiliated with Bard College, USA. Miguel Frasconi, Director. 22 participants. [|Video]

[|Birmingham Laptop Ensemble (BiLE)]. Affiliated with BEAST (Birmingham ElectroAcoustic Sound Theatre), Birmingham University, UK. Started in 2011, 6 participants.

[|BLOrk (Boulder Laptop Orchestra)]. Affiliated with University of Colorado at Boulder. John Gunther, Director. [|Video]

[|CiCLOP (Cincinnati Composers Laptop Orchestra)]. Affiliated with the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. Started in 2011, 10 participants.

[|CLOrk (Concordia Laptop Orchestra)]. Affiliated with Concordia University. Eldad Tsabary, Director. Started in 2011.

[|Electric Monster Ensemble]. Affiliated with Montana State University. Hsiao-Lan Wang, Director. Started in 2009, 8 participants. [|Video]

[|EMU Laptop Ensemble]. Affiliated with University of Ulm, Germany. Dr. Dieter Trüstedt, Director. Started in 1986 (as EMU Ensemble), 8-10 participants.

[|FLEA (FIU Laptop and Electronic Arts) Ensemble]. Affiliated with Florida International University. Paula Matthusen, Director. 8 participants. [|Video]

[|HELLO (Hope Experimental Live Laptop Orchestra)]. Affiliated with Liverpool Hope University, UK. Manuella Blackburn, Director. Started in 2011.

[|HELO (Huddersfield Experimental Laptop Orchestra)]. Affiliated with Huddersfield University, UK. Scott Hewitt, Director. Started in 2008.

[|IBULOrk (Istanbul Bilgi University Laptop Orchestra)]. Affiliated with Istanbul Bilgi University, Turkey. Tolga Tüzün, Director. Started in 2009, 5 participants.

[|L2Ork (Linux Laptop Orchestra)]. Affiliated with Virginia Tech Music Department DISIS (Digital Interactive Sound & Intermedia Studio). Ivica Ico Bukvic, Director. Started in 2009, up to 15 participants.

[|Barcelona Laptop Orchestra / Laptop Orchestra of the Esmuc]. Affiliated with Catalonia School of Music (Spain) - Department of Sonology (L'Esmuc). Joseph M Comajuncosas, Director. Started in 2007.

[|LOLs] (Laptop Orchestra of Louisiana). Affiliated with Louisiana State University. Stephen David Beck, Director. Started in 2010, 10 participants.

[|Manchester Metropolitan University Laptop Ensemble (MMULE)]. Affiliated with Metropolitan Manchester University. Martin Blain and Jason Woolley, Directors. Started in 2008.

[|MIRA Laptop and Electronic Arts Ensemble]. Affiliated with St. Petersburg College, Florida. Started in 2011.

[|Moscow Laptop Cyber Orchestra (CybOrk)]. Affiliated with the Theremin Center at Moscow State Conservatory. Andrey Smirnov, Director. Started in 2006.

New Music Ensemble Laptop Orchestra (NuMuLO). Affiliated with University of Calgary. Laurie Radford, Director. [|Video]

[|OLapSo (Orquestra de Laptop SONatório- UFRB)]. Affiliated with the Universidade Federal do Recôncavo da Bahia - UFRB, Cachoeira-Bahia, Brazil. Marina Mapurunga, Director. Started in 2016.

[|Oslo Laptop Orchestra (OLO)]. Affiliated with the University of Oslo and the Norwegian Academy of Music, Norway. Kjell Tore Innervik, Alexander Refsum Jensenius, Directors. Started in 2007.

[|PLOrk (Princeton Laptop Orchestra)]. Affiliated with Princeton University, USA. Dan Trueman and Rebecca Fiebrink, Directors. Started in 2005.

[|Royal College of Music Laptop Orchestra]. Affiliated with the Royal College of Music, UK. Michale Oliva, Director. Started in 2010.

[|SLOrk (Stanford Laptop Orchestra)]. Affiliated with Stanford University, UK. Ge Wang, Director. Started in 2008, 20+ participants.

[|UBC Laptop Orchestra]. Affiliated with the University of British Columbia. Bob Pritchard and Keith Hamel, Directors.

[|Unknown Devices]. Affiliated with the London College of Communication. David Toop, Director. Started in 2005.

WCU Laptop Arts Ensemble. Affiliated with West Chester University, USA. Van Stiefel, Director. Started in 2010. [|Video]


 * Quartets**

WCU Laptop Quartet (West Chester University). Affiliated with West Chester University, USA. Larry Nelson and Van Stiefel, Directors. Started in 2010(?) [|Video]

[|Wiivaldi Laptop Quartet]. Affiliated with Libera Università de Bolzano, Italy. Adige Risuona, Director.


 * Non-Academic**

[|Dublin Laptop Orchestra (DubLork)]. Alex Dowling and Dan Trueman, Directors. Started in 2011. [|Video]

[|Endliche Automaten / Laptop Orchestra Berlin (EALOB)]. Based in Berlin, Germany. Started in 2005.

[|Laptop Orchestra]. Based in Tokyo. Philippe Châtelain, Director. Started in 2002, 6 particpants.

[|Manchester Laptop Orchestra (MLO)]. James O'Shea, Director.

[|Sideband]. (Spinoff of PLOrk.) Started in 2010, 7 participants. [|Video]

[|St. Louis Laptop Ensemble]. Affiliated with the New Music Circle, St. Louis, Missouri.

[|Third Eye Laptop Orchestra]. Hans Tammen, Director. Started in 2009(?).


 * Other Ensembles (who perform with laptops, but do not call themselves laptop orchestras)**

[|Endphase]. (Trio: Alberto C. Bernal, Johannes Kreidler, Joao Pais) Started in 2004. [|Video]

[|European Bridges Ensemble]. Georg Hajdu, Director. Started in 2005, 5 participants.

[|MIMEO] (Music in Movement Electronic Orchestra). Started in 1997, 11 members. [|Video]

[|The Hub]. Started in 1989, 6 members.


 * One-Time**

Giovanni Cospito Laptop Orchestra. Affiliated with the Conservatorio di Como, Italy. Giovanni Cospito, Director. Started in 2008. [|Video]

[|Worldscape Laptop Orchestra]. Affiliated with the University of York, UK. Ambrose Field, Director.


 * Defunct / On Hiatus / Inactive**

[|Carnegie Mellon Laptop Orchestra (CMLO)]. Carnegie Mellon University, USA. Roger B. Dannenberg, Director. 2006.

[|Grainface Laptop Ensemble]. Affiliated with the Institute for Musicology and Music Informatics at the University of Karlsruhe, Germany.

[|Helsinki Computer Orchestra] Tommi Keränen, Director. 2003.

[|ImproMasters Version 1] Affiliated with the Sibelius Academy, Finland. Shinji Kanki, Director. 2004-05. [|Video]

[|ImproMasters Version 2]. Affiliated with the Sibelius Academy, Finland. Shinji Kanki, Director. 2005-06. [|Video]

[|ImproMasters Version 3]. Affiliated with the ECMCT (European Cause for Music Composition and Technology). Shinji Kanki, Director. 2007, 8 participants. [|Video]

[|ImproMasters Version 4]. Nordic Sound Art workshop held in Mälmö, Sweden. Shinji Kanki, Director. 2008.

[|McGill Digital Orchestra]. Affiliated with McGill University. Sean Ferguson, Director. 2006-08.

[|MiLO (Milwaukee Laptop Orchestra)]. 2007-08.

[|New York Laptop Orchestra]. (2009?)

[|Regina Electroacoustic Performance Orchestra (REAPOR)]. 2008-09.

[|Seattle Laptop Orchestra]. (2006-07?)

[|Super D'Orch Digital Orchestra]. Based in Edinburgh. Started in 2009, 5 participants [|Video]

Toshiba-funded Laptop Orchestra. 2004, 15 participants. [|Video]