Time:space:2017

Circumstances of creations

The first performance of the SOTA( School of the Arts, Singapore's first and only specialized national pre-tertiary arts school) took place on 20-I-2017 in its concert hall with Isaiah Koh (soundpainting and strombophone), Dirk Johan Stromberg (phallophone and technical direction), Robert Casteels (sphere), Tim Thorne (electric guitar), Ho Zhong Yun Alicia and Kee Rou An Irena (violins), Angelica Grace Teo Li En, Lee Su Min and Lucia Spencer Chan (melodicas), Bernice Saw Sze Ting, Chong Tze Yi Cherie and Kyra Tan (synthesizers) and Muhammad Rayyan Rizdian (percussion). 

The first performance of the National Junior College (an institution offering a two-year pre-university course) version took place on 9-III-2017. 

The first performance of the Lycée Français de Singapour (the French International School in Singapore) version took place on 7-IV-2017.

The phallophone is a unique electro-acoustic sensor-based instrument created by the American composer, improviser, and e-luthier Dirk Johan Stromberg. Just like his Phallophone, the Sphere is one of his self-designed electronic instruments or haptic interfaces—a device that translates physical movement into musical control.

Recordings

Rising Tones link #4, NJC performance link #1, #2 and #3

National Junior College score

contains the proposal (page 1), the musical structure of the performance (page 3), the production (page 6), the venue plot (page 7) and the signal flow (page 8).

Lycée Français de Singapour score

contains the programme (page 1), the production (page 2), the venue plot (page 3) and the signal flow (page 4).

School Of The Arts score

contains the programme (page 1), the musical structure of the performance (page 2), the production (page 4), the signal flow (page 5) and the venue plot (page 6).

Academic paper

see Having a Ball with A Sphere (2015) under Articles