Improvising Orchestras and Ensembles

 

Improvising Orchestras and Large Ensembles by Founding Date

• Globe Unity Orchestra () <<en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Globe_Unity_Orchestra>> (1966)
• ICP Orchestra – Instant Composers Pool Orchestra (London, England) <<www.icporchestra.com>> (1967)
• Scratch Orchestra <<en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scratch_Orchestra>> (1969)
• Willem Breuker Kollektief (Amsterdam, Netherlands) <<wbk.home.xs4all.nl/blurb.html>> (1974)
• Community Orchestra for Research and Development – C.O.R.D. Orchestra (Vancouver, British Columbia) <<>> (Late 1970s)
• Now Orchestra (Vancouver, British Columbia) <<www.nowsociety.org/about/history>> (1987)
• Vienna Improvisers Orchestra (Vienna, Austria) <<m.fischer.wuk.at>> (1995)
• London Improvisers Orchestra (London, England) <<www.londonimprovisersorchestra.co.uk>> (1997)
• Burnt Sugar the Arkestra Chamber (New York, NY)  <<burntsugarindex.com>> (1999)
• Glasgow Improvisers Orchestra (Glasgow, Scotland) <<glasgowimprovisersorchestra.com>> (2002)
• Orkestra Futura (Vancouver, British Columbia) <<nowsociety.org/ofnow-orkestra-futura>> <<www.facebook.com/pages/Orkestra-Futura/106682759406505>> (2008)
• Berlin Improvisers Orchestra (Berlin, Germany) <<berlinimprovisersorchestra.wordpress.com>> (2010)
• Toronto Improvisors Orchestra (Toronto, Canada) <<www.arraymusic.com/toronto-improvisors-orchestra>> (2010)
• The Great Lakes Improvising Orchestra (Milwaukee, WI) <<soundcloud.com/user8086246>> (2011)
• Tokyo Improvisers Orchestra (Tokyo, Japan) <<the-tokyo-improvisers-orchestra.tumblr.com>> (2013)?
• Dreamland Improvisation Company (Louisville, KY) <<www.facebook.com/events/1526553027557102>> (2014)

 

Unknown Founding Dates

• Of:NOW (Vancouver, British Columbia)

 

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