Cirrostratus

Cirrostratus is part of Atmospherics, a series of compositions by Jordan Nobles inspired by different types of clouds.

Atmospherics was co-commissioned by the Arizona State University’s Symphony Orchestra and Wind Ensemble, and performed by ensembles directed by Jeffery Meyer and Jason Caslor. The ASU string musicians recorded throughout spring 2021 for this online premiere performance.

Cirrostratus musicians:
Violin 1a: Sarah Abbott, Izayah Dutcher, Zhihuan An
Violin 1b: Kah Yan Lee, Sicong Chen, Luping Ning
Violin 2a: Mei Liu, Jingting Liu, Christina Green, HsiangJen Yang
Violin 2b: Hayden Shaner, Yuka ‘Ginny’ Takeuchi, Weichao Zhu, Anna Galura
Viola 1: Esther Kim, Hana Giauque, Maya Mokofisi
Viola 2: Jacob Anderson, Rui ‘Iris’ Yang, Anika Kang
Cello 1: Elliot Yang, Natalie Browning, Xuehui Yu
Cello 2: Satchel Decker, Dana Hurt, Jun Lee
Contrabass: Karl Kessler

These videos are to be played simultaneously, in any order, in any number. They sound together to create your own setting of Cirrostratus. You can start or stop the videos as you wish, listen to many or a few. Each listening experience is unique.

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Explore more of Atmospherics, a series of four compositions for spatialized (or isolated) ensemble.
Each piece features a section of the orchestra/band and is inspired by a different type of cloud:

Asperitas – for WIND ensemble: redshiftmedia.org/asperitas
Cumulonimbus – for BRASS ensemble: redshiftmedia.org/cumulonimbus
Noctilucent – for PERCUSSION ensemble: redshiftmedia.org/noctilucent
Cirrostratus – for STRING orchestra: redshiftmedia.org/cirrostratus