[MoPhO music] >>Stanford Mobile Phone Orchestra or MoPhO,

spelled with a P-H, as we call it, is an experimental

ensemble that we've started here at CCRMA.

[MoPhO music] The phone is generating the sound, and then

the sound is being amplified by these speakers that we're

wearing.

So, the piece you just saw and heard is a piece called "

Drum" for the Mobile Phone Orchestra.

We're synthesizing sound on the phones.

You know, this is one piece of modern technology that's

becoming so ubiquitous that's it's taken a life of its own.

[MoPhO music] It's not just a small computer anymore.

It's actually a personal, intimate device.

Because it's so pervasive, there's just incredible social

possibilities.

This musical instrument is called Ocarina.

And it's actually made by a starter company I cofounded in

July of 2008.

And the Ocarina literally transforms your iPhone into a 12,

000-year-old flutelike wind instrument, preserving all its

interactions.

So, I'll give you a quick demo here.

What I'm gonna do is hold the phone as if I'm holding a

sandwich, and then I'm going to blow into the microphone

located at the bottom of the phone.

[Ocarina music] Sort of an example of kind of a social

connection we can make with music and mobile phones.

This is actually part of the Ocarina application.

And as part of this application, we see a visualization of

the globe.

And in here, we're actually looking at the US.

What we're hearing is a real person who has played this

instrument recently.

You see Southeast Asia.

Playing happy birthday.

You know, I think that is really leading to this notion of,

perhaps, more of a global community of musicians that's

really truly connected through this new technology.