Research

FLO Research Output

As musicians and artists, in the context of FLO, we are interested in exploring new collaborative music-making frameworks and systems, designing new ways of composing and performing using traditional instruments, hardware and software, and finding new ways of connecting with female performers and audiences from different musical backgrounds, cultures and continents 🙂

Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper / Oral Presentation 

  • Mannone, M, Chudy, M, de Souza Stolfi, A, Wilkie, S, Heiserova, S.B, and Brown, N, Quantum Circuits, HyperCubeHarmonic, and Improvisation: a Case Study of a Remote Networked Performance of the Female Laptop Orchestra, 2025, 3rd International Symposium on Quantum Computing and Musical Creativity (ISQCMC’25, 27-29 October 2025), Palermo, January 2026. PDF/DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18244749

Research output: Non-textual form › Online Performance 

  • Mannone, M, Brown, N, Chudy, M, Stolfi, A, Wilkie, S and Heiserova, S.B, Telematic City Jam – Vitória, A telematic audio-visual performance using IBM quantum circuits, 4D CubeHarmonic and Playsound.space, 2025, CIPS IV, Federal University of Espírito Santo, Vitória,  Brazil, 31 May 2025, Online Performance.
  • Mannone, M, Brown, N, Chudy, M, Stolfi, A and Heiserova, S.B, Telematic City Jam – Warsaw, A telematic audio-visual performance using IBM quantum circuits, 4D CubeHarmonic and Playsound.space, 2025, AES Europe 2025, ATM Studios,  Warsaw, Poland, 22 May 2025, Online Performance.
  • Brown, N, Chudy, M, Mannone, M, Stolfi, A, Wilkie, S and Heiserova, S.B, Telematic City Jam – Erlangen, A telematic audio-visual performance using Playsound.space created by Stolfi, A, 2024,  IEEE IS2 2024 2024, International Audio Laboratories Erlangen, Germany, 1 October 2024, Online Performance.
  • Brown, N, Chudy, M, Mannone, M, Stolfi, A, Wilkie, S and Domingo Muñoz, R, Telematic City Jam – West Lafayette, A telematic audio-visual performance using Playsound.space created by Stolfi, A, 2024, WAC 2024, Purdue University, West Lafayette, US, 16 March 2024, Online Performance.
  • Brown, N, Chudy, M, Mannone, M, Stolfi, A, Wilkie, S and Domingo Muñoz, R, FLO & FRIENDS: Telematic City Jam – Prague, A telematic audio-visual performance mixed and spatialised by Whittaker, R, 2023,  Prague Quadrennial 2023, Sound Kitchen, Prague, Czech Republic, 11 June 2023, Online Performance.
  • Vine, C, Furlanete, F, Hartmann, P, Yang, Y, Brown, N, Mannone, M, Stolfi, A and Domingo Muñoz, R, EO + FLO: Telematic City Jam – Calgary, A telematic performance collaboration between Ethernet Orchestra (EO) and Female Laptop Orchestra (FLO), mixed and spatialised by Whittaker, R, 2022, WSD2022, Sound Kitchen, Calgary, Canada, 13 August 2022, Online Performance.
  • Mannone, M and Brown, N, Blues and Greys: For Zadar Soundscapes, CubeHarmonic, Piano, Flute, Theremin, Cymbals, Triangle and Tambourine, Mathematical and Computational Models in Music, University of Pavia, Italy, 1 July 2021, Online Performance.
  • Brown, N,  Chudy, M, Mannone, M, Zadar Telematic Sessions: #2 For Cello, Piano and the Sea Organ: A telematic performance with 3D soundscapes, cello and piano improvisations streamed to Locustream SoundMap, Reveil – SC8 Off Grid, 2021,  1 May 2021, Online Performance.
  • Schroeder, F, Meireles, M, Brown, N, Alarcón, X, Mannone, M, Papadomanolaki, M, Stolfi, A, and Xambó, A, Absurdity: a distributed performance using LiveSHOUT (concept by Franziska Schroeder and Matilde Meireles), 2020, In: Physically Distant 2: Online Talks on Telematic Performance, the Gesture Embodiment and Machines in Music, GEMM))), Luleå University of Technology, School of Music in Piteå, Sweden, 28 July 2020, Online Performance.

Research output: Non-textual form › Performance 

  • Brown, N, Stolfi, A, Heiserova, S.B, Chudy, M, Mannone, M, Wilkie, S & Hughes, A. FLO + Reverbera!: Telematic City Jam – Paris: An audio-visual performance using Web Audio instruments RessoaSom and Playsound.space, acoustic instruments and electronics with visuals inspired by the Cinegrafias da Costa project, 2025, WAC2025, Paris, France, 20 November 2025, Performance.
  • Brown, N, Chudy, M, Hoel, A.M, Domingo Muñoz, R, Mannone, M and Ikkache, L. FLO & Friends: City Jam Berlin: An audio-visual performance collaboration between Female Laptop Orchestra (FLO) and Tomioka, F, Kawashita, A and Hijikata, H, 2022, Kontakte’22, Festival for Electroacoustic Music and Sound Art, Berlin, Germany, 23 September 2022, Performance.
  • Brown, N, Hoel, A.M, Pase, T, Bravo, A, Chudy, M, Papadomanolaki, M, Wilkie, S & Stolfi, A, Transmusicking III: A telematic multi-channel audio-visual performance, 2019, Rarefacció, Hangar, Barcelona, Spain, 12 July 2019, Performance.
  • Brown, N, Chudy, M, Hewitt, D, Stolfi, A, Hoel, A.D, Penezić, R, Esih, M, Klarić Mimica, D, Ljubičić, L, Novak, M, Tomioka, F & Kawashita, A, FLO & Friends: City Jam – Zagreb: A telematic multi-channel audio-visual performance collaboration between Female Laptop Orchestra (FLO) and Zagreb Flute Ensemble (ZAF), 2019, Academy of Music, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia, 21 June 2019, Performance.
  • Mills, R, Brown, N, Chilan, M. S, Hewitt, D, Chris Vine, C, Deuter, H, Wilkie, S & Ikkache, L, EO + FLO: Live at Halfback Books & Records: A telematic performance collaboration between Ethernet Orchestra (EO) and Female Laptop Orchestra (FLO), 2019, Dee Why, Sydney, Australia, 6 June 2019, Performance. 
  • Brown, N, Wilkie, S, Hewitt, D, Mannone, M, Langley, S, Tomioka, F & Kawashita, A, FLO & Friends: City Jam – Melbourne: A telematic audio-visual performance, 2019, Testing Grounds, Melbourne, Australia, 1 June 2019, Performance.
  • Brown, N, Wilkie, S, Hewitt, D,  Stolfi, A, Frencham, M, Supski, K & ReVerse Butcher, Where Yarra Meets Darebin: A telematic multi-channel audio-visual performance, 2019, Macgeorge House Sessions, Ivanhoe, Melbourne, Australia, 26 May 2019, Performance.
  • Brown, N, Wilkie, S, Esih, M, Klarić Mimica, D, Lidija Ljubičić, L, Novak, M, Tomioka, F, Bravo, A, Mannone, M, Supski, K & ReVerse Butcher, Happy B’Day May: An audio-visual performance, 2019, Macgeorge House Sessions, Ivanhoe, Melbourne, Australia, 5 May 2019, Performance. 
  • Brown, N, Chudy, M, Pase, T, Hoel, A.M, Schroeder, F, Dobson, L, Xambó, A, Ikkache, L, Wilkie, S & Stolfi, A, Transmusicking II: A telematic multi-channel immersive performance collaboration between Female Laptop Orchestra (FLO) and Women in Music Technology (WiMT), 2018, Sonic Laboratory, SARC, Queen’s University Belfast, Northern Ireland,  22 November 2018, Performance.
  • Brown, N, Chudy, M, Papadomanolaki, M, Wilkie, S, Pase, T, Stolfi, A, Schroeder, F, Xambó A, Ikkache, L, Freeman, J, Ganesh, S, Kerure, A, Narang, J & Tsuchiya, T, Transmusicking I: A telematic performance collaboration between Female Laptop Orchestra (FLO) and Women in Music Technology (WiMT) with audience participation, 2017, In: Audio Mostly 2017, Oxford House Theatre, London, UK, 25 August 2017. Performance.
  • Brown, N, Chudy, M, Zagreb Flute Ensemble, Mastikosa, D & Kavić, A, Sutra: An audio-visual performance collaboration between Female Laptop Orchestra (FLO) and Zagreb Flute Ensemble (ZAF), 2016, ORIS House of Architecture, Zagreb, Croatia, 18 December 2016, Performance.
  • Brown, N, Chudy, M, Papadomanolaki, M & Alarcón, X & Smith, S, In Transglasphōnē at ALL2016: A telematic multi-channel performance with audience participation, 2016, ALL2016, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, UK, 15 October 2016, Performance.
  • Brown, N, Chudy, M, Papadomanolaki, M, Alarcón, X, Barthet, M & Deacon, T, In Transglasphōnē: A telematic multi-channel performance with audience participation, 2016, In: The 12th International Symposium of Computer Music Multidisciplinary Research: Bridging People and Sound (CMMR 2016), São Paulo, Brazil. 05-08 July 2016, Performance.
  • Brown, N, Knotts, S, Chudy, M, Mahtani, A, Armitage, J, Bautista, L, Figueroa, L, Cardenas, A & Pickett, J, Female Laptop Orchestra at PQ2015: A telematic multi-channel performance, 2015, Sound Kitchen at Prague Quadrennial 2015, Prague, Czech Republic, 24 June 2015, Performance.
  • Brown, N, Knotts, S, Chudy, M, Armitage, J, Bautista, L, Figueroa, L, Pickett, J & Young, A, Female Laptop Orchestra at Klang 2015: A telematic multi-channel performance, 2015, Klang Festival, Durham University, Durham, UK, 5 June 2015, Performance.

Research output: Non-textual form › Recorded/ Rendered Performance 

  • Mannone, M, Brown, N, Chudy, M, Stolfi, A, Wilkie, S and Heiserova, S.B., Telematic City Jam – Sharjah. An immersive audio-visual performance using IBM quantum circuits, 4D CubeHarmonic and Playsound.space, spatialised by Whittaker, R., 2025, World Stage Design 2025, Sound Kitchen, Sharjah, UAE, 19 October 2025, Recorded/ Rendered Performance.
  • Mannone, M, Brown, N, Chudy, M, Stolfi, A, Wilkie, S and Heiserova, S.B. A live broadcast of the recorded performance of Telematic City Jam – Glasgow, Radiophrenia Shorts 53, Resonance FM, 4 August 2025, Recorded/ Rendered Performance.
  • Brown, N, Chudy, M, Mannone, M, Hoel, A.M, Stolfi, A and Wilkie, S. A live broadcast of the Ghost Structures album tracks: Once upon a time, Unavailable at the moment, Building a connection, Women are from Mars, Radiophrenia 87.9FM, 21 August-3 September 2023, Recorded/ Rendered Performance.
  • Brown, N, Mannone, M, Stolfi, A and Wilkie, S. Once upon a time. Ghost Structures, Female Laptop Orchestra & Camille Lacroix, Tsuku Boshi Records, Paris, France, 5 July 2022. Recorded/ Rendered Performance.
  • Brown, N, Chudy, M, Mannone, M, Hoel, A.M and Stolfi, A. Unavailable at the moment. Ghost Structures, Female Laptop Orchestra & Camille Lacroix, Tsuku Boshi Records, Paris, France, 5 July 2022. Recorded/ Rendered Performance.
  • Brown, N, Chudy, M, Mannone, M, Hoel, A.M and Stolfi, A. Building a connection. Ghost Structures, Female Laptop Orchestra & Camille Lacroix, Tsuku Boshi Records, Paris, France, 5 July 2022. Recorded/ Rendered Performance.
  • Brown, N, Chudy, M, Mannone, M, Hoel, A.M and Stolfi, A. Women are from Mars. Ghost Structures, Female Laptop Orchestra & Camille Lacroix, Tsuku Boshi Records, Paris, France, 5 July 2022. Recorded/ Rendered Performance.
  • Brown, N, Chudy, M and Mannone, M. Selenge – Telematic Remix by FLO with Sounds from Zadar, Warsaw, and Palermo, Oceans Reimagined, Pueblo Nuevo Netlabel, Chile, 11 January 2022, Recorded/ Rendered Performance.
  • Brown, N, Chudy, M, Papadomanolaki, M & Alarcón, X, In Transglasphōnē at Radiophrenia 2016: A live broadcast of the recorded performance of In Transglasphōnē at CMMR2016, 2016, Radiophrenia 87.9FM, 29 August-11 September 2016, Recorded/ Rendered Performance.

FLO members’ individual research output

As individual researchers, working at the intersection of music, art, computer science and engineering, we also present our work at conferences and symposiums and publish it as part of journals and book chapters.

Check out what some of the FLO folks have been up below!

Magdalena Chudy’s research has been focused on player-dependent aspects of musical timbre, with a particular interest in exploring the relationship between instrumental gesture, tone quality and perception in classical cello performance.

  • Chudy, M. (2016) Discriminating music performers by timbre: On the relation between instrumental gesture, tone quality and perception in classical cello performance. PhD thesis, Centre for Digital Music, School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science, Queen Mary University of London, UK. Published online 5 Jan 2017. [pdf]

Anna Xambó’s research focuses on interactive real-time systems for music looking at live coding and generative computer music, collaborative and participatory interfaces, and real-time MIR. She has a special interest in improving the underrepresentation of women in music technology.

  • Xambó, A. (2018) “Who Are the Women Authors in NIME? – Improving Gender Balance in NIME Research”. In Proceedings of the New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME ’18). Blacksburg, Virginia, USA. pp. 174-177. [pdf]