ORISON CHRIS CAMPBELL 


01 Parallels, Threading Light 6:17 
02 Rotating Light Mirrors the Water 4:01 
03 Ten Thousand Streams (Forward Motion) 6:30 
04 Streams to Source, Object to Origin 6:59 
05 Ten Thousand Streams (Retrograde) 2:46 
06 Rotating Hymns 5:03 
07 Ground Calls Out to Sky 4:41 

Orison Ensemble: 

Chris Campbell, Steven Copes, Eunice Kim, Hyobi Sim, Sara Pajunen, Peter Bregman, Claire Campbell, 
Joe Johnson, Jacqueline Ultan, Rebecca Merblum, Ted Olsen, Grant Cutler, Todd Reynolds, Dave King 


Orison, a prayer and meditation in seven parts 

I originally conceived Orison as a 
spatial piece within a sacred space 
I envisioned presenting it in a church 
or a Zen center with performers, 
visual media, and planes of sound 
inhabiting different zones or rooms 
throughout the space This album 
is the linear, concert version of that 
original conception, recorded with a 
large ensemble, and designed for this 

specific medium. 


Orison is phantasmagoric, moving and 

shifting fluidly from one part to the 

next Its timbres and lines dovetail and 
transform, moving through time into 
new forms, but always retaining some 
essence of their previous identity as 
they blossom into the next textural 
idea or sonic image 

Orison, for me, is sitting It’s a way to 
meditate, a way to pray Creating it 
has been a way to process the world 

around me, things rising up and falling 
away It’s been a way to bear witness 
to cycles and events, both macro and 
intimate This music has been a steady 
companion for several years, and 
working on it has given me a renewed 
orientation of hope 

To say that I’m indebted to many 
different people who helped make 
this music happen would be an 
understatement Thanks to the many 
players who came together and, 
through their generosity and talent, 
took the piece off the page and 
gave it life Thank you to my wife, 
Claire, who helped so much during 

the final phase of production by 


offering her ears and opinions when 
I had decision paralysis And, thanks 
to you, the listener, for spending 
time in this space, and engaging 
with this moment 


Orison score preparation and music copyist – Tim Igel 
Recorded at The Hideaway Studio / Recording Engineers: Joe Mabbott & Brady Moen 
Mixed by Joe Mabbott / Mastered at Infrasonic Sound by Pete Lyman 

Photo of Chris Campbell by Aaron Rice / Cover art by Denise Burt – elevator-design dk 
Director of Recordings: Chris Campbell / Manager of Recordings: Tim Igel 
Innova is supported by an endowment from the McKnight Foundation 


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