Why this Australian musician is asking the audience to turn their phones on (opens original article in a new tab)

An Australian musician is incorporating audience smartphones into a concert performance by using an app to synchronize their devices' lights and sounds with global field recordings, premiering at Adelaide’s Illuminate festival next month.

• An Australian composer's new work uses a smartphone app to integrate audience phones into a 32-part 'choir' during a concert
• The app coordinates phone lights and sounds with field recordings from various global locations
• The performance, The Lost Art of Listening, will premiere at Adelaide’s Illuminate festival next month