The Gas Chamber Orchestra is a noise music ensemble consisting of Michael Andrade, Mark Grey, Gary Singh, and Ryan Torchia. Formed in 1991 at San José State University in San Jose, California while the four were Electroacoustic music composition students. From 1992-1995, they performed many Free improvisation music concerts with surrealist, fluxist and dadaist overtones, incorporating such absurd elements to performances such as cooking on stage with amplified utensils, destroying a car with sledgehammers, performing in unusual spaces like bathrooms and workshops, overnight, or to empty concert halls. They also performed throughout California and in Las Vegas, and on KFJC radio. Noise music is music that uses sounds regarded as unpleasant or painful under normal circumstances. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... San José State University San José State University, commonly shortened to San José State and SJSU, is the founding campus of what became the California State University system. ... Nickname: Capital of Silicon Valley Official website: http://www. ... The terms Electroacoustic or Electroacoustic music have been used to describe several different musical genres or musical techniques. ... Musical composition is: an original piece of music the structure of a musical piece the process of creating a new piece of music // A musical composition A piece of music exists in the form of a written composition in musical notation or as a single acoustic event (a live performance... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Improvisation is the act of making something up as you go along. ... Kay Sage. ... Fluxus (from to flow) is an art movement noted for the blending of different artistic disciplines, primarily visual art but also music and literature. ... Cover of the first edition of the publication, Dada. ... For the British rock band of the same name, see Amplifier (band) An amplifier can be considered to be any device that uses a small amount of energy to control a source of a larger amount of energy, although the term today usually refers to an electronic amplifier. ... A workshop is a room or building which provides both the area and tools (or machinery) that may be required for the manufacture or repair of goods. ... KFJC (89. ...

The Gas Chamber Orchestra stopped performing regularly in 1996, after its members completed their MAs. Andrade passed away from undetermined natural causes on 2 March, 1996. Mark Grey is a respected composer based out of New York City. Gary Singh writes for The San Jose Metro. Ryan Torchia completed a Ph.D. in Music Composition from the Univerity at Buffalo in 2005, and now works in Daly City, California as a tester for Digidesign. A Master of Arts is a postgraduate academic masters degree awarded by universities in North America and the United Kingdom (excluding the ancient universities of Scotland and Oxbridge. ... March 2 is the 61st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (62nd in leap years). ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Nickname The Big Apple, The Capital of the World [1], Gotham Government Counties (Boroughs) Bronx (The Bronx) New York (Manhattan) Queens (Queens) Kings (Brooklyn) Richmond (Staten Island) Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Geographical characteristics Area  - Total  - Land  - Water 1,214. ... Metro Newspapers is an American newspaper company based in San Jose, California. ... Doctor of Philosophy (Ph. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Daly City, known as the “Gateway to the Peninsula”, is located in San Mateo County, California, United States, directly south of San Francisco, California. ... Digidesign is a digital audio company. ...

External links

• [1] The Gas Chamber Orchestra page on My Space.