premiered by Parlando, conducted by Ian Niederhoffer @ Merkin Hall on April 24th, 2022

'ensemble forecast' for flexible large ensemble

note | Coming from two earthy and rainy places (Ireland and Ecuador) has given me something of a mystical relationship with weather. I had a ring when I was young that I swear could control the weather; when I wished it would rain, most often to make my dad come home early from his work outside, it would rain. That’s all I ever asked of it and it happily obliged, especially when it was in season. I lost that ring sometime later, but it still feels part of me - a sense of knowing and joy when weather is coming.

​Rainmaking is also an essential ritual for Andean peoples, where my family originates, and there is a whole festival dedicated to the regeneration and welcome of the water in the cosmos back to the earth.
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‘Ensemble forecasting’ is a numerical method of weather prediction using a set or spread of possible variations to more accurately predict how weather systems might manifest in our uncertain atmosphere.

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