The Avatar Orchestra Metaverse (AOM) (founded March, 2007) is a large collaborative group of performers spread across three continents, who incorporate the use of online avatars alongside virtual instruments, to create a variety of audio-visual performances within Second Life.
[1][better source needed] The Avatar Orchestra Metaverse consists of members based in Europe, North America and Asia.
Former members who have created and collaborated on works for the Orchestra include Pauline Oliveros (USA), Jeremy Owen Turner (Canada), Andreas Mueller (Germany), Biagio Franca (Italy), Tim Risher (USA) Sachiko Hayashi (Japan/Sweden), Liz Solo (Canada), and Stelarc (Australia) among others.
This membership makes use of Second Life to perform telematically with each other, using virtual instruments which commonly created specifically for the composition they are used in.
Countries they've performed in include France, Germany, Norway, Sweden, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands, Canada and the United States.