Musica Orbis was founded in late spring 1972 by singer/songwriter Kitty Brazelton[REF] and Tom Stephenson (percussion, cello)[REF] on the Swarthmore College campus.
In the winter of 1974-1975, the quintet accompanied the Group Motion Multimedia Dance Theater and later performed at Wilma Project, the Painted Bride, The Bijou, Annenberg Center on the Penn campus.