Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by The composer Matthew Sheeran, brother of the pop star Ed Sheeran, discusses how he translated microtonal electronic music for a chamber orchestra. By ...
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Ever heard of an adapted viola? What about a chromalodeon? Or a harmonic canon? They're all instruments invented by avante-garde composer Harry Partch. Partch was a California native who threw out ...
The Beyond: Microtonal Music Festival returns to Pittsburgh this weekend. Microtonal music, according to festival organizers, “expands the possibilities of sound by using tuning systems beyond, or in ...
The normally underground world of microtonal music goes public for the next month courtesy of the annual MicroFest, launched Sunday at Venice’s Electric Lodge with a program called “MicroGuitars.” ...
Drawn to imaginative ideas about sound and pitch, musician and composer Dean Drummond found the traditional instruments of European classical music inadequate to perform the seemingly “out of tune” ...
Microtonal jazz is where it’s at and the five artists featured below – Anna Webber, Modney, Mat Muntz, Alec Goldfarb and Zekkereya El-magharbel – are the tip of the iceberg. Anna Webber – Shimmer ...
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