Microtonal Adventures Festival

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Friday, May 13 - Sunday May 15, 2022

Schedule below

Free admission!

$10 ($12 at door) for Saturday concert at Make.Shift

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UnTwelve, Western Washington University, and Make.Shift present

Microtonal Adventures Festival

Lectures, workshops, panels, and nightly concerts for xenharmonic practitioners and enthusiasts

  • Early music
  • Non-Western music
  • Contemporary chamber music
  • Electroacoustic music and sound art
  • Experimental rock and electronica
  • Mircotonal/xenharmonic theory

Artists

  • Susan Alcorn
  • Dolores Catherino
  • Zhea Erose
  • Michael Kudirka
  • The Mercury Tree
  • Christopher Bailey
  • Jack Conklin
  • Emma Etc.
  • Kite Giedraitis
  • Gnu/Linux Loves All
  • Bruce Hamilton
  • Aaron Krister Johnson
  • Löis Lancaster
  • Larch West Trio
  • Indra Sadguna
  • Ursine
  • Praveen Venkataramana
  • Stephen Weigel
  • Alan Wild
  • Brendan Byrnes
  • Zoom Panel with Sevish, FastFast, and Müesk

Schedule

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Friday, May 13 - Sunday, May 15

Subject to updates - check back for latest!

Fri

Presentation: John Platter

3:00pm Free Performing Arts Center 016 - Choir Room

A Path Towards a More Usable Text-based Scale

Presentation: Lois Lancaster

3:30pm Free Remote

Recorded performance and Q&A

Workshop: The Kite guitar

4:00pm Free Performing Arts Center 016 - Choir Room

Overview, performance, & optional hands-on participation

  • Kite Giedraitis
  • Aaron Wolf
  • Athan Spathas
  • Timmy Burnett

with weekend Kite guitar loans

Concert: mostly electronic show

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7:30pm Free Performing Arts Center 016 - Choir Room
  • Zhea Erose
  • Aaron Krister Johnson
  • Chris Bailey
  • Jack Conklin
  • Bruce Hamilton
  • Ursin(e)

Sat

Presentation: Praveen Venkataramana

10:00am Free Remote

Wilsonian/other perspectives, guitar music

Presentation: Kite Giedraitis

10:30am Free Performing Arts Center 016 - Choir Room

41-edo notation and key signatures

Presentation: Michael Kudirka

11:00am Free Performing Arts Center 016 - Choir Room

Exploring Historical Tunings and Temperaments on Microtonal Guitar

Workshop: Xenharmonic choir

1:00pm - 3:00pm Free Performing Arts Center 016 - Choir Room

Facilitated by Aaron Krister Johnson (with break)

Details TBA

Keynote: Zhea Erose (Amelia Huff)

3:30pm - 4:30pm Free Performing Arts Center 016 - Choir Room

Concert: mostly loud show

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8:30pm $10 ($12 at door) @Make.Shift (306 Flora St.)
  • The Mercury Tree
  • GNU/Linux Loves All
  • Emma Etc
  • maybe more

Sun

Presentation: Indra Sadguna

10:00am Free Remote

Gamelan

Presentation: Stephen Weigel

11:00am Free Performing Arts Center 016 - Choir Room

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Panel Discussion

1:00pm - 2:30pm Free Hybrid: Remote/Performing Arts Center 016 - Choir
  • Sevish
  • FastFast
  • Müesk
  • Dolores Catherino
  • Stephen Weigel (moderator)

Topic(s) TBA

Keynote: Dolores Catherino

3:00pm - 4:00pm Free Performing Arts Center 016 - Choir Room
  • Polychromatic music
  • Microtonal controllers
  • Q&A

Concert: mostly guitar show

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7:30pm Free Performing Arts Center 016 - Choir Room
  • Timmy Barnett
  • Brendan Byrnes
  • Larch West Trio
  • Alan Wild
  • Susan Alcorn
  • Michael Kudirka
  • improvisation
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