Microtonal Concert in Allentown, PA

From http://alagbon.livejournal.com/222033.html we read:

"This coming week, Muhlenberg College (Allentown, PA) is having a
Festival of Electronic Music, dedicated to the memory of the late
Robert Moog. It kicks off Monday with a lecture by John Eaton, who
worked extensively with Robert Moog; following the lecture there will
be a concert featuring Eaton's Microtonal Fantasy, for two pianos
tuned a quartertone apart (and, according to G. Schirmer's catalog,
played by one person.) There will also be an Interactive Multimedia
Installation of some sort, and a few more concerts of avant-garde
music as part of this festival; I'll check all of it out but Monday's
lecture and concert are what interests me the most. It'll be
interesting to see what kind of crowd (if any) it draws."

Anyone near Allentown? Details here:
http://www.muhlenberg.edu/muhlinfo/news/142_Electronic.html

Prent Rodgers

At 12:34 PM 3/18/2006, you wrote:
>>From http://alagbon.livejournal.com/222033.html we read:
>
>"This coming week, Muhlenberg College (Allentown, PA) is having a
>Festival of Electronic Music, dedicated to the memory of the late
>Robert Moog. It kicks off Monday with a lecture by John Eaton, who
>worked extensively with Robert Moog; following the lecture there will
>be a concert featuring Eaton's Microtonal Fantasy, for two pianos
>tuned a quartertone apart (and, according to G. Schirmer's catalog,
>played by one person.) There will also be an Interactive Multimedia
>Installation of some sort, and a few more concerts of avant-garde
>music as part of this festival; I'll check all of it out but Monday's
>lecture and concert are what interests me the most. It'll be
>interesting to see what kind of crowd (if any) it draws."
>
>Anyone near Allentown? Details here:
>http://www.muhlenberg.edu/muhlinfo/news/142_Electronic.html
>
>Prent Rodgers

I grew up around the corner. Took piano lessons at Moravian
college, which is affiliated with Muhlenberg.

When attending MusicFest (one of the largest music festivals
in the country) in, oh, 1999 was it, I spotted a guy in a
JI Net 'no 12th root 2' t-shirt and ran after him. We had a
conversation but I don't remember his name and we didn't swap
numbers or anything.

I'll try to send a couple of old friends to this.

-Carl

Here's a link to a recent newscast, in advance of the concert, where John
Eaton demos a Moog keyboard controller:

http://www.nj.com/news/ledger/video/index.ssf?eaton

John Loffink
The Microtonal Synthesis Web Site
http://www.microtonal-synthesis.com
The Wavemakers Synthesizer Web Site
http://www.wavemakers-synth.com

> -----Original Message-----
> From: MakeMicroMusic@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:MakeMicroMusic@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Carl Lumma
> Sent: Saturday, March 18, 2006 3:09 PM
> To: MakeMicroMusic@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [MMM] Microtonal Concert in Allentown, PA
>
> At 12:34 PM 3/18/2006, you wrote:
> >>From http://alagbon.livejournal.com/222033.html we read:
> >
> >"This coming week, Muhlenberg College (Allentown, PA) is having a
> >Festival of Electronic Music, dedicated to the memory of the late
> >Robert Moog. It kicks off Monday with a lecture by John Eaton, who
> >worked extensively with Robert Moog; following the lecture there will
> >be a concert featuring Eaton's Microtonal Fantasy, for two pianos
> >tuned a quartertone apart (and, according to G. Schirmer's catalog,
> >played by one person.) There will also be an Interactive Multimedia
> >Installation of some sort, and a few more concerts of avant-garde
> >music as part of this festival; I'll check all of it out but Monday's
> >lecture and concert are what interests me the most. It'll be
> >interesting to see what kind of crowd (if any) it draws."
> >
> >Anyone near Allentown? Details here:
> >http://www.muhlenberg.edu/muhlinfo/news/142_Electronic.html
> >
> >Prent Rodgers
>

> Anyone near Allentown? Details here:

Dang! They just had to wait until I moved to the U.K., didn't they??

Then again, he died just before I left, so I guess I can't blame them.

Anyone who does go, be sure to report back :)

-chris