MicroFest 2001: 20 Years

AMERICAN FESTIVAL OF
MICROTONAL MUSIC
318 East 70th Street, #5-FW, NYC 10021
Contact:
Johnny Reinhard AFMM 212-517-3550 Fax 212-517-5495
Afmmjr@aol.com
http://www.echonyc.com/~jhhl/afmm

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

AMERICAN FESTIVAL OF MICROTONAL MUSIC
Celebrates its 20th Anniversary with 3 Autumn Concerts in New York

MicroFest 2001: 20 Years

September 29/Church of St. Luke in the Fields
October 18 and 26/Washington Square United Methodist Church

The American Festival of Microtonal Music, directed by Johnny Reinhard, will
present three concerts this fall under the banner MicroFest 2001: 20 Years.
The first concert on Saturday, September 29th will be held at The Church of
St. Luke in the Fields (on Hudson at the intersection of Grove in Greenwich
Village). The concerts on Thursday, October 18th (a full evening of Harry
Partch), and Friday, October 26th will be held at the Washington Square
United Methodist Church (133 West 4th Street). All concerts begin at 8 pm.
Admission is $12, $6 seniors.

The Saturday, September 29th program features J.S. Bach's Brandenburg
Concerto No. 4 highlighted by Andreas Werckmeister's "famous" chromatic
tuning of 1681. The performance features violinist Juliann Klopotic and
recorder players Johnny Reinhard and Deborah Booth. Quebec's Bozzini Quartet
makes its New York debut playing Charles Ives's String Quartet No. 2 in
Ives's preferred "fine tuning" of extended-Pythagorean intonation, as well as
Johnny Reinhard's polymicrotonal string quartet, Cosmic Rays. AFMM veteran
Skip LaPlante resurrects his timeless classic Glyptodont, named for an
extinct South American armadillo, performed by the Music For Homemade
Instruments Ensemble. And master Macedonian bottles artist Zoron Madzirov
explores his tuning inheritance in the world premiere of Microdonia.

The Thursday, October 18th concert is devoted to the early music of American
microtonal music pioneer Harry Partch (1900-1974), now at the Washington
Square Church (133 W. 4th). The 17 Li Po Songs (1930-33) will be performed in
their entirety by violist Anastasia Solberg and the evening's featured
vocalist, Johnny Reinhard. The entertaining quartet versions of U.S. Highball
(1944) - "A Musical Account of Slim's Transcontinental Hobo Trip," and
Barstow (1944) - "Eight Hitchhikers' Inscriptions from a Highway Railing at
Barstow, California" are heard with the next generation of
Partch-instruments. The Kithara, a 72-string harp built and played by Skip
LaPlante, has been designed to be portable. Keyboardist Joshua Pierce
simulates a Chromelodeon, a 43-note per octave harmonium, courtesy of Henry
Lowengard's sound design for the Proteus synthesizer. Now, add virtuoso
microtonal guitarist Jon Catler to the mix and you have sizzling microtonal
music from the prime of the composer's hobo period. Cellist Dave Eggar joins
the Ensemble for a finale of Partch's Dark Brother.

The Friday, October 26th (at Washington Square Church) alternates earlier
microtonal expressions with new. Roman Giacinto Scelsi's trio Okanagon for
harp (Nina Kellman), double bass (Mat Fieldes), and gong (Don Conreaux) is
given a rare performance. Mexican microtonal pioneer Juliàn Carrillo's
Crespuscular for cello (Dave Eggar) and piano (Joshua Pierce) will receive
its American premiere. 17-year-old percussion prodigy Adel Sabirianov from
Kazan, Tartarstan (in Russia) introduces spectacular original music for
timpani. Seasoned pros Mike Ellis, Joshua Pierce, and Johnny Reinhard
(soprano sax, prepared piano, and bassoon, respectively) make music of the
moment. 18-year-old Bostonion David Glasier premieres his latest work, a
Suite for Harps in Quartertones. And AFMM violin demon Tom Chiu sets the
stage afire with his latest composition.

The AFMM gave its very first concert at Christ and St. Stephen's Church on
March 7, 1981. Since then, the AFMM has achieved much, including
international success, most recently in Norway, England, and Russia. To
complement the achievement of a double-decade of concert presenting, a newly
recorded commercially available recording of Charles Ives's Universe
Symphony, as realized and conducted by Johnny Reinhard, will be available
through Michael Thorne and the Stereo Society. A complete score of this
large work has been produced on Finale by the AFMM, and a book, Ives's
Universe, further augments.

> From: <Afmmjr@aol.com>
> To: <tuning@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2001 8:36 PM
> Subject: [tuning] MicroFest 2001: 20 Years
>
>
> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
>
> AMERICAN FESTIVAL OF MICROTONAL MUSIC
> Celebrates its 20th Anniversary with 3 Autumn Concerts in New York
>
> MicroFest 2001: 20 Years

Now *that's* what I really miss, now that I'm on the "other side"!

And Tom Chiu is composing his own stuff now?! Man, I'd love to
hear that! He's a microtonal monster!

Oh well... when you going to take AFMM on tour to California,
Johnny?

love / peace / harmony ...

-monz
http://www.monz.org
"All roads lead to n^0"

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Thanks Dan and Monz, for the encouragement and kind words. After the New
York concerts in the Fall, some of the AFMMers play with Critical Band in
Toronto, Winnipeg, and Vancouver. In May, we have some big plans for
Amsterdam (more information as it develops). We are available in the U.S.,
of course, but there is usually little support from California and other
parts of the States to cover the requisite travel costs. However, countries
are interested in bringing us to them. We present largely American music
when we travel abroad.

Best, Johnny Reinhard