MicroFest 2002 Preliminary info

MicroFest 2002
Festival of Microtonal Music in Southern California
GLOBAL TUNINGS

Friday May 10 8:00 PM: Mostly Metallophones!
Pomona College, Lyman Hall, Thatcher Music Bulding, Corner of Fourth
and College, Claremont
Featuring the Harvey Mudd American Gamelan and guest artists
Music by Bill Alves, Tom Flaherty, Ron George, Kraig Grady, & Masashi
Ito
Preconcert talk at 7:30
Free and open to the public
For more information, please call (909)621-8022

Saturday May 11 7:00 PM: Asian Tunings
Pacific Asia Museum, 46 N. Los Robles Ave. Pasadena
Music of Japan, China, Vietnam, and India
With Shankar & Gingger of South India (double violins); Paul
Livingstone (sitar) & Abhiman Kaushal (tabla); Liu Qi-Chao (er-hu,
bawu); Bill Schultz (shakuhachi).
Donation: $15
For more information, please call (626)449-2742

Saturday May 18 8:00 PM: Their Venture Upon the Horizons -- An Odyssey
submerged in the Inner Tribes -- An Anaphorian Shadow Play written by
Isafa
Assembled by The Shadow Theatre of Anaphoria
Musical Direction by Kraig Grady
Pacific Asia Museum, 46 N. Los Robles Ave. Pasadena
Donation: $8
For more information, please call (323)258-3260

Saturday May 25 8:00 PM: American Tunings
Pierce College, Performing Arts Building, Woodland Hills
Music of John Cage, Charles Ives, Harry Partch, Ezra Sims, and James
Tenney, and special birthday salute to Lou Harrison (bring flowers,
he'll be there!) with a local premiere of his latest piece for national
steel guitar
Performed by Just Strings and friends
Donation: $15
For more information, please call (818)719-6476

Sunday May 26 7:00 PM: Middle Eastern Tunings
Pierce College, Performing Arts Building, Woodland Hills
Music of Syria, Iran, Bedouins, Israel, Palestine, and microtonal
flamenco!
Performed by Lian ensemble, Yuval Ron group, Adam del Monte, and more
Donation: $15
For more information, please call (818)719-6476

For more information on the entire MicroFest 2002 series, please visit
our website http://www.microfest.org/. Listen to KPFK 90.7 FM every
Thursday in May at noon for special previews of MicroFest 2002.

Special thanks to the Garrett Fund of the Department of Humanities and
Social Sciences of Harvey Mudd College and to the Pomona College Music
Department, Pacific Asia Museum, and Pierce College