microtonal trumpet

Hello,

I am a trumpet player based in Germany who has been working on a microtonal trumpet project with composer Donald Bousted for the past 7 years. We have documented our work at: www.microtonaltrumpet.com

In summary, the project has led to the construction of 2 valve mechanisms which allow me to convert my standard C and B flat concert trumpets to 4-valve microtonal trumpets. I have converted the C trumpet to a quarter-tone instrument (on which I have also played pieces in eighth-tones) and the B flat to a 19-div instrument.

Donald and I have now presented our project, as a research forum, lecture recital and workshop to 9 UK music departments as well as special presentations at UK MicroFest and in Germany. I am also using the microtonal instruments regularly with duo Contour, my partnership with American percussionist Lee Ferguson: www.duocontour.com

I would like to make contact with a wide range of composers/theorists interested in microtonality in relation to some/all of the following projects:
1) Invitations to play a microtonal trumpet recital, either solo (possibly plus electronics and video) or with duo Contour (possibly plus electronics and video)
2) Invitations to talk about the instruments and the project as a whole with Donald Bousted (preferably connected to the above)
3) New Compositions for microtonal trumpets: solo or for duo Contour, possibly with electronics and/or video
4) New Compositions for my 'Yasser Collection'. These are solo pieces (some with electronics) for the 19-div instrument, restricted to 2 pages in length. There will be 19 eventually (at the present time 10 have been written).

Please have a look at the website and give us your feedback. Any thoughts on the above very welcome!

Best wishes,
Steve Altoft

Hello Stephen!

Great you are posting here now, but you might also like to know that
I posted your message and letter as post #74281 above!

Joseph Pehrson

--- In tuning@yahoogroups.com, "Stephen Altoft" <stevealtoft@...>
wrote:
>
>
> Hello,
>
> I am a trumpet player based in Germany who has been working on a
microtonal trumpet project with composer Donald Bousted for the past
7 years. We have documented our work at: www.microtonaltrumpet.com
>
>
> In summary, the project has led to the construction of 2 valve
mechanisms which allow me to convert my standard C and B flat concert
trumpets to 4-valve microtonal trumpets. I have converted the C
trumpet to a quarter-tone instrument (on which I have also played
pieces in eighth-tones) and the B flat to a 19-div instrument.
>
>
> Donald and I have now presented our project, as a research forum,
lecture recital and workshop to 9 UK music departments as well as
special presentations at UK MicroFest and in Germany. I am also
using the microtonal instruments regularly with duo Contour, my
partnership with American percussionist Lee Ferguson:
www.duocontour.com
>
>
> I would like to make contact with a wide range of
composers/theorists interested in microtonality in relation to
some/all of the following projects:
> 1) Invitations to play a microtonal trumpet recital, either solo
(possibly plus electronics and video) or with duo Contour (possibly
plus electronics and video)
> 2) Invitations to talk about the instruments and the project as a
whole with Donald Bousted (preferably connected to the above)
> 3) New Compositions for microtonal trumpets: solo or for duo
Contour, possibly with electronics and/or video
> 4) New Compositions for my 'Yasser Collection'. These are solo
pieces (some with electronics) for the 19-div instrument, restricted
to 2 pages in length. There will be 19 eventually (at the present
time 10 have been written).
>
>
> Please have a look at the website and give us your feedback. Any
thoughts on the above very welcome!
>
>
> Best wishes,
> Steve Altoft
>