MicroNYC 2010 Saturday, May 15th

Contact:
Johnny Reinhard AFMM 212-517-3550
_Afmmjr@..._ (mailto:Afmmjr@...)
http://www.afmm.org
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
AMERICAN FESTIVAL OF MICROTONAL MUSIC
Presents
MicroNYC 2010
Saturday, May 15th
AMERICAN FESTIVAL OF MICROTONAL MUSIC (AFMM), under the direction of
Johnny Reinhard, presents a concert in New York on Saturday May 15th at 8 PM
in the Church of St. Luke in the Fields (located at 487 Hudson Street in
Greenwich Village). General admission is $12 at the door, $10 for seniors
and students.
Saturday – May 15th – spotlights Madeleine Shapiro‘s performance of Ge
Gan-Ru‘s YI-SENG (Lost Style) for solo amplified cello scordatura (Shanghai,
1968). 10-year old twin Gayageum players Sarah and Stephanie Yoon present the
traditional Korean standard known as SANJO on their 12-string instruments
in its ancient microtonal tuning (think “whammy-bar” zithers). Also,
25-string Gayageum virtuoso Rami Seo introduces her NEXUS in confluence with
flute (Sasha Bogdanowitsch), bassoon (Johnny Reinhard), cello (Madeleine
Shapiro), and Terpstra synthesizer (Joshua Pierce). The Terpstra synthesizer, a
honeycomb keyboard design of 55 tones per octave over 5 octaves, is heard
publicly in its debut this evening. It is played by Joshua Pierce in a
53-tone equal temperament rendition of Arnold Schoenberg’s DREI KLAVIERSTUCKE,
as imagined by the composer.
Sasha Bogdanowitsch premieres SILK for a multitude of instruments, many
homemade,
for a theatrical jaunt, joined by Sarah and Stephanie Yoon. There is a
rare performance of Renaissance microtonalist Nicola Vicentino entitled
MUSICA PRISCA CAPUT for a SATB vocal quartet (TBD, Maya Galt, Brendan Glynn, and
Johnny Reinhard); Vicentino actually placed dots above note heads to
signify raising the pitch by an interval smaller than a quartertone. Johnny
Reinhard concludes the evening with the premiere of CAMBIA for bassoon and 3
Gayageums based on the underwater archaeology in Gujarat, India reputed to
be 9,500 years old. The tuning is intentionally polymicrotonal in that all
intervallic relationships may be employed.
Additionally, there are now 6 new PITCH CD titles, a new book by Johnny
Reinhard entitled BACH AND TUNING, and a Finale score of the Charles Ives
UNIVERSE SYMPHONY available on the AFMM’s website: http/www.afmm.org

Johnny,
 
First, I thank you for sending me another copy of the CD Baby:  WORLD,
 
and Second, I thought you'ld like to know that I've sent a snail mail copy of your MicroNYC 2010 bulletin to Siem Terpstra in Amsterdam so he'll know of the debut of the Terpstra synthesizer.
 
If you'll let me know where the Terpstra synthesizer "lives" rhese days, and if that will be it's permenant abode, I'll pass that information on to Siem.
 
Finally, I presume that there is just one Terpstra synthesizer, but I don't know that for sure -  would you verify that for me?
 
Thanks,
 
== Mark Rankin 

--- On Sat, 3/6/10, Afmmjr@... <Afmmjr@...> wrote:

From: Afmmjr@... <Afmmjr@aol.com>
Subject: [tuning] MicroNYC 2010 Saturday, May 15th
To: MakeMicroMusic@yahoogroups.com, tuning@yahoogroups.com
Cc: Afmmjr@...
Date: Saturday, March 6, 2010, 6:32 PM

Contact:
Johnny Reinhard AFMM   212-517-3550
Afmmjr@...
http://www.afmm. org
 
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
 
AMERICAN FESTIVAL OF MICROTONAL MUSIC
  Presents
 
MicroNYC 2010
Saturday, May 15th
 
                        AMERICAN FESTIVAL OF MICROTONAL MUSIC (AFMM), under the direction of Johnny Reinhard, presents a concert in New York  on Saturday May 15th at 8 PM in the Church of St. Luke in the Fields (located at 487 Hudson Street in Greenwich Village ).  General admission is $12 at the door, $10 for seniors and students. 
 
            Saturday – May 15th – spotlights Madeleine Shapiro‘s performance of Ge Gan-Ru‘s YI-SENG (Lost Style) for solo amplified cello scordatura (Shanghai, 1968). 10-year old twin Gayageum players Sarah and Stephanie Yoon present the traditional Korean standard known as SANJO on their 12-string instruments in its ancient microtonal tuning (think “whammy-bar” zithers).  Also, 25-string Gayageum virtuoso Rami Seo introduces her NEXUS in confluence with flute (Sasha Bogdanowitsch), bassoon (Johnny Reinhard), cello (Madeleine Shapiro), and Terpstra synthesizer (Joshua Pierce).  The Terpstra synthesizer, a honeycomb keyboard design of 55 tones per octave over 5 octaves, is heard publicly in its debut this evening.  It is played by Joshua Pierce in a 53-tone equal temperament rendition of Arnold Schoenberg’s DREI KLAVIERSTUCKE, as imagined by the composer.
 
Sasha Bogdanowitsch premieres SILK for a multitude of instruments, many homemade, 
for a theatrical jaunt, joined by Sarah and Stephanie Yoon.  There is a rare performance of Renaissance microtonalist Nicola Vicentino entitled MUSICA PRISCA CAPUT for a SATB vocal quartet (TBD, Maya Galt, Brendan Glynn, and Johnny Reinhard); Vicentino actually placed dots above note heads to signify raising the pitch by an interval smaller than a quartertone.  Johnny Reinhard concludes the evening with the premiere of CAMBIA for bassoon and 3 Gayageums based on the underwater archaeology in Gujarat , India reputed to be 9,500 years old.  The tuning is intentionally polymicrotonal in that all intervallic relationships may be employed.
 
Additionally, there are now 6 new PITCH CD titles, a new book by Johnny
Reinhard entitled BACH AND TUNING, and a Finale score of the Charles Ives UNIVERSE SYMPHONY available on the AFMM’s website:         http/www.afmm. org

--- In tuning@yahoogroups.com, Mark Rankin <markrankin95511@...> wrote:
>
> Johnny,
>  
> First, I thank you for sending me another copy of the CD Baby:
> WORLD, and Second, I thought you'ld like to know that I've sent
> a snail mail copy of your MicroNYC 2010 bulletin to Siem Terpstra
> in Amsterdam so he'll know of the debut of the Terpstra
> synthesizer.

Hi Mark,

Just wanted to say, I have the WORLD CD and really appreciated
your performance on it. It sounds like you achieved a 'moment'
with the audience, which is so refreshing. (Lots of other cool
stuff on this CD too.)

-Carl

Hi Mark,

There is only one working Terpstra synth which is being developed by
Harvestworks in NYC, after spending some time at the Aaron Copland School's
computer room (Queens College). Joel Mandelbaum consented to have the famed
Harvestworks (P.A.S.S. Studios) develop timbres, etc. for our upcoming
concert.

Alas, Joshua Pierce is not comfortable with transitioning his piano
training to the synth honeycomb design. We will still present the synth,
regardless, in an improvisation with a Gayageum work by Rami Seo.

And Carl, thanks for your kind sentiments on the WORLD album. The albums
are only beginning to be released in the U.S., although they are on CDBaby.

Yes, Mark certainly was electrifying in his performance.

best, Johnny Reinhard