MicroFest 2011!

Dear microtonalists,

Once again, MicroFest has put together a series of concerts in Southern California that explore the beauty that lies between the keys of the piano. Plenty of new music will mingle with classics by Partch and Harrison and fabulous performances. You can get the complete rundown, including sound samples, at

www.microfest.org

Here is the summary:

Hindustani Slide Guitar
Saturday March 26
8:00 pm
Internationally acclaimed Debashish Bhattacharya is the inventor of a twenty-four-stringed guitar capable of synthesizing features of the Indian veena, sarod, sitar and Arabic qanun. He composed the title music for the Hollywood film Life During War Time and will perform with tabla master Subhasish Bhattacharya.
Herrick chapel
at the end of Alumni Ave, past Campus Rd
Occidental College
Los Angeles 90041
$5 Students $20 Music Circle Members $30 General
For more information www.musiccircle.org or (626) 449-6987

Meantone Magic: Henry Purcell's Dido & Aeneas
Sunday April 10
8:30 pm
Purcell's Baroque masterpiece bristles with Technicolor microtonal harmony – when tuned in the original meantone tuning. This chamber performance of the entire 1-hour opera will be preceded by meantone masterpieces of Dowland, William Byrd, Ligeti, & Michaelangelo Rossi on lute & harpsichord.
Music Salon at the Hancock Memorial Museum, adjacent to Newman Recital Hall
USC, Entrance #3 off Figueroa Blvd.
Los Angeles 90007
$20 suggested donation; free for students
For more information (213) 605-5742

MicroTextual
Saturday April 16
8:00 pm
MicroTextual, a CATALYSIS PROJECTS presentation curated by Aron Kallay, brings together musicians and artists to create microtonal music, text performance, and performance-integrated sculpture, expanding the points of convergence between modes and disciplines of artmaking. World premieres by Jeffrey Holmes, Cat Lamb, Isaac Schankler, and Quintan Ana Wikswo. Additional works by Bill Alves, Harry Partch, David Rosenboom, and Kim Ye.
MIMODA STUDIO
5772 W. Pico Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90019
$15/10 online or at the door
For more information www.catalysisprojects.com or (323) 937-0488

Gamelan +
Sunday May 8
8:00 pm
Retuned piano and guitar will join the bell-like tones of the Harvey Mudd College American Gamelan in beguiling hybrids, featuring works of Bill Alves, Adrian Pertout, and Lou Harrison's remarkable Concerto for Piano with Javanese Gamelan with pianist Aron Kallay.
Lyman Hall, Thatcher Music Building
Corner of Fourth and College
Claremont 91711
Free
For more information (909)607-4170

Partch: At the Edge of the World
Friday/Saturday June 10/11
8:30
Cloud Chamber Bowls, Kithara, BooBams, Chromelodeon, HypoBass, Adapted Guitars and much more hit the REDCAT stage in a concert of HARRY PARTCH's inimitable music. The program features Castor and Pollux, Lyrics of Li Po, Barstow: 8 Hitchhiker Inscriptions, as well as the extraordinarySummer 1955. This last work includes "Ulysses at the Edge of the World" written for jazz great Chet Baker, "O Frabjous Day!," a modern re-premiere of Lewis Carroll's Mock Turtle Song, and the "Potion Scene from Romeo and Juliet." Also, a rare 1958 film of Partch giving us a tour of his Chicago music studio and the recording session for Daphne of the Dunes.
REDCAT Theater at Walt Disney Concert Hall
631 W. Second St. Los Angeles
$25/20
For more information (213)237-2800

Villa Aurora – Chico Mello
Saturday June 25
3:00 pm. Shuttle starts at 2:00 pm
A new work by Chico Mello for voice, refretted guitar, and string quartet with guitarist John Schneider.
Villa Aurora, Pacific Palisades 90272
Park on Los Liones Drive off Sunset Boulevard 2 blocks east of the Pacific Coast Highway. A shuttle will be provided.
$10/$5 students and members
For more information www.villa-aurora.org or (310)454-4231