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These categories are somewhat arbitrary; many of these projects are multi-faceted.
These categories are somewhat arbitrary; many of these projects are multi-faceted.


=Microtonal organizations=
== Microtonal organizations ==
[http://bostonmicrotonalsociety.org/ Boston Microtonal Society] - founded 1998; permanent chamber ensemble NotaRiotous founded 2005; spring and fall concerts.


British Harry Partch Society (????-????)
* [http://bostonmicrotonalsociety.org/ Boston Microtonal Society] - founded 1998; permanent chamber ensemble NotaRiotous founded 2005; spring and fall concerts.
* British Harry Partch Society (????-????)
* [http://www.iaauralarts.org/ Institute for the Advancement of Aural Arts] (IAAA) - [[Ron_Sword|Ron Sword]]'s lecture collective.
* [http://oddmusicuc.wordpress.com/ OddMusic Urbana-Champaign] (Illinois)- instrument-building, scale-building composers collective, with emphasis on face-to-face musical meetings.
* [http://www.donaldbousted.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/index.htm Microtonal Projects Ltd.] (UK) - founded 2004 by Drs. Bousted.
* [http://microtonalismo.com/proyecto-xvii Project XVII] (Lima-Perú) - 17 edo and microtonal harmony.
* [http://www.huygens-fokker.org/index_en.html Stichting Huygens-Fokker] (Amsterdam) - promoting especially 31-tone music. well-maintained website with increasingly frequent events!
* The Xenharmonic Alliance (19??-19??) - [[Ivor_Darreg|Ivor Darreg]]'s mail-driven network of exchanging microtonal music and ideas.
* [http://untwelve.org/ UnTwelve] (Chicago) - a Midwest-based project offering concerts, listening parties, and a composition competition.
* [http://www.worldharmonyproject.com/ World Harmony Project] (Florida, most active 1992-2005) - world music with [[Denny_Genovese|Denny Genovese]]'s just intonation percussion orchestra.
* [http://www.ekmelic-music.org/en Ekmelic Music Society/Gesellschaft für Ekmelische Musik] (Austria), main focus is on 72edo, overtone music.


[http://www.iaauralarts.org/ Institute for the Advancement of Aural Arts] (IAAA) - [[Ron_Sword|Ron Sword]]'s lecture collective.
== Microtonal festivals and events ==


[http://oddmusicuc.wordpress.com/ OddMusic Urbana-Champaign] (Illinois)- instrument-building, scale-building composers collective, with emphasis on face-to-face musical meetings.
* [http://afmm.org/ American Festival of Microtonal Music] (New York) - festival founded by [[Johnny_Reinhard|Johnny Reinhard]] in 1981(?). See also PITCH label.
* [http://bohlen-pierce-conference.org/ Bohlen-Pierce Symposium] (Boston, 2010) - first symposium on the [[Bohlen-Pierce|Bohlen-Pierce]] scale.
* [http://www.kibla.org/en/festivals/danes/ Festival (Da)(Ne)S 2011] (Slovenia) - this edition of KIBLA's festival focused on microtonality. Organized by [[Cameron_Bobro|Cameron Bobro]].
* [http://justintonation.net/ Just Intonation Network] (Bay Area) - in need of assistance in organizing since spring 2006!
* [http://www.microfest.org/ Microfest] (LA area) - Annual festival founded in 1997.
* [[MMMday06|MMMDay06]] (internet, 4/8/2006) - a convergence of microtonal music making. Final product: a podcast.
* [http://www.thingamajigs.org/ Music for People and Thingamajigs Festival] (Bay area) - Annual festival founded in 1997, focused on odd instruments and tunings.
* [[Xenharmonic_Praxis_Summer_Camp|Xenharmonic Praxis Summer Camp]] (West Virginia) - Summer camp for microtonal composition and performance started in 2011.


[http://www.donaldbousted.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/index.htm Microtonal Projects Ltd.] (UK) - founded 2004 by Drs. Bousted.
== Microtonal Record Labels ==


[http://microtonalismo.com/proyecto-xvii Project XVII] (Lima-Perú) - 17 edo and microtonal harmony.
* [http://split-notes.com/ split-notes] - Microtonal-with-a-beat Netlabel.
* Microtonal Record Shelf (?)
* [http://xen-arts.net Xen-Arts] - Microtonal Netlabel
* [http://spectropol.com/ Spectropol] - small-run/netlabel; not exclusively microtonal but very xen-heavy


[http://www.huygens-fokker.org/index_en.html Stichting Huygens-Fokker] (Amsterdam) - promoting especially 31-tone music. well-maintained website with increasingly frequent events!
== Microtonal media, publishing, archives ==


The Xenharmonic Alliance (19??-19??) - [[Ivor_Darreg|Ivor Darreg]]'s mail-driven network of exchanging microtonal music and ideas.
* [http://ronsword.bigcartel.com/ IAAA Webstore] - guitar scale books by [[Ron_Sword|Ron Sword]]
* [http://www.frogpeak.org/ Frog Peak] - artist-run composers' collective dedicated to publishing and producing experimental and unusual works.
* [http://anaphoria.com/ The North American Embassy of Anaphoria Island] archives of Microtonal materials including [[Erv_Wilson|Erv Wilson]], [[Joel_Mandelbaum|Joel Mandelbaum]], and [[Kraig_Grady|Kraig Grady]]
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20011007002753/www.geocities.com/jacky_ligon/TMA_Info.htm The Microtonal Activist] (2001) - an e-zine by Jacky Ligon.
* [https://www.xenharmonikon.org/ Xenharmonikon] Online magazine launched in 2018. Editors include Bill Alves, Kraig Grady, and more. Follows [http://xh.xentonic.org/ ''Xenharmonikôn''], a journal founded by John Chalmers in 1974.


[http://untwelve.org/ UnTwelve] (Chicago) - a Midwest-based project offering concerts, listening parties, and a composition competition.
== Instrument-focused projects ==


[http://www.worldharmonyproject.com/ World Harmony Project] (Florida, most active 1992-2005) - world music with [[Denny_Genovese|Denny Genovese]]'s just intonation percussion orchestra.
* [[Microtonal_Guitar|http://www.tolgahancogulu.com/en/microtonal-guitar/]] Tolgahan <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Çoğulu's microtonal guitar research, adjustable frets are used, cooperation with John Schnieder:</span>
* http://www.otherminds.org/shtml/Schneider.shtml
* [http://microtonaltrumpet.com/ Microtonal Trumpet]
* [http://www.quartertonemarimba.com/ Quartertone Marimba] (Oslo, 2004-2008) - Ph.D. project by Kjell Tore Innervik
* [[SeventeenTonePianoProject|SeventeenTonePianoProject]] (Houston, 2006-2008) - four concertst using pianos tuned to 17 equal divisions of the octave.
* [http://www.sfoxclarinets.com/bpclar.html Bohlen-Pierce Clarinet Project] - by Stephen Fox.
* [http://www.c21-orch-instrs.demon.co.uk/ Alternative Tuning Projects] (London, 1998) - Patrick Ozzard-Low's study and proposal for 21st-Century Orchestral Instruments.


[http://www.ekmelic-music.org/en Ekmelic Music Society/Gesellschaft für Ekmelische Musik] (Austria), main focus is on 72edo, overtone music.
== Mini-initiatives on this wiki ==


=Microtonal festivals and events=
* [[ProgressReport|ProgressReport]]: tell your story!
[http://afmm.org/ American Festival of Microtonal Music] (New York) - festival founded by [[Johnny_Reinhard|Johnny Reinhard]] in 1981(?). See also PITCH label.
* [[MMMMonth07|MMMMonth07]] - a proposal/brainstorm that wasn't acted upon.
* [[Porcupine_Album_Project|Porcupine Album Project]] (2012)


[http://bohlen-pierce-conference.org/ Bohlen-Pierce Symposium] (Boston, 2010) - first symposium on the [[Bohlen-Pierce|Bohlen-Pierce]] scale.
== Sisters to Microtonality ==


[http://www.kibla.org/en/festivals/danes/ Festival (Da)(Ne)S 2011] (Slovenia) - this edition of KIBLA's festival focused on microtonality. Organized by [[Cameron_Bobro|Cameron Bobro]].
* electroacoustic music
* non-western musics
* DIY instrument making (including oddmusic and junkmusic)
* a capella music (including barbershop)
* music therapy / spiritual music / meditative music
* derriere-garde music (alternate-history, neo- )
* overtone music (see the [http://overtone.cc Overtone Music Network])


[http://justintonation.net/ Just Intonation Network] (Bay Area) - in need of assistance in organizing since spring 2006!


[http://www.microfest.org/ Microfest] (LA area) - Annual festival founded in 1997.
[[MMMday06|MMMDay06]] (internet, 4/8/2006) - a convergence of microtonal music making. Final product: a podcast.
[http://www.thingamajigs.org/ Music for People and Thingamajigs Festival] (Bay area) - Annual festival founded in 1997, focused on odd instruments and tunings.
[[Xenharmonic_Praxis_Summer_Camp|Xenharmonic Praxis Summer Camp]] (West Virginia) - Summer camp for microtonal composition and performance started in 2011.
=Microtonal Record Labels=
[http://split-notes.com/ split-notes] - Microtonal-with-a-beat Netlabel.
Microtonal Record Shelf (?)
[http://xen-arts.net Xen-Arts] - Microtonal Netlabel
<span style="">[http://spectropol.com/ Spectropol] - </span>small-run/netlabel; not exclusively microtonal but very xen-heavy
=Microtonal media, publishing, archives=
[http://ronsword.bigcartel.com/ IAAA Webstore] - guitar scale books by [[Ron_Sword|Ron Sword]]
[http://www.frogpeak.org/ Frog Peak] - artist-run composers' collective dedicated to publishing and producing experimental and unusual works.
[http://anaphoria.com/ The North American Embassy of Anaphoria Island] archives of Microtonal materials including [[Erv_Wilson|Erv Wilson]], [[Joel_Mandelbaum|Joel Mandelbaum]], and [[Kraig_Grady|Kraig Grady]]
[http://web.archive.org/web/20011007002753/www.geocities.com/jacky_ligon/TMA_Info.htm The Microtonal Activist] (2001) - an e-zine by Jacky Ligon.
[https://www.xenharmonikon.org/ Xenharmonikon] Online magazine launched in 2018. Editors include Bill Alves, Kraig Grady, and more. Follows [http://xh.xentonic.org/ ''Xenharmonikôn''], a journal founded by John Chalmers in 1974.
=Instrument-focused projects=
[[Microtonal_Guitar|http://www.tolgahancogulu.com/en/microtonal-guitar/]] Tolgahan <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Çoğulu's microtonal guitar research, adjustable frets are used, cooperation with John Schnieder:</span>
http://www.otherminds.org/shtml/Schneider.shtml
[http://microtonaltrumpet.com/ Microtonal Trumpet]
[http://www.quartertonemarimba.com/ Quartertone Marimba] (Oslo, 2004-2008) - Ph.D. project by Kjell Tore Innervik
[[SeventeenTonePianoProject|SeventeenTonePianoProject]] (Houston, 2006-2008) - four concertst using pianos tuned to 17 equal divisions of the octave.
[http://www.sfoxclarinets.com/bpclar.html Bohlen-Pierce Clarinet Project] - by Stephen Fox.
[http://www.c21-orch-instrs.demon.co.uk/ Alternative Tuning Projects] (London, 1998) - Patrick Ozzard-Low's study and proposal for 21st-Century Orchestral Instruments.
==Mini-initiatives on this wiki:==
[[ProgressReport|ProgressReport]]: tell your story!
[[MMMMonth07|MMMMonth07]] - a proposal/brainstorm that wasn't acted upon.
[[Porcupine_Album_Project|Porcupine Album Project]] (2012)
=Sisters to Microtonality=
electroacoustic music
non-western musics
DIY instrument making (including oddmusic and junkmusic)
a capella music (including barbershop)
music therapy / spiritual music / meditative music
derriere-garde music (alternate-history, neo- )
overtone music (see the [http://overtone.cc Overtone Music Network])
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