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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 == | ||
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. | |||
== Microtonal festivals and events == | |||
[http:// | * [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. | |||
== Microtonal Record Labels == | |||
[http:// | * [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 | |||
== 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 == | |||
[http://www. | * [[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 == | |||
[http:// | * 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]) | |||
[[Category:practice]] | [[Category:practice]] | ||
[[Category:project]] | [[Category:project]] | ||
[[Category:todo:discuss_title]] | [[Category:todo:discuss_title]] | ||
[[Category:todo:intro]] | [[Category:todo:intro]] |
Revision as of 14:53, 13 May 2020
These categories are somewhat arbitrary; many of these projects are multi-faceted.
Microtonal organizations
- Boston Microtonal Society - founded 1998; permanent chamber ensemble NotaRiotous founded 2005; spring and fall concerts.
- British Harry Partch Society (????-????)
- Institute for the Advancement of Aural Arts (IAAA) - Ron Sword's lecture collective.
- OddMusic Urbana-Champaign (Illinois)- instrument-building, scale-building composers collective, with emphasis on face-to-face musical meetings.
- Microtonal Projects Ltd. (UK) - founded 2004 by Drs. Bousted.
- Project XVII (Lima-Perú) - 17 edo and microtonal harmony.
- Stichting Huygens-Fokker (Amsterdam) - promoting especially 31-tone music. well-maintained website with increasingly frequent events!
- The Xenharmonic Alliance (19??-19??) - Ivor Darreg's mail-driven network of exchanging microtonal music and ideas.
- UnTwelve (Chicago) - a Midwest-based project offering concerts, listening parties, and a composition competition.
- World Harmony Project (Florida, most active 1992-2005) - world music with Denny Genovese's just intonation percussion orchestra.
- Ekmelic Music Society/Gesellschaft für Ekmelische Musik (Austria), main focus is on 72edo, overtone music.
Microtonal festivals and events
- American Festival of Microtonal Music (New York) - festival founded by Johnny Reinhard in 1981(?). See also PITCH label.
- Bohlen-Pierce Symposium (Boston, 2010) - first symposium on the Bohlen-Pierce scale.
- Festival (Da)(Ne)S 2011 (Slovenia) - this edition of KIBLA's festival focused on microtonality. Organized by Cameron Bobro.
- Just Intonation Network (Bay Area) - in need of assistance in organizing since spring 2006!
- Microfest (LA area) - Annual festival founded in 1997.
- MMMDay06 (internet, 4/8/2006) - a convergence of microtonal music making. Final product: a podcast.
- Music for People and Thingamajigs Festival (Bay area) - Annual festival founded in 1997, focused on odd instruments and tunings.
- Xenharmonic Praxis Summer Camp (West Virginia) - Summer camp for microtonal composition and performance started in 2011.
Microtonal Record Labels
- split-notes - Microtonal-with-a-beat Netlabel.
- Microtonal Record Shelf (?)
- Xen-Arts - Microtonal Netlabel
- Spectropol - small-run/netlabel; not exclusively microtonal but very xen-heavy
Microtonal media, publishing, archives
- IAAA Webstore - guitar scale books by Ron Sword
- Frog Peak - artist-run composers' collective dedicated to publishing and producing experimental and unusual works.
- The North American Embassy of Anaphoria Island archives of Microtonal materials including Erv Wilson, Joel Mandelbaum, and Kraig Grady
- The Microtonal Activist (2001) - an e-zine by Jacky Ligon.
- Xenharmonikon Online magazine launched in 2018. Editors include Bill Alves, Kraig Grady, and more. Follows Xenharmonikôn, a journal founded by John Chalmers in 1974.
Instrument-focused projects
- http://www.tolgahancogulu.com/en/microtonal-guitar/ Tolgahan Çoğulu's microtonal guitar research, adjustable frets are used, cooperation with John Schnieder:
- http://www.otherminds.org/shtml/Schneider.shtml
- Microtonal Trumpet
- Quartertone Marimba (Oslo, 2004-2008) - Ph.D. project by Kjell Tore Innervik
- SeventeenTonePianoProject (Houston, 2006-2008) - four concertst using pianos tuned to 17 equal divisions of the octave.
- Bohlen-Pierce Clarinet Project - by Stephen Fox.
- Alternative Tuning Projects (London, 1998) - Patrick Ozzard-Low's study and proposal for 21st-Century Orchestral Instruments.
Mini-initiatives on this wiki
- ProgressReport: tell your story!
- MMMMonth07 - a proposal/brainstorm that wasn't acted upon.
- 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 Overtone Music Network)