Microtonal Music Symposium, The Vast Sea between C and c
Saturday, April 15
The Vast Sea betweeen C and c, A Symposium on Microtonal Music and the Importance of San Diego in the Canon of this Music
11am to 4pm
Curators: Vallo Riberto and Kaz Maslanka
Panel: John Chalmers, Jonathan Glasier, Joseph Monzo, Daniel Corral, Bill Wesley
Microtonal Jam from April 15 2023 symposium with Interval publications: video (1min 34s)
Symposium 1st section: video (38min 28s) Kaz Masklanka and Joe Monzo
Symposium 2nd section: video (11min 35s) Jonathan Glasier, San Diego Microtonal Scene 1970’s
From curator Vallo Riberto: ( left to right): One of America’s great Microtonal theorists and writers, John Chalmers, next to John is New your’s own, (and now residing on this coast) Jonny Reinhard, Composer, theorist, writer, historian and commentator, on all things Microtonal, Kazmier Maslanka is next, theorist, writer and Mathematical Visual Poet, Mr. Maslanka also was a co-curator and moderator, then comes the the newest generation of microtonal composers and practitioners, Daniel Corral from Los Angles. Next to Daniel is the inimitable, Microtonal veteran composer, Joseph Monzo, creator of Tonalsoft software. Vallo is next, curator, then the brilliant, Bill Wesley, composer/musician and mater instrument builder. last, but not in any way least, we have, perhaps, along with John Chalmers, one of America’s great Microtonal figures, historian, composer/musician, and long time practitioner, Johnathan Glasier. Taken altogether we’er looking at the great, American Microtonal revolutionaries ( with the exception of myself) of this lesser known musical genre. It’s been an absolute honor to present this event along with my dear friend and co-curator, KAZ Maslanka, and without whom this event would not have taken place and I’d still be in a Microtonal void! Thank You all!
About:
The title alludes to the infinity of pitches in microtonal music coined by one of San Diego’s must celebrated microtonal composers, Harry Partch. The Bonita presentation will be a one day event from 11:00am – 4:00pm, with an extended gallery exhibition of hand crafted instruments, pictorials and graphic illustration. The program will include a short introduction by our moderator, followed by a short, musical performance by William Wesley, a renowned composer, and instrument maker. This will be followed by a variety of informative talks by the participating musicians,
Interspersed with actual musical demonstrations. The final portion of the program will include an open-ended Q & A session, followed by a musical ensemble.
Resources:
What are Microtons? (video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74V8o76xV9c
Who is Harry Partch? Harry Partch (1901-1974) was an American composer, philosopher, inventor, instrument builder, and much more. Harry Partch website
Harry Partch with some of his handmade instruments, credit Betty Freeman
Jonathan Glasier: Jonathan Glasier
Sonic Arts Gallery in San Diego
Daniel Corral: Daniel Corral.com
Joe Monzo: tonalsoft.com (essays on musical tuning and scale theory, encyclopedia of microtonal music theory)
Bill Wesley: TEDX talk
John Chalmers: Xenharmonikon is a peer-reviewed online journal dedicated to experimental intonational practices
Are you attending the event? Feel free to bring your handmade instrument to the event.
Thank you to Vallo and Kaz for organizing this event!
Vallo Riberto, curator Rule 42 Stretched Language
Artist Kaz Maslanka
Find in the Museum:
New Book by Bill Perrine “Alien Territory”