Pittsburgh, one of my favorite cities. I will be at Jerry's Records and then I will be at this lovely show, while on tour with @danibeepboop.bsky.social this April: calendar.pitt.edu/event/dobkin...

10-11 April,Hyperchromatic Festival, Goldsmith's University, London, See Microtonal Projects' website Composers can submit digital recordings (audio, video or midi) of microtonal works, to be exhibited as part of a listening session. Submit by 10th March per drive link to [email protected]

Matt Sargent (guitar/electronics) and Giacomo Fiore (guitar) perform "Several Angels," a concert of computer-generated variations on Shaker hymns, alongside composer/performer Chris Everingham's (bass guitar/electronics) monolithic just intonation piece Searching. www.indexical.org/events/2026-...

www.anothertimbre.com/products/mor... This is phenomenal. Remarkable. Intriguing , compelling and brilliant. Completely rescues these pieces

Video link youtu.be/TN3ks5ghJT8

Tonight.

A moment of vulnerability here as a I announce that I have started a Substack. I am deeply anxious about putting out my thoughts out there like this, but I think this is a new way for me and for my social media world... aquantifiablelife.substack.com

periodic reminder that your creative and artistic work has ripple effects beyond your field of view, and that it's good for your soul and happiness, and yes that's important. please keep going, keep making and sharing, especially when it's grim. don't ever stop, we need you

And if you need more Estoppey in your life (I do since we'll be playing music in 15 minutes). polyorchard.bandcamp.com/album/scree-n polyorchard.bandcamp.com/album/an-exc...

"Feldman constructed his grand compositional labyrinths out of petite, pared-back melodic cells that you’d reckon might just be enough to sustain a ringtone. The grand scale of his music sat in inverse proportion to its notes." The genius of Morton Feldman:

NEW YORK - I am playing oud with the incredible Ekmeles Vocal Ensemble next Saturday 1/17 at the Church of St Luke and St Matthew in BK. I will play on Sinan Samanlı's beautiful harmonic-laden work 'Üç Anayasa,' which sets texts in Turkish and Greek by Cemal Süreya and Plato.

Witrh music performed upon a live microtonal orchestra

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see also: anothertimbre.bandcamp.com/album/morton...

Upcoming in 2026: April: 1. Hopefully the second Hyperchromatic Festival, fingers crossed! 2. Ensemble VORTEX play 'Inside Lud's Church' in Manchester microtonalprojects.com/inside-luds-... Do let us know about any conferences or festivals concerning microtonal music- we will add to our calendar.

For the past few years, I’ve always started the new year with a Bach recording I haven’t heard before. Today’s is this one, arranged for two violins using Just Intonation tunings: anothertimbre.bandcamp.com/album/bach-t...

Just discovered this collection of free downloadable scores and writings by Christian Wolff, Lou Harrison, James Tenney, etc. Much thanks to the Frog Peak team with whom I've done much work in the past for Anthony Braxton's writings. www.frogpeak.org/unbound/ #music #scores #free

Hello out there to friends of microtonal music!

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A new must-read in Van: Georg Friedrich Haas is pushing microtonal music to its limits. My label just released his seminal, powerful Violin Concerto No. 2 with soloist Miranda Cuckson - and this article provides deeper insight into what drives the composer.

Send an email to people who's work you like. It's easy and generally makes folks happy to know people appreciate their work. Better than being paid in exposure points tbh.

Ellen Fullman & JACK at VMFA January 23 7pm free.

Take advantage of this last chance to experience A Trio Virtuosic today @ 2:30 PM, Rodef Shalom's Levy Hall. It is a rare opportunity to hear Andrew, Patty, & Scott perform in Levy Hall's exceptional acoustics, an intimate venue for them to perform in. We hope to see you there! chathambaroque.org

Above page has links for CD purchase. More links for streaming here:

Alex Ross has included our newest release - Georg Friedrich Haas's Violin Concerto No. 2 played by @mirandac.bsky.social Miranda Cuckson - on his latest playlist. Link to preorder (available Friday) in comments. therestisnoise.com/nightafterni...

Essential reading this week with George Grella illuminating the history, collaborative magic, and diaspora of new innovators flowing from the work of Terry Riley and La Monte Young. We would add composer Michael Harrison to the mix — a longtime acolyte of both! daily.bandcamp.com/lists/terry-...

If any of my higher ed colleagues need a visiting music professor for Spring 2026, let me know.

Tonight is music for violin and piano by composers who should be better known, but died too soon

20 years, today. A profoundly consequential release, inaugurating the Era of Julius. Not all of the results are to my taste but the erasure has been undone. Large Ups to Mary Jane Leach, David Borden, Paul Tai, and @newworlddram.bsky.social www.newworldrecords.org/products/jul...

Tonight at the DiMenna Center in Manhattan, 7:30 PM! Ekmeles + Mivos give the premiere of the ca. half-hour "O Maria" for six voices and four strings, alongside another big premiere from Taylor Brook and vocal music from Ekmeles's repertoire. See you there! www.ekmeles.com/11-1-25-O-Ma...

Album of the week: Antoine Tamestit plays Morton Feldman’s The Viola in My Life, a meditative cycle where the viola finds its most intimate voice. With the Gürzenich Orchestra Cologne conducted by François-Xavier Roth and Harry Ogg. Discover more at moto-perpetuo.com/antoine-tame...

"Eligible to New York City-based artists with children under the age of three, awardees will receive a grant for $25,000 to be used for childcare expenses with the provider of their choice."

“The trio approaches microtonal music with unsentimental respect,” writes Bill Meyer. dustedmagazine.tumblr.com/post/7986736...

Out now — Scott Ordway & Lorelei Ensemble: North Woods Scott Ordway's North Woods, written for the treble voice choir Lorelei Ensemble in 2014, is an exploration of the edges of understanding, the boundaries between the world of the cerebral known and the mystery of the irrational

And we are live! purlis.substack.com

These sounds rest on a sublime and tragic premise: fragile existence as a harmonious balance. Maybe what's especially audible today is the hope with which they were written. on.soundcloud.com/YeV0S0hCrbDN...

These sounds rest on a sublime and tragic premise: fragile existence as a harmonious balance. Maybe what's especially audible today is the hope with which they were written. on.soundcloud.com/YeV0S0hCrbDN...

Coming out this Friday — Lei Liang: String Quartets: Live These five works for string quartet by Lei Liang draw on some of his longest standing sources of inspiration, highlighting the depth of his connection to diverse musical traditions newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/string...

Tonight on Flotation Device: La Monte Young at 90 w/Riley, Zazeela & Cale. Plus the latest from Dai Fujikura, Dobrinka Tabakova, Partch Ensemble & Shardik, and Earshot Jazz & Seattle Opera previews. Sunday 10pm PDT 91.3fm kbcs.fm @kbcs.bsky.social @seattleopera.bsky.social @daifujikura.bsky.social

"In an extract from a new collection of writings and interviews by James Tenney, Douglas Kahn interviews the US Fluxus composer and theorist in 1999 about his influences and works." Read an extract from James Tenney: Writings And Interviews On Experimental Music:

It is always a pleasure to read Peter Margasak's monthly reflections and to listen to the music in his contemporary classical music column. And I am delighted that ‘Composer, Alone’ is in the September selection, as always with some beautiful thoughts. daily.bandcamp.com/best-contemp...

Bach Tunings by Marc Sabat / Johann Sebastian Bach anothertimbre.bandcamp.com/album/bach-t...

A few people on the label: @ethaniversonpiano.bsky.social @mirandac.bsky.social @elmira-darvarova.bsky.social @synaphai.com

Out today.

It's time sawyereditions.bandcamp.com

Read an extract from James Tenney: Writings And Interviews On Experimental Music In an extract from this new collection, Douglas Kahn interviews the US Fluxus composer and theorist in 1999 about his influences and works. www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/book-extracts/read-an-extract-from

Released back in May, Chatherine Lamb's album, interius/exterius, features a special tuning system that inspires a transcendent, macrocosmic perspective.' Check it out and read more about it at: