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Microtonal Trumpet UK Premiers, March 2023
Stephen Altoft, 19-division trumpeter, will give the World Premier of Richard Whalley’s Lud’s Church UK Premier of Donald Bousted’s Time Dreaming in Manchester on 23rd March at the University of Manchester. He will also give the UK Premier of Antenna by Dong Zhou. Programme includes music by Stephen himself, Eleri Angharad Pound and Elizabeth Adams.…
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Melancholia
Melancholia’ (2018), a piece for two horns by Donald Bousted dedicated warmly to Michael Hugh Dixon, has been uploaded to the folder of Donald’s microtonal compositions on Dropbox (Microtonal Projects’ Resources Folder). Michael writes: Donald loved the films of Lars von Trier and gave this duet its title from the film of the same name.…
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Tributes to Donald
The Donald Bousted Edition has been founded in order to preserve his immense creative and artistic output. Follow our ‘Tributes to Donald’ YouTube series, on microtonal and non-microtonal flugelhorn.
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Resources Folder
Hello Everyone, I have added a new folder to the Microtonal Projects Resources Folder to host scores of Donald Bousted’s microtonal works. Scroll to the bottom here for details
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TIME DREAMING now on Bandcamp
Hello Everyone! Today is once again Bandcamp Friday, when all proceeds go to the artists! Bandcamp take no cut- it is their response to the pandemic. We are using this day to launch publicly the Bandcamp version of TIME DREAMING featuring Stephen Altoft on 19-division trumpet! Purchase here This album saw the debut recording of…
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A Journey Among Travellers
This epic microtonal journey undertaken by composer, Donald Bousted with the Bennetts-Bowman Recorder Duo, will be available from 7th March on digital platforms, such as iTunes/Apple Music, Amazon Music, and Spotify. You can pre-order on Spotify here
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My Time is your Time: Quarter-tone Accordion
‘My Time is your Time’ for quarter-tone accordion by Donald Bousted will be PREMIERED by Lore Amenabar Larrañaga tomorrow at 5pm UK time, 7pm Helsinki time. Also there will be pieces by our friends, EUROMicroFest guest James Batty and David Gorton, a former UKMicroFest partner, are on the programme. Lore is Spanish, studied in Helsinki,…
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The end of the beginning, Album by Donald Bousted
New Year Re-release: ‘The end of the beginning’, Album of works by Donald Bousted. This was originally a double CD/DVD, which we are releasing the CD part of on Bandcamp, as a tribute to Donald, our founder, who passed away sadly on 4th December, 2021. The Original Physical CD/DVD has been unavailable for years, as…
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Donald Bousted (1957-2021)
My dear friend of thirty years and longterm collaborator of twenty-five years, Donald Bousted, composer, and Artistic Director of Microtonal Projects passed away last Saturday after a second and short battle against cancer. He founded Microtonal Projects in 2004, ran four UKMicroFests in London (having visited LA MicroFest), nine Wild dog media events in London…
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Time Dreaming Album Now OUT!
Time Dreaming is available on most digital platforms (Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music etc) This third album featuring the 19-division (of the Octave) trumpet deals very thoroughly with harmony: in the form of electronics, multi-tracked trumpets, duo with a malletKAT, and ultimately with very precisely defined 19-division three-part harmony in the title work, Time Dreaming…
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