Goldsmiths University London, 14th & 15th April, 2025
The first microtonal festival in London sind UKMicroFest 4 in 2012! The first microtonal festival in the UK since ‘Beyond the Semitone’ in Aberdeen in 2013!
Organised by our partner-in-microtones, Joe Gusmano and to include lectures and concerts featuring Stephen Altoft (microtonal trumpets and flugelhorn), Lore Amenabar Larrañaga (quarter-tone accordion), Carla Rees (quarter-tone flutes), Eddie Clijsen (Composer), Pedro Finistera (composer), Joe Gusmano (Composer), Brian Inglis (Composer) and Elizabeth Knatt (Recorder), Jamie Benzies (oud) and Paul Rhys (Composer)
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/hyperchromatic-music-festival-tickets-1283827866709?aff=oddtdtcreator
Live Streaming via the Goldsmiths University YouTube Channel (as yet no link)
Press Release:
This event will bring together composers, performers, and lecturers from around the world to explore systems of music which use a much wider pallet of notes than those found in 12-note chromatic music. Lecturers and students from Goldsmiths University, Royal Academy of Music, Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Middlesex University, Microtonal Projects, Yehudi Menuhin School, and De Montfort University will present their unique approaches to hyperchromatic music.
Attendees will have the opportunity to attend two days of lectures designed to provide them with practical and theoretical tools for approaching these new tonal horizons. Following each lecture, all are invited to attend evening concerts in which these tools are put to use. All events are free to attend and are held at Goldsmiths University. Lectures will run from 12-2pm at Room LG01 in the Professor Stuart Hall Building and concerts will run from 5-6:30 at the Deptford Town Hall on April 14th and 15th.
Monday April 14th: Lectures
LG01 Professor Stuart Hall Building, 12pm-2pm
Joseph Gusmano
Stephen Altoft
Brian Inglis
Jamie Benzies
Concert, 5-7pm (DTH):
Don’s Vision – Geoffrey Cox 5’ (quarter-tone flugelhorn)
Recorder etudes – Brian Inglis 10’
–Paraphrase on “O virgo mediatrix”
–Tema con tranzformazini
Sand Walking WP from Six Times One (2020) – Donald Bousted (fixed media, quarter-tone trumpet and quarter-tone accordion) 1’20”
Vices – Jamie Benzies 5’ (guitar)
Life Speaks – Jamie Benzies 5’ (guitar)
Mono Equinos P’agapa – Cretan folk song 2’ (oud and violin)
Husseini Perser – Latvaci Andon 8’ (oud and violin)
Tremor – Joseph Haible Gusmano 2’ (quarter-tone banjo)
Mikrotonale Etuden – Matthias S. Kruger QT 3’
Anathema – Joseph Haible Gusmano (quarter-tone flugelhorn and 2 pianos) – 2’
Tuesday April 15th: Lectures
LG01 Professor Stuart Hall Building, 11am-2:30pm (LG01 PSH)
Lectures:
Joseph Gusmano
Stephen Altoft
Lore Larrañaga
Pedro Finisterra
Paul Rhys
Carla Rees
Eddie Clijsen
Concert, 5-7pm:
Ludd’s Church – Richard Whalley 5” (19-div trumpet and multitracks)
Kerata for Straton – Coreen Moorsink 3’ (19-div trumpet)
Das Sprichtwort Spricht 2’- Joseph Haible Gusmano (voice and quarter-tone accordion)
Die Stimme der Stadt – Christopher Fox 8’ (quarter-tone accordion)
L’eaurelle – Veli Kujala 4’ (quarter-tone accordion)
Submerged – Pedro Finisterra (Lumatone) 5’
Dreams from an Old Memory – Pedro Finisterra (MIDI Keyboard) 7’
Geïsoleerd – Edward Clijsen (2024) (Kingma system alto flute) ~12’30”
Fanti – Sungji Hong 5’ (Kingma system alto flute)
Eosphoros – Claes Biehl 5’ (Kingma system alto flute)
Die-Cuts – Maximiliano Soto Mayorga 2-3’ (19-div trumpet)
Dialogue – Paul Rhys 12’ (19-div trumpet and electronics)
Please reserve your spot ahead of time on Eventbrite (see above for link).
For inquiries about attendance at this event, please reach out via email:
Joseph Gusmano