MU Virtual University (Opening Event)
2021-09-05 13:00 - 14:30 (America/New_York) | afmm.org online, NYC, United States
Sunday Sept 5
1:00-1:35 PM (EST) Introduction to MU with American Festival of Microtonal Music (AFMM) Director Johnny Reinhard, to include scheduling plans, lessons policy, philosophy, homework…
1:35-1:40 PM (EST) AFMM President, pianist Joshua Pierce, gives his imprimatur to MU.
1:40-1:55 PM (EST) Furman University Archivist Jeffrey Makala announces the Furman University Microtonal Archive.
1:55-2:05 PM (EST) Questions, comments, thoughts?
2:05-2:30 PM (EST) – CONCERT PREMIERE
“Asteroid Belt” by Johnny Reinhard performed by cellist Dave Eggar in an apparently new dimension of tuning (a different 128 notes, that takes its scale from the 9th octave of the overtone series).
Dave Eggar, cello soloist: Johnny Reinhard – ODYSSEUS – YouTube

A $200 USD yearly membership is available at afmm.org which includes admission to all virtual events.

MU Virtual University (Event #2)
2021-09-12 11:30 - 14:30 (America/New_York) | afmm.org online, NYC, United States
Sunday Sept 12
11:30 AM-12:30 PM (EST) Instruction: Kraig Grady (LA/Australia) and
Terumi Narushima (Australia) present their music and themselves, along with the theories of the microtonally imaginative Ervin (“Erv”) Wilson (1928-2016)
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1-2:30 PM (EST) Philipp Gerschlauer (Berlin) examines The New Field of Microtonal jazz, its history, friends, his pioneering album, and introduces 128 tuning to Jazz

A $200 USD yearly membership is available at afmm.org which includes admission to all virtual events.

MU Virtual University (Event #3)
2021-09-19 13:00 - 16:30 (America/New_York) | afmm.org online, NYC, United States
Sunday Sept 19
1-2:30 PM (EST)
“String Theory” by Johnny Reinhard is premiered by violinist Dan Auerbach in 128 tuning in Staten Island, NYC
“Cadencia Guitarra” by Julian Carrillo is premiered by
Angel Blanco on the quartertone guitar in Quebec
“GG (solo version)” by Jordan Dykstra performs his new solo work for melodica and electronics in 21-tone equal temperament in Brooklyn
“Wasiyya” by Nicola Visalli is premiered by violinist Natia Mdinaradze in quartertones in Tblissi, Georgia
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3-4:30 PM (EST) Jon Catler rocks in just intonation, with guest Hansford Rowe

A $200 USD yearly membership is available at afmm.org which includes admission to all virtual events.

MU University (Virtual Event #4)
2021-09-26 13:00 - 14:30 (America/New_York) | afmm.org online, NYC, United States
Sunday Sept 26
1-2:30 PM (EST) Composers Forum moderated by Johnny Reinhard featuring panelists:

Yuri Kasparov (Russia)
Juhani Nuorvala (Finland)
Gloria Coates (USA)
Manfred Stahnke (Germany)
Nicola Visalli (Italy)

A $200 USD yearly membership is available at afmm.org which includes admission to all virtual events.

Débo Ray and Screaming Headless Torsos | Salvation Army Kroc Center | Boston, MA
2021-11-13 15:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | The Salvation Army Ray and Joan Kroc Corps Community Center, 650 Dudley St., Boston, MA, 02125, United States
Saturday, November 13, 3:00 PM EST & Virtually Thursday, November 18, 8:00 PM EST
Courtesy of David Fiuczynski
Grammy nominated vocalist and composer Débo Ray gives an in-person performance Saturday, November 13, and is joined by David Fuze Fiuczynski on guitar and fretless guitar, Wesley Wirth on bass, Utar Artun on microtonal keyboards, and Ransom McCafferty on drums.
The concert features new music from David Fiuczynski’s band Screaming Headless Torso, new works by Débo Ray, Wes Wirth, and Fiuczynski collectively, and an arrangement of John McLaughlin’s “Dance of Maya” by Fiuczynski, Wirth, and Ray.
The concert is the third of five performances of the Neighborhood Arts Jazz & Contemporary Music Series currently taking place around Greater Boston. A recording of the performance will be made available to stream digitally on Thursday, November 18, at 8:00 PM EST.
Register for the in-person performance and virtual premiere here.
*Masks and proof of vaccination required.*

Gradus ad Parnassum - Autumn 2021 (Virtual Event #6)
2021-11-14 06:00 - 07:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Pärnu, Pärnu, Estonia
Sunday Nov 14

The international contemporary music learning circle, Gradus ad Parnassum, opens the doors into the intriguing world of a new music theory and practice. There will take place regular online meetings every second week on Sundays and are open to the public. We share knowledge, discuss, sing, play instruments, learn and discover. Participants from all continents are welcome. The learning circle will be held in English.
Meetings are held virtually using jitsi and cleanfeed for high fidelity and low latency. Jitsi is free but you must register with email and headphones are required for participation.
Tutored by Hans-Gunter Lock with contributions by Juhani Nuorvala.
Find all upcoming and past events for Gradus ad Parnassum here.

MU University (Virtual Event #12)
2021-11-14 11:30 - 14:30 (America/New_York) | afmm.org online, NYC, United States
Sunday Nov 14
11:30 AM-12:30 PM (EST) Instruction: The False Scandals Lodged Against Charles Ives

Carol Kitzes Baron and the Ives Scandal of Changing Dates
Johnny Reinhard on the Ives Scandal of Changing Chromatics to make his Music “More Dissonant”
Anthony Cooke on his new research into Ives and the particulars of Ives’s illness

1:00 PM-2:30 PM (EST) The making of the Charles Ives “Universe Symphony,” and Ives’s transcendental tuning in the “Concord Sonata,” “String Quartet No. 2,” and the “Unanswered Question,” w/ Johnny Reinhard.
Ives: The Universe Symphony – Johnny Reinhard, conductor of the American Festival of Microtonal Music Orchestra in Lincoln Center, NYC – world premiere 1996-06-06 and rehearsal | Johnny Reinhard (bandcamp.com)
Ives: Concord Sonata, String Quartet No. 2, and the Unanswered Question in extended Pythagorean tuning
A $200 USD yearly membership is available at afmm.org which includes admission to all virtual events.

MU University (Virtual Event #13)
2021-11-21 13:00 - 16:30 (America/New_York) | afmm.org online, NYC, United States
Sunday Nov 21
1:00 PM-2:30 PM (EST) Instruction: Subhraag Singh and the Infinitone meet Daniel Vaczi (Budapest) and the Glissotar
Singh: The Infinitone – FIRST PRIZE Performance at the 2017 Guthman New Musical Instrument Competition
Vaczi: A Courteous Invitation To An Uninhabited Anabatic Prism by Decolonize Your Mind Society feat. Daniel Vaczi, Erno Hock, Janos Aved, and others on synth, just intonation guitar, saxophone, and glissonic
3:00 PM-4:30 PM (EST) with Jon Catler: The Basics | “Cowpeople” | The EP in 31-edo
Catler: RELIGIONE EST UNE SALOPE by Jon Catler in 31edo, played by Johnny Reinhard (bassoon​)​, Walter Moore & Danice Gomien (vocals​)​, & Jon Catler (31​-​tone acoustic)
A $200 USD yearly membership is available at afmm.org which includes admission to all virtual events.

Gradus ad Parnassum - Autumn 2021 (Virtual Event #7)
2021-11-28 07:00 - 08:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Pärnu, Pärnu, Estonia
Sunday Nov 28

The international contemporary music learning circle, Gradus ad Parnassum, opens the doors into the intriguing world of a new music theory and practice. There will take place regular online meetings every second week on Sundays and are open to the public. We share knowledge, discuss, sing, play instruments, learn and discover. Participants from all continents are welcome. The learning circle will be held in English.
Meetings are held virtually using jitsi and cleanfeed for high fidelity and low latency. Jitsi is free but you must register with email and headphones are required for participation.
Tutored by Hans-Gunter Lock with contributions by Juhani Nuorvala.
Find all upcoming and past events for Gradus ad Parnassum here.

MU University (Virtual Event #14)
2021-11-28 13:00 - 14:30 (America/New_York) | afmm.org online, NYC, United States
Sunday Nov 28
1:00 PM-2:30 PM (EST) Johnny Reinhard moderates a Composers Forum featuring virtuoso performer composers, Dave Taylor, Veli Kujala, Robert Dick, and Tom Chiu
Taylor: AFMM – May 2, 2007 – Bowery Poetry Club, NYC – IMPRIMATOR (Dave Taylor)
Kujala: Veli Kujala at Tulkinnanvaraista, April 11, 2013 – Hyperchromatic Counterpoint for quartertone accordion and tape
Dick: PURPLE HAVE by Robert Dick – flute (homage to Jimi Hendrix)
Chiu: imho by Tom Chiu, ATMOSPHERES – AFMM – released November 11, 2018
Reinhard: ZANZIBAR – AFMM – April 29, 1993
A $200 USD yearly membership is available at afmm.org which includes admission to all virtual events.

MU University (Virtual Event #15)
2021-12-04 22:00 - 23:30 (America/New_York) | afmm.org online, NYC, United States
Saturday Dec 4
MU Global
10:00 PM-11: PM (EST) KEWTI – Adrian Sherriff and Tom Fryer microtonalize on trombone and fretless guitar, respectively, from Melbourne, Australia
11:00 PM-12:00 AM (EST) Australian Composers Form, moderated by Terumi Narushima, featuring Warren Burt, Amanda Cole, Kraig Grady, and Michael Hugh Dixon
A $200 USD yearly membership is available at afmm.org which includes admission to all virtual events.

The Huygens-Fokker Foundation Presents: "The Microtones of Anatolia" featuring Tolgahan Çoğulu & Ere Lievonen
2021-12-12 11:00 - 12:30 (Europe/Amsterdam) | Muziekgebouw aan ‘t IJ, Piet Heinkade 1, 1019 BR, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Sunday Dec 12

In the concert, The Microtones of Anatolia, the internationally renowned Turkish microtonal guitarist Tolgahan Çoğulu and the permanent organist of the Fokker-Orgel, Ere Lievonen, perform non-Western world premieres and arrangements of traditional Anatalonian folk songs.
In addition, guitarist Tolgahan Çoğulu will give a lecture-performance with and about his special microtonal guitar in the afternoon.
https://www.muziekgebouw.nl/agenda/10882/Tolgahan_Co_ulu_Ere_Lievonen/De_microtonen_van_Anatolie
Tolgahan Çoğulu – Acoustic Microtonal Guitar with Movable Frets
Ere Lievonen – Fokker Organ & Carrillo Piano

MU University (Virtual Event #17)
2021-12-12 11:30 - 14:30 (America/New_York) | afmm.org online, NYC, United States
Sunday Dec 12
11:30 AM-12:30 PM (EST) Instruction: Ear Training with Amelia Huff and Johnny Reinhard
Huff, Zhea Erose – Sola [31edo & just] – YouTube
Reinhard, TREES | Johnny Reinhard (bandcamp.com)

1-2:30 PM (EST) Composer Manfred Stahnke (III of III) – improvisation through composition
*Bring an instrument and participate in a completely improvised composition event recorded using Zoom.*
A $200 USD yearly membership is available at afmm.org which includes admission to all virtual events.

MU University (Virtual Event #18)
2021-12-19 11:30 - 14:30 (Australia/Sydney) | afmm.org online, NYC, United States
Sunday Dec 19
11:30 AM-12:30 PM (EST) Instruction: Angel Blanco presents Julian Carrillo of Mexico.
Carrillo, Sonido 13 de Julián Carrillo “BALBUCEOS” – YouTube
Blanco, DYZN by Eduardo Caballero, played by Angel Blanco – metamorpisized guitar | Johnny Reinhard (bandcamp.com)
1:00 PM-2:30 PM (EST) Meredith Borden takes you through 2 compositions featuring the soprano by composer Julian Carrillo.
Carrillo, PRELUDIO A COLON – Meredith Borden, soprano | Johnny Reinhard (bandcamp.com)
Carrillo, I THINK OF YOU by Julian Carrillo – world premiere performance | Johnny Reinhard (bandcamp.com)
A $200 USD yearly membership is available at afmm.org which includes admission to all virtual events.

MU University (Virtual Event #19)
2021-12-26 13:00 - 14:30 (America/New_York) | afmm.org online, NYC, United States
Sunday Dec 26
1:00 PM-1:30 PM (EST) – Live Concert featuring mezzo-soprano Lore Lixenberg performing the second half of Peter Thoegersen’s “Cantos.”
[please be advised: vile lyrics]
Lixenberg, Luciano Berio: “O King” extract
1:30 PM-2:30 PM (EST) – MU PARTY – featuring the percussion of Frank Malloy.
Natie Music featuring Frank Malloy – “Sirens”
A $200 USD yearly membership is available at afmm.org which includes admission to all virtual events.

Collective Microtonal Piano Album | Sponsored by Mizzan
2021-12-31
Submission Deadline: Dec 31
Mizzan Microtonal Piano, based in Berlin, invites microtonal musicians to participate in a collective album by sharing their compositions or performances. Any and all microtonal compositions are acceptable and must be rendered through Mizzan’s Sound Module. MSF, Scala, and AnaMark Tun tuning files all work with Mizzan.
Mizzan is thoroughly tunable. The instrument consists of 264 keys and every key may be tuned to any frequency, and they may be organised in any order. All you need to prepare is a MIDI file and an MSF tuning file.
It is recommended performers record a MIDI file from a live performance. Submission requires MIDI files, notation files, and tuning files. If the file is not generated from a live performance, a pianist will attempt to record your composition prior to the December 31st deadline.
Send submissions and questions to mizzan.community@gmail.com.
All profits from the album and subsequent performances will go solely to the composers, performers, and authors.
For more information about the collective album and the Mizzan instrument, click here.
Copyright Mizzan, 2021

Microtonal University (Virtual Event #24)
2022-01-30 13:00 - 14:30 (America/New_York) | afmm.org online, NYC, United States
Sunday Jan 30
1:00 PM-2:30 PM (EST)
Svjetlana Bukvich is the moderator for a Composers Forum
with just intonation composer performers.
Michael Harrison – “Revelation” live in Rome (highlights)
John Schneider – “FAR OFF SOUNDS | Microtonal Man”
Amelia Huff – “Zhea Erose – Novemdeca [in Just Intonation]”
Jon Catler – “Sleeping Beauty” from UNTEMPERED & TEMPERED
A $200 USD yearly membership is available at afmm.org which includes admission to all virtual events.
For more information and MU Schedule: https://www.afmm.org/.

Microtonal University Global (Virtual Event #25)
2022-02-05 22:00 - 2022-02-06 00:00 (America/New_York) | afmm.org online, NYC, United States
Sat Feb 5
10:00 PM-11:00 PM (New York/EST)
Presentation: Amanda Cole with guest Greg Schiemer (Australia)
Cole: INSTRUMENTAL PIECES – https://www.amandacolemusic.com/program-notes
Schiemer: Artist Page with Australian Music Centre
11:00 PM-12:00 AM (New York/EST)
Hitomi Shimizu of SXZYGYS (Japan)
Shimizu: “warewarewa” released May 27, 2020 | bandcamp featuring Tonal Plexus 6s microtonal keyboard and Partch 43 tone scale in C
A $200 USD yearly membership is available at afmm.org which includes admission to all virtual events.
For more information and MU Schedule: https://www.afmm.org/6

Microtonal University (Virtual Event #26)
2022-02-06 13:00 - 14:30 (America/New_York) | afmm.org online, NYC, United States
Sun Feb 6
1:00 PM-2:30 PM (EST)
Philipp Gerschlauer explores Just Intonation in Jazz with guests Reza Askari and Michael Battaglia.
Stride Piano, Barbershop, 31tet, and Blues.
Gerschlauer: Night And Day (Solo Transcription by Philipp Gerschlauer) – YouTube
Battaglia: Some Stride Piano for you all – Sweet Lorraine (31-TET version) – YouTube & Sweet Lorraine 31-TET stride piano (transcription) – YouTube
Barber Shop in JI: Platinum – 2000 International Quartet Final – YouTube
A $200 USD yearly membership is available at afmm.org which includes admission to all virtual events.
For more information and MU Schedule: https://www.afmm.org/.
