source file: mills2.txt Date: Sun, 17 Dec 1995 08:48:09 -0800 From: "John H. Chalmers" From: mclaren Subject: Sonics Arts Gallery concert --- On Friday, 5 November, Your Humble E-Mail Correspondent gave a concert along with Jonathan Glasier at the Sonic Arts Gallery in San Diego. The program consisted of: [1] Dual pianos tuned to different 12-pitch subsets of 34/oct. With J. Glasier on one piano and myself on another, we explored 34-tone equal temperament in a piece which sounded as though one person was playing, albeit with superhuman facility. By judiciously switching MIDI channels during the piece to obtain the third 12-tone set of 34-equal, the entire 34/oct scale was covered. [2] The second piece also featured Glasier and YHC on dual MIDI keyboards--this time using a 5 and a 7-pitch subset of 34-TET with gamelan-like timbres. The general effect was that of a digital trip to Bali. [3] The third piece used harmonic series 1-60 for an old favorite, also played at last year's sonic arts gallery concert series. A staple concert piece, extremely xenharmonic. [4] The fourth piece used a TX802 harmonium timbre and a cello to explore Harry Partch's 43-tone just array [5] In the fifth piece, a vibraphone timbre counterpointed pizzicato cello--also in Partch 43. [6] The fifth piece juxtaposed exotic synth timbres in the Carlos Gamma non-octave scale against Tibetan bells, waterphone, and struck pieces of scrap metal to generate an eerie and unfamiliar sound-world. This may be the first time Carlos Gamma has been performed at a public concert. All told, the concert was a success. In attendance: Ted Melnechuk, the xenharmonist Ralph David Hill, and a variety of other sonically adventurous folk. The placement of contact mike on the cello did not produce good recordings of the Partch pieces, but the other concert pieces were recorded on digital tape and will form part of a forthcoming compilation tape. --mclaren Received: from eartha.mills.edu [144.91.3.20] by vbv40.ezh.nl with SMTP-OpenVMS via TCP/IP; Mon, 18 Dec 1995 16:29 +0100 Received: from by eartha.mills.edu via SMTP (940816.SGI.8.6.9/930416.SGI) for id HAA03300; Mon, 18 Dec 1995 07:28:56 -0800 Date: Mon, 18 Dec 1995 07:28:56 -0800 Message-Id: <9512180728.aa02212@cyber.cyber.net> Errors-To: madole@ella.mills.edu Reply-To: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Originator: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Sender: tuning@eartha.mills.edu