Sunday, March 7, 2010
Fenway Center
Northeastern University
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| 2:00 PM |
Registration |
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| 2:30 PM |
Welcome speeches by Boston Microtonal Society, Georg Hajdu, Anthony De Ritis, Richard Boulanger |
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| 3:00 PM |
Heinz Bohlen |
An early document on a novel scale |
| 3:30 PM |
Max Mathews |
The Early History from 1982 to 1988 of John Pierce’s Evolution of his Version of the Bohlen-Pierce Scale. |
| 4:00 PM |
Clarence Barlow |
On the Harmonic Rationalization of Pitch Intervals of Known Size |
| 4:45 PM |
Curtis Roads |
On Purity |
| 5:15 PM |
Coffee Break |
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| 5:30 PM |
David Wessel |
Designing and Performing Spectra Compatible with the Bohlen-Pierce Scale |
| 6:00 PM |
Psyche Loui |
From Sounds to Music: Learning the Bohlen-Pierce Scale |
| 6:45 PM |
Dinner |
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| 8:00 PM |
Concert, Northeastern University Fenway Center more info |
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Monday, March 8, 2010
Williams Hall
New England Conservatory
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| 1:00 PM |
Richard Boulanger |
Strategies and Solutions: Singing, Playing and Discussing Excerpts from my Bohlen-Pierce Compositions |
| 1:45 PM |
Georg Hajdu |
Starting Over: Chances Afforded by a New Scale |
| 2:30 PM |
Paul Erlich |
Commas, Temperaments, and Scales, with particular attention to the ‘BP diatonic’ |
| 3:15 PM |
Coffee Break & Discussion |
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| 3:45 PM |
Ron Sword |
Lecture, Demonstration of Bohlen-Pierce Scale Book, B-P Tuning systems, Presentation of 9-string B-P electric guitar and performance |
| 4:30 PM |
Julia Werntz |
Boston Microtonality: About the Boston Microtonal Society and the Legacy of Joe Maneri and Ezra Sims |
| 5:15 PM |
Larry Polansky |
A Mathematical Model for Optimal Tuning Systems |
| 6:00 PM |
Discussion |
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| 6:45 PM |
Dinner |
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| 8:00 PM |
Concert, Berklee College of Music Fenway Building, rm F12 more info |
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Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Goethe Institute Boston
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| 1:00 PM |
Manfred Stahnke |
The Bohlen-Pierce-Scale in the Context of Just Intonation |
| 1:45 PM |
Stephen Fox |
The design and construction of Bohlen-Pierce clarinets and other wind instruments |
| 2:30 PM |
Elaine Walker |
Continuing Research on Perception and Performance of Bohlen-Pierce Scale |
| 3:15 PM |
Todd Harrop |
Dissonance and the Bohlen-Pierce Clarinet |
| 4:00 PM |
Coffee Break |
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| 4:30 PM |
Gayle Young |
cross-current |
| 5:00 PM |
Johannes Kretz |
HOQUETUS II for two Bohlen Pierce clarinets and electronics |
| 5:30 PM |
Arturo Grolimund |
A New Instrument – A New Scale |
| 6:00 PM |
Kevin Foster |
Algebraic Aspects of the Bohlen-Pierce Scale |
| 6:30 PM |
Discussion |
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| 7:00 PM |
Dinner |
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| 8:00 PM |
Concert, Goethe Institute Boston more info |
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