Tue, June 27, 2006 - 10:59 AM
SEATTLE MICROTONAL GUITAR FESTIVAL, JULY 20-23, 2006
Seattle, Wa June 22, 2006 -- The Seattle Microtonal Guitar Festival brings together local and international acclaimed guitarists who are dedicated to exploring the musical universe of the “notes between the notes”. Western music is commonly played in a twelve note equal tempered system that compromises the basic physical laws of how sound is produced so that musicians can play in twelve different keys and stay relatively “in tune”. Musicians and music lovers – professional and amateur alike- will learn about why western music is generally “a little out of tune”, and will be offered demonstrations and performances exploring alternative tunings, temperaments and guitar systems by leaders in the microtonal guitar movement, Jon Catler, Neil Haverstick , Tom Baker, and Chris Morda. Innovative and rare instruments, including the single string monochord, fretless guitar, 19 and 34-tone Equal Temperament guitar, guitar in Extended Just Intonation, lap slide guitar, and 12-tone ultra plus guitars will all be featured, turning the head of the most knowledgeable guitar officianados and novices alike.
Tickets for all events are available at the door the night of the show. To purchase tickets online for Saturday evenings event and for more information on all events visit: www.microtonalguitar.com, tickets for Satudays event can be purchased at www.brownpapertickets.com/event/5607 or call 206-323-8853
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
July 20, 2006-Opening Night
Performances featuring Seattle Microtonal Guitarists Tom Baker on Fretless Guitar with The Tom Baker Quartet and Chris Morda on 12 Tone Ultra Plus and Lap Slide Guitar with Stone Crazy Blues Band
Lo-Fi Performance Gallery, 429B Eastlake Ave. E, Seattle, WA, $7 Doors open at 9 PM, Music begins at 9:30 PM
July 21-A night of Theory and Demonstration
Chris Morda-Monochord and Twelve Tone Ultra Plus Guitar, Tom Baker-Fretless Guitar, and Neil Haverstick-19 and 34 Tone Equal Temperament
1412 Performance Gallery, 1412 18th Ave E, Seattle, Wa, $5-15 sliding scale, all ages, Show Begins at 8 PM
July 22- A Night of Virtuoso Microtonal Guitar
Microtonal Guitar Pioneers Neil Haverstick from Denver, Co on Fretless in Guitar Just Intonation, 19 & 34 Tone Equal Temperament Guitar, and Jon Catler from New York, NY, on Extended Just Intonation Guitar and 12 Tone Ultra Plus Guitar
Brechemin Auditorium, University of Washington Music Building, Tickets $12.50 in advance, $15 at the door, Doors open at 7:30 Show begins at 8
July 23-The Secrets of the Harmonic Series and Just Intonation
Jon Catler will be teaching material from his book THE NATURE OF MUSIC, explaining the mysteries of the Harmonic Series and the evolution of Catler's 64-note per octave Just Intonation scale. Also, sections on alternative temperaments (31-tone, 19-tone, 12-Tone Plus, 12-Tone Ultra Plus, etc).
Roberts Music Institute, 13417 N.E. 20th St, Bellevue WA, $15, 2-4 PM
Tickets for all events are available at the door the night of the show. To purchase tickets online for Saturday evenings event and for more information on all events visit: www.microtonalguitar.com, tickets for Satudays event can be purchased at www.brownpapertickets.com/event/5607 or call 206-323-8853
About The Artists
Jon Catler is one of the world's leading innovators on microtonal guitar. For many years, Catler's life has been devoted to the exploration of the "notes-between-the-notes," or microtonal music. Specifically, he has devised his own system of tuning based on Just Intonation or the pure intervals of the Harmonic Series. He has redesigned his guitar to allow an unprecedented range of consonance and dissonance, alternating between a 62-note per octave fretted guitar and a fretless.
Noted for his work with legendary composer, La Monte Young, Mr. Catler was a featured soloist on the Gramavision double-CD La Monte Young and the Forever Bad Blues Band. He has also appeared as composer and performer on the Futurismo/Futurismi Festival, Manca Festival, Montreal Jazz Festival, Quebec Festival d'Ete, the Angelica Festival and the American Festival of Microtonal Music of which he is co-founder. Catler performed in the world premier version of Ives' 'Universe Symphony' at Lincoln Center, a climax of AFMM's 20-year history. Catler also performed on the original Harry Partch guitars with Newband in a performance of Partch's 'Oedipus' at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC.
Neil Haverstick is one of the most sought after session players in Denver, Colorado. Haverstick has performed in a number of different situations, such as playing and recording with the Colorado Symphony, playing in orchestras backing such artists as Bob Hope, Dinah Shore, Charley Pride, and with his own bands he has opened shows for B.B.King, Steve Miller, and King Sunny Ade; he has also backed up blues greats Jim Schwall and Joe Houston. As a freelance guitarist he has played blues, jazz, classical, country, flamenco, and folk, as well as plays, and many private functions.
Haverstick is also an accomplish composer, author, and educator. As a composer, Haverstick won Guitar Player magazine's 1992 Ultimate Guitar Competition (Experimental Division) with a 19 tone piece, "Spider Chimes." He also won the 1996 arts Innovation Award in Denver for another 19 tone song, "Jimmy and Joe," and the 1999 Composition Fellowship from the Colorado Council on the Arts. As an author, Haverstick has written for Guitar Player and Cadence, and has written two music theory books. The late studio guitarist Tommy Tedesco, who called it “A great book, praised “The Form of No Forms”. Neil's latest book, "19 Tones: A New Beginning," is a look at the 19 tone system of tuning which Haverstick has been working in since 1989. As an instructor, Haverstick has taught hundreds of students, both privately and in classes. In October 2004, he taught a seminar on tunings at Berklee College of Music, on the invitation of fusion guitar maestro David Fiuczynski.
Guitarist Tom Baker has been active as a composer, performer and music producer in the Seattle new-music scene since 1994. He is the artistic director of the Seattle Composers' Salon, and co-founder of the Seattle EXperimental Opera (SEXO). Tom performs on fretted and fretless guitars, and has worked with many innovative musicians, including Stuart Dempster, William O. Smith, Christian Asplund, Chinary Ung, Ellen Fullman and Henry Threadgill. His first solo CD Sounding the Curve was released on the label Present Sounds in 2002.
The Tom Baker Quartet features drummer Greg Campbell, clarinetist Jesse Canterbury and bassist Brian Cobb. The Quartet has diverse musical backgrounds, which include jazz, modern classical, world music, and free improvisation. They have been working as a quartet since November of 2004, playing music by Baker and Cobb, as well as crafting beautiful and haunting improvisations. Their music blurs the boundaries between notated music and free improvisation; the unique sonic landscapes that result are grounded in history, while pushing at the boundaries of avant-jazz music.
Chris Morda has been active on the Seattle blues scene since 1999 and has developed a playing style firmly rooted in traditional blues along outside influences from his love of Indian Music he was exposed to while in the Ethnomusicology Program at the University of Washington. Chris is a private music instructor and has led blues ensembles at The Seattle Drum School, taught Blues History courses at the University of Washington’s Extension program, and taught private and group classes on The Overtone Series and its relationship to Vibrational Healing with Sound. Chris is an accomplished lap slide guitarist and has recently taken up The 12 tone ultra plus guitar designed by Jon Catler.
Joining Chris in The Stone Crazy Blues Band are Forrest Giberson (Bachelor of Music Degree in Studio Music and Jazz with Specialization in Performance, Music Theory, Music History and Composition, University of Miami) and drummer Lorne Watson (Bachelors of Music Education and Percussion Performance, Central Michigan University). The band recently released its debut recording, Barnyard Boogie and has been receiving quite a bit of airplay on Internet and International Radio. Their cover of Sonny Boy Williamson’s Help Me has currently on been on RadioWave Monitor’s Top 20 Contemporary Blues Charts for Internet Radio for 15 consecutive weeks.
Tickets for all events are available at the door the night of the show. To purchase tickets online for Saturday evenings event and for more information on all events visit: www.microtonalguitar.com, tickets for Satudays event can be purchased at www.brownpapertickets.com/event/5607 or call 206-323-8853
SEATTLE MICROTONAL GUITAR FESTIVAL, JULY 20-23, 2006
Seattle, Wa June 22, 2006 -- The Seattle Microtonal Guitar Festival brings together local and international acclaimed guitarists who are dedicated to exploring the musical universe of the “notes between the notes”. Western music is commonly played in a twelve note equal tempered system that compromises the basic physical laws of how sound is produced so that musicians can play in twelve different keys and stay relatively “in tune”. Musicians and music lovers – professional and amateur alike- will learn about why western music is generally “a little out of tune”, and will be offered demonstrations and performances exploring alternative tunings, temperaments and guitar systems by leaders in the microtonal guitar movement, Jon Catler, Neil Haverstick , Tom Baker, and Chris Morda. Innovative and rare instruments, including the single string monochord, fretless guitar, 19 and 34-tone Equal Temperament guitar, guitar in Extended Just Intonation, lap slide guitar, and 12-tone ultra plus guitars will all be featured, turning the head of the most knowledgeable guitar officianados and novices alike.
Tickets for all events are available at the door the night of the show. To purchase tickets online for Saturday evenings event and for more information on all events visit: www.microtonalguitar.com, tickets for Satudays event can be purchased at www.brownpapertickets.com/event/5607 or call 206-323-8853
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
July 20, 2006-Opening Night
Performances featuring Seattle Microtonal Guitarists Tom Baker on Fretless Guitar with The Tom Baker Quartet and Chris Morda on 12 Tone Ultra Plus and Lap Slide Guitar with Stone Crazy Blues Band
Lo-Fi Performance Gallery, 429B Eastlake Ave. E, Seattle, WA, $7 Doors open at 9 PM, Music begins at 9:30 PM
July 21-A night of Theory and Demonstration
Chris Morda-Monochord and Twelve Tone Ultra Plus Guitar, Tom Baker-Fretless Guitar, and Neil Haverstick-19 and 34 Tone Equal Temperament
1412 Performance Gallery, 1412 18th Ave E, Seattle, Wa, $5-15 sliding scale, all ages, Show Begins at 8 PM
July 22- A Night of Virtuoso Microtonal Guitar
Microtonal Guitar Pioneers Neil Haverstick from Denver, Co on Fretless in Guitar Just Intonation, 19 & 34 Tone Equal Temperament Guitar, and Jon Catler from New York, NY, on Extended Just Intonation Guitar and 12 Tone Ultra Plus Guitar
Brechemin Auditorium, University of Washington Music Building, Tickets $12.50 in advance, $15 at the door, Doors open at 7:30 Show begins at 8
July 23-The Secrets of the Harmonic Series and Just Intonation
Jon Catler will be teaching material from his book THE NATURE OF MUSIC, explaining the mysteries of the Harmonic Series and the evolution of Catler's 64-note per octave Just Intonation scale. Also, sections on alternative temperaments (31-tone, 19-tone, 12-Tone Plus, 12-Tone Ultra Plus, etc).
Roberts Music Institute, 13417 N.E. 20th St, Bellevue WA, $15, 2-4 PM
Tickets for all events are available at the door the night of the show. To purchase tickets online for Saturday evenings event and for more information on all events visit: www.microtonalguitar.com, tickets for Satudays event can be purchased at www.brownpapertickets.com/event/5607 or call 206-323-8853
About The Artists
Jon Catler is one of the world's leading innovators on microtonal guitar. For many years, Catler's life has been devoted to the exploration of the "notes-between-the-notes," or microtonal music. Specifically, he has devised his own system of tuning based on Just Intonation or the pure intervals of the Harmonic Series. He has redesigned his guitar to allow an unprecedented range of consonance and dissonance, alternating between a 62-note per octave fretted guitar and a fretless.
Noted for his work with legendary composer, La Monte Young, Mr. Catler was a featured soloist on the Gramavision double-CD La Monte Young and the Forever Bad Blues Band. He has also appeared as composer and performer on the Futurismo/Futurismi Festival, Manca Festival, Montreal Jazz Festival, Quebec Festival d'Ete, the Angelica Festival and the American Festival of Microtonal Music of which he is co-founder. Catler performed in the world premier version of Ives' 'Universe Symphony' at Lincoln Center, a climax of AFMM's 20-year history. Catler also performed on the original Harry Partch guitars with Newband in a performance of Partch's 'Oedipus' at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC.
Neil Haverstick is one of the most sought after session players in Denver, Colorado. Haverstick has performed in a number of different situations, such as playing and recording with the Colorado Symphony, playing in orchestras backing such artists as Bob Hope, Dinah Shore, Charley Pride, and with his own bands he has opened shows for B.B.King, Steve Miller, and King Sunny Ade; he has also backed up blues greats Jim Schwall and Joe Houston. As a freelance guitarist he has played blues, jazz, classical, country, flamenco, and folk, as well as plays, and many private functions.
Haverstick is also an accomplish composer, author, and educator. As a composer, Haverstick won Guitar Player magazine's 1992 Ultimate Guitar Competition (Experimental Division) with a 19 tone piece, "Spider Chimes." He also won the 1996 arts Innovation Award in Denver for another 19 tone song, "Jimmy and Joe," and the 1999 Composition Fellowship from the Colorado Council on the Arts. As an author, Haverstick has written for Guitar Player and Cadence, and has written two music theory books. The late studio guitarist Tommy Tedesco, who called it “A great book, praised “The Form of No Forms”. Neil's latest book, "19 Tones: A New Beginning," is a look at the 19 tone system of tuning which Haverstick has been working in since 1989. As an instructor, Haverstick has taught hundreds of students, both privately and in classes. In October 2004, he taught a seminar on tunings at Berklee College of Music, on the invitation of fusion guitar maestro David Fiuczynski.
Guitarist Tom Baker has been active as a composer, performer and music producer in the Seattle new-music scene since 1994. He is the artistic director of the Seattle Composers' Salon, and co-founder of the Seattle EXperimental Opera (SEXO). Tom performs on fretted and fretless guitars, and has worked with many innovative musicians, including Stuart Dempster, William O. Smith, Christian Asplund, Chinary Ung, Ellen Fullman and Henry Threadgill. His first solo CD Sounding the Curve was released on the label Present Sounds in 2002.
The Tom Baker Quartet features drummer Greg Campbell, clarinetist Jesse Canterbury and bassist Brian Cobb. The Quartet has diverse musical backgrounds, which include jazz, modern classical, world music, and free improvisation. They have been working as a quartet since November of 2004, playing music by Baker and Cobb, as well as crafting beautiful and haunting improvisations. Their music blurs the boundaries between notated music and free improvisation; the unique sonic landscapes that result are grounded in history, while pushing at the boundaries of avant-jazz music.
Chris Morda has been active on the Seattle blues scene since 1999 and has developed a playing style firmly rooted in traditional blues along outside influences from his love of Indian Music he was exposed to while in the Ethnomusicology Program at the University of Washington. Chris is a private music instructor and has led blues ensembles at The Seattle Drum School, taught Blues History courses at the University of Washington’s Extension program, and taught private and group classes on The Overtone Series and its relationship to Vibrational Healing with Sound. Chris is an accomplished lap slide guitarist and has recently taken up The 12 tone ultra plus guitar designed by Jon Catler.
Joining Chris in The Stone Crazy Blues Band are Forrest Giberson (Bachelor of Music Degree in Studio Music and Jazz with Specialization in Performance, Music Theory, Music History and Composition, University of Miami) and drummer Lorne Watson (Bachelors of Music Education and Percussion Performance, Central Michigan University). The band recently released its debut recording, Barnyard Boogie and has been receiving quite a bit of airplay on Internet and International Radio. Their cover of Sonny Boy Williamson’s Help Me has currently on been on RadioWave Monitor’s Top 20 Contemporary Blues Charts for Internet Radio for 15 consecutive weeks.
Tickets for all events are available at the door the night of the show. To purchase tickets online for Saturday evenings event and for more information on all events visit: www.microtonalguitar.com, tickets for Satudays event can be purchased at www.brownpapertickets.com/event/5607 or call 206-323-8853
