Three months later...ta da!

Seventeen Tone Piano Project Phase Two
September 26, 8:00 PM
Hirsch Orchestra Rehearsal Hall
Shepherd School of Music, Rice University, Houston, Texas, USA

Program:

Of Silent Planet, Free Lancer — Mats Φljare
shine for thyself in thine own light — Erin Watson (*)
Ogives in a Winter Shelter Belt — John McLaird
Tres piano e forte — Yahya Abdal-Aziz
Waltz — Christopher Bailey
Etude — Jon Lyle Smith
Study — David Smith
Eighty-one ninth chords — Jacob Barton
Sub arbore — Margo Schulter (†)
Sharks — Hans Straub
Cirrus and Pileus — Daniel Stearns (*)
past. in and. r. one. to — Taylan Susam
Three Lonely, Uninspired Ways to Play in 17tet — Thomas Edwin
Scheurich III

Jacob Barton, Dan Sedgwick, 17-tone pianos
(*) Ryan Stickney, voice
(†) Trio Life (Stephanie Nussbaum, Karen Raizen, David Gerstein)

This concert will be webcast live and afterwards. Do let me know if
you want the URL. Also, there's a phase three to participate in if
the results of this one tickle your ambition.

--- In crazy_music@yahoogroups.com, "Jacob" <jbarton@...> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I have a 17 tone piano project. Two baby grand pianos at Rice
> (Houston TX) are currently tuned to 17 equal. I'm having a concert in
> September and thought I would extend an invitation to all sentient
> creatures, to compose a score for said pianos. You have two months.
Go.
>
> The whole project is spelled out here:
>
> http://xenharmonic.wikispaces.com/SeventeenTonePianoProject
>
> tangentially, xenharmonic.wikispaces.com has the potential to become a
> wonderful resource.
>
> Jacob
> emerging doer
>