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Microtonal Village Conference, hosted by composer Agustín Castilla-Ávila American Primitive & Inventors of Genius Weekend

September 19 - September 22

Free
Agustín Castilla-Ávila

Composers and musicologists from around the world gather to present their music and thoughts on the microtonality of American Primitive and other new directions, with attention to developments in Greenwich Village through visionaries like Cage, Harrison and Partch. Agustín Castilla-Ávila—a tireless advocate for composers around the world who are exploring new and old tuning systems, and President of the Ekmelic Society of Salzburg—will preside.

Among the participants: Giacomo Fiore, Iván Hernández, Mario García Hurtado, Matthew Sallis, Georg Vogel, Bill Alves, Jim Dalton, Joseph Klein, Elliot Figg, and John Schneider among many others.

September 19 – Online only – 8:45am to 8pm: Zoom: https://us04web.zoom.us/j/71392112517?pwd=Lww6WhjD1PXNQNgNrbYzp6Djnz0WpA.1
September 20 – Greenwich House, 122 West 27th Street – 9am to 6pm
September 21 – Sheen Center for Thought and Culture, 18 Bleeker Street – 9am to 6pm
September 22 – Greenwich House, 122 West 27th Street – 9am to 6pm

Places at some of these events are limited. Booking is not required but seating is on a first-come, first-served basis.

Zoom link for September 19: https://us04web.zoom.us/j/71392112517?pwd=Lww6WhjD1PXNQNgNrbYzp6Djnz0WpA.1

Download the Schedule of Presentations >>

View Schedule of Presentations – 16 pages

 

This event is part of The Village Trip’s American Primitive and Inventors of Genius Weekend.

 

Guitarist Giacomo Fiore will give a lecture recital. Here is a sample of his work, with the late celebrated Larry Polansky.

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Start:
September 19
End:
September 22
Cost:
Free
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