PhD Student Edward Clijsen will be delivering a presentation reflecting on his recent work and processes in composing for the Kingma System Alto Flute; ‘19-div’ and ‘Quarter-tone’ Microtonal trumpets; and his upcoming project composing for 31-EDO Fokker Organ and 96-EDO Carrillo Piano.
The festivals evening concerts will also premiere Clijsen’s ‘Geïsoleerd’ (2024) for Solo Kingma System Alto Flute – written in collaboration with, and performed by, Carla Rees.
This will be the first microtonal festival in London since UKMicroFest in 2012, and the first microtonal festival in the UK since ‘Beyond the Semitone’ in Aberdeen in 2013.
The Hyperchromatic Music Festival will bring together composers, performers, and lecturers from around the world to explore systems of music which use a much wider pallet of notes than those found in 12-note chromatic music. Lecturers and students from Goldsmiths University, Royal Academy of Music, Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Middlesex University, Microtonal Projects, Yehudi Menuhin School, and De Montfort University will present their unique approaches to hyperchromatic music.
Attendees will have the opportunity to attend two days of lectures designed to provide them with practical and theoretical tools for approaching these new tonal horizons. Following each lecture, all are invited to attend evening concerts in which these tools are put to use. All events are free to attend and are held at Goldsmiths University. Lectures will run from 12-2pm at Room LG01 in the Professor Stuart Hall Building and concerts will run from 5-6:30 at the Deptford Town Hall on April 14th and 15th.
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