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Michael Harrison

June 17: Bang on a Can Marathon Opens River To River Festival

June 12, 2012

On Sunday, June 17, from noon until midnight, Bang on a Can continues celebrating its 25th year with the annual Bang on a Can Marathon, FREE for the public at World Financial Center Winter Garden (220 Vesey Street, NYC), presented by River To River® Festival, Arts Brookfield, and Bang on a Can. The Marathon has been ...

Revelation: Music in Pure Intonation

By Michael Harrison

Label: Cantaloupe Music
Released: 2007
Track listing: Revealing the Tones; Night Vigil; Revealing the Commas; Tone Cloud I; Homage to La Monte; Tone Cloud II; Night Vigil II; Vision in the Desert; Carillon; Tone Cloud III; Finale; Tone Cloud IV.

Michael Harrison: Revelation: Music in Pure Intonation

by John Kelman
December 9, 2007

Certain instruments lend themselves more readily to unorthodox tunings. The guitar, for example, is an instrument tailor-made for alteration, with artists like Joni Mitchell creating dozens of altered tunings, encouraging approaches not possible with conventional tuning. Classical pianist/composer Michael Harrison has devised a unique tuning for the far more unwieldy piano that, while it may drive ...

In Flight

By Michael Harrison

Label: Creative Sources
Released: 1987