May 11-13, 2018

Harry Partch Festival

Meany Theater, University of Washington, Seattle WA

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May 11:

2:00 PM  Music Building Room 213:

Charles Corey presents "Issues in Analysis and Realization of the Music of Harry Partch"

7:30 PM  Meany Hall:

Concert 1: Featuring Guest Artists

Greek Studies: Harry Partch
Crystal Paths: Garth Knox
On Listening to Lu Tzu: John Schneider
String Masks: Melia Watras
Ode: Richard Karpen

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May 12:

10:30 AM  UW Tower Auditorium:

Concert 2: Charles Corey presents the Complete Works for Adapted Guitar and Intoning Voice, including the world premiere of his original score for U.S. Highball

Barstow: Harry Partch

December 1942: Harry Partch

Come to Dust: Charles Corey

U.S. Highball: Harry Partch

2:00 PM  Music Building Room 213:

Andrew Granade: "Going Home: The Persistence of Partch's Hobo Persona"

Paul West: "Pythagoras, Plato and Partch: Breaking the Chains of a Theoretical Art Form"

Stephanie Liapis: "Castor & Pollux: a Movement Score"

7:30 PM  Meany Hall:

Concert 3: Satire and Sincerity

Y.D. Fantasy: Harry Partch
Pneuma: Wei Yang
The Rose, The Crane, The Waterfall: Harry Partch
Commentaries on Creation: Paul West
Dark Brother: Harry Partch
The Wind, The Street: Harry Partch
Ring Around the Moon: Harry Partch
The Wayward: Harry Partch

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May 13:

10:30 AM  UW Tower Auditorium:

Concert 4: Luke Fitzpatrick presents the Complete Works for Adapted Viola and Intoning Voice

​Two Psalms: Harry Partch

Seventeen Lyrics by Li Po: Harry Partch

The Grave of Li Po: Luke Fitzpatrick

The Potion Scene: Harry Partch​

2:00 PM  Meany Hall:

Sarah Kolat presents a lecture-recital: "Adapted Voice: Interpreting the Vocal Works of Harry Partch"

Two Settings from Finnegan's Wake: Harry Partch

Y.D. Fantasy: Harry Partch
The Potion Scene: Harry Partch

7:30 PM  Meany Hall:

Concert 5: Reflections

Lover, Soldiers - War - Another War: Harry Partch
Vanity: Harry Partch
Where All That's Solid Melts Into Air: Jeff Bowen
Two Psalms: Harry Partch
In Paradisum: Charles Corey
Yonah's Dream: Mathew Rosenblum
Tulpa: Luke Fitzpatrick
Cloud-Chamber Music: Harry Partch
The Wayward: Harry Partch