2020's News
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ONGOING
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Melopœia collaboration
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Alessandro Casali paper (based on Angine de Poitrine transcription)
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Michał Kaliszuk paper (based on Sweet Lorraine transcription)
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Yxeni transcriptions used on "SomeDee" YouTube channel for kalimba covers!
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"Songs of the Ill and Jaded" viola and piano commission (15, 22, 31-TET)
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First-draft-completed transcription of The Mercury Tree's "Self Similar"
2026
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12/06 - Classical Salon 3 (Zionsville, IN); piano (Chopin's Scherzo in C-sharp Minor)
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10/17 - Piano Lounge (Zionsville, IN); piano
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10/03 - Halloween show with Strive Band (Backlot Irvington)
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10/01 - Solo piano/vocal show at Richard Lugar Plaza (downtown Indianapolis)
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09/26 - Recommended by Tolgahan Cogulu as essential listening in Guitar World article
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09/12 - Microtonal Workshop at Bach to Rock Carmel
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09/07 - Angine de Poitrine transcription featured on Levi McClain's channel
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08/23 - Composition Salon performances of original music in Zionsville, IN
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08/14 - Transcriptions used in Splinter Reeds' arrangement of Mata Zyklek/Sarniezz (Angine de Poitrine)
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08/14 - I post "song for stephen," a 19-TET guitar piece written for me by mannfishh
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07/02 - ARTE tracks documentary featuring UnTwelving
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06/19 and 06/20 - keyboardist at Strive Dance Company's "HERstory" show
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06/09 - UnTwelve 2026 retreat at MidMountain (various performances and pieces)
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05/22 - Featured performer and lecturer at "UnTwelving" conference in Munich, Germany
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05/21 - Lecture at Munich Conservatory of Music (HMTM), Germany
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05/14 - Timothy Gondola blog feature "A Note About Microtonal Major Chords"
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05/02 - Performance at Crate Escape's "Puppy Prom" with Mild Bread (and solo)
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04/30 - Thanked for assistance in the creation of "Xentar," the microtonal guitar playground! You can edit tab that plays back properly in the browser.
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04/19 - MU presentation (performing microtonal music live in EDO's)
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04/19 - Classical Salon 2 (Zionsville, IN); piano/synth (acc. Fly Me to the Moon 29-TET, Leiderkreis mvt. XII, Schumann; Quatre Pièces pour cor anglais et piano, Grandval; Chanson et Passepied, Rueff)
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03/26 - Lost and Found Things (I, III, IV) by Christopher Bailey released! This is a huge choral collaboration, which we also discuss on the 100th episode of Now and Xen.
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03/21 - Interview with xenpilled and his series on YouTube
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03/01 - Classical Salon 1 (Zionsville, IN); piano (Mozart Sonata in C major K. 545 solo, acc. Oh Cease Thy Singing Maiden Fair, Rachmaninov; Quatre Pièces pour cor anglais et piano, Grandval; I Never Travel Without One, Argentino)
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02/05 - Performed Tony Bennett tribute at Feinstein's in Carmel, IN
2025
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12/13 - Winner of the only 343-EDO XA discord competition
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11/09 - Music consultant on Epsilon Theatre's production of "School of Rock"
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10/25 and 10/29 - Performed "Monster Mash" at Feinstein's in Carmel, IN
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10/05 - "Dont Miss It" (13-TET) cover used in animation video on froskii's YouTube channel
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08/31 - "Leap Day Cloo (37-TET)" featured in staffcirc volume 10 collab album
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08/05 - Featured guest in Issue 144 "Untwelving" the German magazine Positionen
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08/01 - My work is cited in Pedro Finisterra's doctoral thesis, "(Un)Equal Tunings: Exploring multiple levels of resolution between equal tunings and intonational practices in composition."
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07/31 - Maddie Ashman featured on Now and Xen as a podcast guest (bonus episode on theory with Elynor Freyss here).
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07/13 - UnTwelve 2025 concert at MidMountain, at which I performed in 22 (!) songs, using various equal tunings (15edo, 17edo, 18edo, 19edo, 22edo, 23edo, 41edo) and 7-limit Just Intonation. Notable pieces include Kite Giedraitis's tags, my composed piece "Found Home" for Mark and Liz Johnson, Agnus Dei (Toby Twining), Toffee (Maddie Ashman), and Natural Bridge Bop (with Noah Jordan).
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06/01 - The Bach to Rock Carmel staff band, "Mild Bread," performs at the Hi-Fi in downtown Indianapolis!
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05/18 - Spoke at MU Global about my technological workflow and creation process.
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03/25 - EXQUIS keyboard consultant
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01/23 - Emoji album piece "1200edo" featured on SWR Kultur radio with special guest Genoël von Lilienstern
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01/20 - Timothy Gondola blog feature "Microtonal Accidental Systems"
2024
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07/13 - Experimental Music Night @ Muncie Common Market, IN (performer on Lumatone, voice, guitar, in 20, 25, and 33-TET)
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06/22 - Featured on Denny Genovese's website, World Harmony Project. At this page, you can see the transcription and rendering work I have been working on for Norman Henry's pieces using a custom-built JI piano with 35 tones per octave.
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06/20 - UnTwelve 2024 @ World Fellowship Center, NH (performer and lecturer; 19, 22, 34, 40, 42-TET)
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05/30 - Featured in "Sound Pudding" interview (Adam Scott Neal)
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05/15 - HOOU @ Hamburg ("Radical Tenderness" arrangements played in concert)
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04/26 - Recording of Christopher Bailey's xenharmonic a cappella 17-TET piece "Lost and Found Things," movements 1, 3, and 4.
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04/21 - MU Global Presentation @ NY (lecture on "HARK! THE BIBLICALLY ACCURATE ANGELS SING," a massive arrangement in 40-TET and 42-TET)
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03/26 - Timothy Gondola blog feature "Secrets of Microtonal Notation"
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03/07 - Choir performance (Sound Ecologies) of Daniel Watson's "Virtues and Vices," Rev. Daniel Scott Isaac's "Mass" at University of Indianapolis
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02/11 - Matthew's work on "Acoustic Microtonal" featured in the New York Times
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01/29 - "11 NOTES" acoustic version from "Six Macrotonal Etudes from Electronic Music Media" released
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01/19 - "Acoustic Microtonal" released by Matthew Sheeran. I acted as a consultant for the project, checking Matthew's extensive work with my own ear training and knowledge (Now and Xen episode).
2023
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12/05 - Timothy Gondola blog feature "Microtonal Transcription Basics"
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12/04 - Xenharmonic Alliance "Adxenture EP" collaborator
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11/11 - Lions Park Clubhouse @ Zionsville, IN (performances of piano arrangements, arrangements of Elton John songs performed)
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07/26 - SPLICE 2023 @ Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI (participant/workshopper)
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07/16 - MU Global presentation (on "What a Wonderful World" a cappella arrangement, and music from unreleased Postconditional Love album "Hath Spoken Token" and "Hymn for All Goodhearted Fools")
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04/16 - Transcribed "Radical Tenderness," the microtonal album by Hear Between the Lines
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04/25 - Featured on Levi McClain's YouTube channel for playing "True Love Waits" (Lumatone, 31-TET)
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02/07 - Featured on "Xenharmonikon" (short writing about Easley Blackwood)
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02/06 - Pärnu Nüüdismuusika Päevad @ Tallinn, Estonia (lecturer - "Analyzing xenharmonic structural drift in notable 22-TET pop music")
2022
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07/08 - Featured on George Collier's YouTube channel for playing/transcribing "Misty" on piano (19-TET)
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05/15 - Microtonal Adventures Festival (MAF) 2022 @ Western Washington University (lecture on "Behind the YouTube Covers and More," singing workshops)
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01/24 - Pärnu Nüüdismuusika Päevad @ Tallinn, Estonia (lecturer - "Singing With the Infinitone")
2021
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11/16 - Hindemith & Copland International Music Festival @ New Zealand (lecturer: "Easley Blackwood's 15-tone music")
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10/18 - North Carolina State University @ NC (lecture on the "emoji album")
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10/15 - I become a moderator for Johnny Reinhard's "MU Global" (Microtonal University) @ NY
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10/13 - Featured on George Collier's YouTube channel for transcribing Mike Battaglia's "Sweet Lorraine" (31-TET)
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09/22 - Six Macrotonal Etudes for Electronic Music Media's "11 NOTES" movement is recorded by the Budapest String Orchestra (thanks to Matthew Sheeran).
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09/07 - Contributor to "Edition Zalzal" published microtonal scores (Alleluia, Magic Suite, 27-EDO guitar etude and 22-EDO guitar etude)
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08/23 - Featured on "Classical Connect" (short writing on Easley Blackwood)
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05/04 - Featured on STAFFcirc Vol. 7b "Luna Octava" ("aesthetic softlock without cheats" 22-TET)
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04/04 - Featured on SINECRAFT Vol. 3 ("Watching From Sin Valley" 17-TET)
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03/15 - Xenharmonic Alliance "Gone Too Deep EP" collaborator
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01/17 - Pärnu Nüüdismuusika Päevad @ Tallinn, Estonia (lecturer - "Xenharmonics, Moderation, and Tonality")
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01/10 - Featured in Robin Meiksins' "100 Days of New Composers" (flute/electronics - Rummaging Industrially)
2020
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12/12 - Featured in benyamind's album "Namoic" on 31-TET vocals/transcription
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10/15 - Microfest 2020 @ Prague, Czech Republic (spectator)
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07/16 - Can This Even Be Called Music? reviews The "emoji album" along with others including John Zorn.
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06/16 - The "emoji album" is released.
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03/24 - Featured on FAST-FAST's "Plans" on 19-TET guitar (@ Kingston, England)
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03/14 - Featured on isaac io schankler's "Songs to Wash Your Hands To" on 31-TET vocals (@ Los Angeles, CA)
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02/12 - Comp Seminar @ Ball State University (lecture on the upcoming "emoji album")
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01/23 - KPISS.FM @ Brooklyn, NY (featured/music from the "emoji album" played on Jude Thomas's radio show "Xen Radio" broadcast one and two)
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01/17 - Jacob Barton steps down as Now and Xen co-host, and I host the podcast alone. Now and Xen also launches its Patreon page.