The Art of the String Multiphonic
27. & 28.01.2022 – Workshops, Lectures & Concert
The latest research into multiphonics for cello, guitar, harp, and piano will be presented in workshops, lectures, and a concert. Topics include technical tips, notation, practical concerns, musical applications, and the theoretical basis, with hands-on inputs from composition and performance students. The concert brings multiphonics to the stage through new works by Paul Clift, Jessie Marino, Øyvind Maeland, Idin Samimi Mofakham, Elnaz Seyedi, Caspar Johannes Walter and Arash Yazdani.
With: Ellen Fallowfield (cello), Gunnhildur Einarsdottir (harp), Seth Josel (guitar/E-guitar), Sanae Yoshida (piano), Thomas Ciszak, Marc Sabat, and Caspar Johannes Walter
The symposium is a project of the Hochschule für Musik FHNW.
The project is supported by the Walter Fischli – Stiftung.
We are grateful for all supporters for facilitating the event.
Programme
27.01.2022
Campus der Musik-Akademie Basel, Studio 2
Led by Ellen Fallowfield (cello), Gunnhildur Einarsdottir (harp), Seth Josel (guitar/E-guitar), Sanae Yoshida (piano)
10:00 Greeting
10:30 Technique workshop CELLO and HARP
11:30 Technique workshop GUITAR and PIANO
12:30 General questions
13:00 Lunch
14:00 Student composer sketches
Performance students: please bring your instruments and be ready to try out the techniques!
Composition students: if you would like to write a sketch for the workshop and have not registered yet, please contact Ellen asap (ZWxsZW4uZmFsbG93ZmllbGRAZmhudy5jaA==).
28.01.2022
Campus der Musik-Akademie Basel, Grosser Saal
14:00 Ellen Fallowfield 'Cello Multiphonics: Technical and Musical Parameters'
14:30 Marc Sabat and Thomas Nicholson 'Farey Sequences Map Playable Nodes on a String'
15:00 Thomas Ciszak & Seth Josel 'Of Neon Light: Multiphonic Aggregates on the Electric Guitar'
15:30 Sanae Yoshida 'The Microtonal Piano and the Tuned-In Interpreter'
16:00 Gunnhildur Einarsdottir 'Multiphonics on the Harp: Initial Observations'
16:30 Caspar Johannes Walter 'Multiphonics on Vibrating Strings'
CONCERT
19:30 New works by Paul Clift, Jessie Marino, Øyvind Maeland, Idin Samimi Mofakham, Elnaz Seyedi, Caspar Johannes Walter and Arash Yazdani.
Links to explore the topic already now:
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/tempo/issue/3655B6D8704DB8B723815C29F7A7D4CC
Cello/composition students: check out https://cellomap.com/multiphonics-basics/ to get a head start on the topic of multiphonics for cello
Harp/composition students: check out http://harpnotation.com to see Gunnhildur’s approach to harmonics and other techniques
Guitar/composition students: check out https://www.baerenreiter.com/en/shop/product/details/BVK2243/ for multiphonic tables for acoustic guitar (it's in the library)
Piano/composition students: check out https://www.researchcatalogue.net/view/899473/899474 to see how Sanae creates microtonal piano sounds