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MicroFest, \u201cthe world’s leading concert series devoted to the glorious universe of non-standard tunings\u201d, was brought to Chapman University\u2019s Conservatory of Music by assistant professor of music Nick Terry, who has worked with the founder John Schneider since 2003.\u00a0 Since 1997, MicroFest has grown to a festival of eight separate events this year at Southern California venues ranging from Venice to Claremont, Orange to Walt Disney Concert Hall in downtown LA. MicroFest is co-directed by Schneider and composer Bill Alves and has included ground-breaking concerts and premieres of works by Lou Harrison, Terry Riley, and Harry Partch with new and historical instruments.\u00a0 Chapman’s MicroFest\u00a0celebrated the music of composer Ben Johnson, who also served as a guest lecturer.\u00a0 Read the LA Times <\/em>review of MicroFest at http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/entertainment\/news\/la-et-microfest-johnston-review-20120427,0,639344.story<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

MicroFest, \u201cthe world’s leading concert series devoted to the glorious universe of non-standard tunings\u201d, was brought to Chapman University\u2019s Conservatory […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":60,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"custom_author_name":"","chapman_pin_hero_slider":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[3,9],"class_list":["post-311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-faculty-news-music","tag-college-of-performing-arts","tag-conservatory-of-music"],"yoast_head":"\nCollege of Performing Arts | Chapman Blogs<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/copa\/2012\/05\/21\/conservatory-of-musics-microfest-in-the-la-times\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Conservatory of Music's MicroFest in the LA Times! 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