A treasure trove of unique musical instruments invented and built by pioneering composer Harry Partch between 1930 and 1972 were quietly returned to San Diego last week, ending a 33-year-long ...

“UW Music,” the University of Washington School of Music’s concert season, is in full swing and is offering two unusual events this week. First up is a joint concert by violist Melia Watras with her ...

To further intensify COLOR THEORY, PRISM, which is known for its impressive outreach, will present 12 community activities for all ages during the 15-day project-exploratory lectures and ...

Ever heard of an adapted viola? What about a chromalodeon? Or a harmonic canon? They're all instruments invented by avante-garde composer Harry Partch. Partch was a California native who threw out ...

“The great cathedral of modern music, erected in trial and labor and pain through most of the Christian era, is a safe and beautiful sanctuary,” Harry Partch once wrote. “Its one sad aspect is that it ...

The 'Hobo Composer' Harry Partch was 'irascible but also magnetic' says his biographer, UMKC professor Andrew Granade. American composer Harry Partch lived an unconventional life. A dreamer and a ...

Harry Partch was born in Oakland, California. His parents had been Presbyterian missionaries in China who endured the Boxer Rebellion. Two years after his birth, they moved to Arizona to homestead, ...