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By 2001, his brutal, microtonally inclined “Implosion” was being played at the Donaueschingen Musiktage festival, the zenith for contemporary composers in Germany.

From New York Times • Mar. 20, 2020

Its music is a mixture of vocal-harmony traditions from all over — rich chords, call-and-response, drone-backed dissonances, microtonally inflected incantations, complex counterpoint, hocketing, propulsive unison refrains — delivered with handclaps, drumbeats and full-throated vehemence.

From New York Times • Jan. 13, 2020

Blame, if you will, the obscurity of microtonally tuned music for such neglect.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 17, 2018

The additional microtonally supple players for the Octet were flutist Sara Andon, clarinetist James Sullivan, Bassoonist Jon Stehney and bassist Scott Worthington.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 17, 2018

Both are essays in changeable textures, sparkling, treble-heavy percussion and keyboard writing, and string scoring that hovers microtonally between notes.

From New York Times • Aug. 14, 2012