Microtonal Projects
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Microtonal Projects
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Microtonal Projects was formed by composer Donald Bousted in 2004 with the objective of creating a focus for microtonal music.

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2025 Microtonal Zoom Meetings:
these came about owing to the microtonally interested people I met during tours of the Microtonal Trumpet post-pandemic. Initially, to put composers who are writing for this project in touch with one another. Now it is more broadly about topics of microtonality.
December 29, 2025 at 7:29 PM
New Instrument in 2025:

Conversion of a Yamaha Chicago C trumpet into a Double Bell Trumpet, the 'Donald Bousted' including quarter-tone valve

Sigmar Fischer has done an amazing job. Also a shout-out to Takumi who created the lever mechanism for the fourth

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December 29, 2025 at 7:27 PM
2025 Podcasts:

Stephen Altoft was interviewed about Microtonal Projects and the Microtonal Trumpet project by Stephen Weigel for his podcast, 'Now and Xen'. These podcasts were a new discovery!
youtu.be/oB8Wh4hJovw?...
Now and Xen Podcast: 092 Stephen Altoft
YouTube video by Now and Xen Podcast
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December 29, 2025 at 7:23 PM
2025 New Additions to our Microtonal Projects Resources folder on Dropbox:
- Donald Bousted's PhD Thesis
- Overheads and texts from the presentations at Hyperchromatic Festival'
- Articles by Carla Rees about her Kingma flutes.
December 29, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Digital Releases in 2025: on most platforms!
Donald's 'Floating on my Cloud'- non-microtonal music
Recordings of works by Jim Dalton, Paul Rhys, Isak Persson, Richard Whalley for 19-div trumpet or flugelhorn
open.spotify.com/artist/2oWcc...

Check out out BLOG for details: microtonalprojects.com
Stephen Altoft
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December 29, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Festivals which we supported in 2025:

the first 'Hyperchromatic Festival'
microtonalprojects.com/hyperchromat...

YouTube: www.youtube.com/@GoldsmithsM...

The first Transnational MicroFest in France, Germany and Switzerland, organised by Matthias S. Krüger and team.
www.trinational-microfest.de
Hyperchromatic Festival 2025 – BLOG
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December 29, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Stephen Altoft's latest conversion- quarter-tone, double bell trumpet in C

'The Donald Bousted Double Bell trumpet'
December 29, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Hello out there to friends of microtonal music!
December 29, 2025 at 12:33 AM