MICROTONAL UNIVERSITY (MU)​
a virtual microtonal university
Season 6 of MU – MICROTONAL UNIVERSITY
October 4, 2026 – June 6th, 2027
A Program of the American Festival of Microtonal Music Inc. (AFMM)
Johnny Reinhard – Director
afmmjr@aol.com
www.MicrotonalUniversity.org
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MU – a virtual microtonal university
 The American Festival of Microtonal Music (AFMM) inaugurated its new project on September 5, 2021:  MU – Microtonal University.
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 MU
Johnny Reinhard
Michael Vick
Witold Maciak
 
Using various platforms, MU will make available a host of different courses, instructions, entertainment, connections, all while being connected to a worldwide social destination for microtonalists, and those with a decidedly microtonal sensibility.
  
֎        Bandcamp microtonal archive for easy Internet access for listening to
            a microtonal treasure trove an archive
 
֎        MU Recording Library is available for past 2021 sessions, and actual
Microtonal Archive will be receptive in Special Collections of
Furman University
                                            
​MU’s Definition of “Microtonal Music”:
“All music is microtonal music cross-culturally. Twelve-tone equal temperament is in itself a microtonal scale, only it enjoys exorbitant attention and hegemonic power, so we focus on the other tuning arrangements.”  

Season 6 of MU – MICROTONAL UNIVERSITY
FULL SCHEDULE
October 4, 2026 – June 6th, 2027
MU sessions are held via Zoom every Sunday @ 1:00 pm 
NYC Time based on our schedule below.

 Sunday Oct 4 - 2026    MU 188 
​1:00 - 3:00 PM (NYC Time) 
Quantum music

Sunday Oct 11 - 2026    MU 189
1:00 - 3:00 PM (NYC Time) 
Form

Sunday Oct 18 - 2026    MU 190
1:00 - 3:00 PM (NYC Time) Daylight Savings Day in the US
Notation

Sunday Oct 25 - 2026    MU 191
1:00 - 3:00 PM (NYC Time) 
Indonesian Gamelan and Lou Harrison with Jody Diamond

Sunday Nov 1 - 2026    MU 192
1:00 – 3:00 PM (NYC Time) 
Just intonation modes on archaic instruments with Miko Sloper

Sunday Nov 8 - 2026    MU 193
1:00 - 3:00 PM (NYC Time) 
Philosophy with Gary David & Stephen James Taylor

Sunday Nov 15 - 2026    MU 194
1:00 - 3:00 PM (NYC Time) 
Rare music from the AFMM archives

Sunday Nov 22 - 2026    MU 195
1:00 - 3:00 PM (NYC Time) 
Intertonal Improvisation with Jonathan Glasier

BREAK

Sunday Feb 7 - 2027    MU 196
1:00 - 3:00 PM 
Bugandan music with Moses SSemanda

Sunday Feb 14 - 2027    MU 197
1:00 - 3:00 PM (NYC Time) 
Ancient music of the Americas to the present w/Bruno and Angel

Sunday Feb 21 - 2027    MU 198
1:00 - 3:00 PM (NYC Time)
MU Guitar Festival

Sunday Feb 28 - 2027    MU 199
1:00 - 3:00 PM (NYC Time) 
Tech presentations

Sunday Mar 7 - 2027    MU 200
1:00 - 3:00 PM (NYC Time) 
Producing a concert skill set

Sunday Mar 14 - 2027    MU 201
1:00 - 3:00 PM (NYC Time) 
concert improvisation

Sunday Mar 21 - 2027.   MU 202
1:00 - 3:00 PM (NYC Time) 
tbd

Sunday Mar 28 - 2027    MU 203
1:00 - 3:00 PM (NYC Time) 
Political music

Sunday Apr 4 - 2027    MU 204
1:00 - 3:00 PM (NYC Time) 
AFMM Concert I - program to be determined

Sunday Apr 11 - 2027    MU 205
1:00 - 3:00 PM (NYC Time) 
Ivan Wyschnegradsky

Sunday Apr 18 - 2027    MU 206
1:00 - 3:00 PM (NYC Time) 
Festivals

Sunday Apr 25 - 2027    MU 207
1:00 - 3:00 PM (NYC Time) 
MU member presentations

Sunday May 2 - 2027    MU 208
1:00 - 3:00 PM (NYC Time) 
Composers Forum

Sunday May 9 - 2027    MU 209
1:00 - 3:00 PM (NYC Time) 
Electronic Developments in Software and Hardware

Sunday May 16 - 2027    MU 210
1:00 - 3:00 PM (NYC Time) 
AFMM Concert II tbd

Sunday May 23 - 2027    MU 211
1:00 - 3:00 PM (NYC Time) 
Harry Partch as a composer

Sunday May 30 - 2027    MU 212
1:00 - 3:00 PM (NYC Time) 
Paul Erlich freestyle

Sunday June 6 - 2027    MU 213
1:00 - 3:00 PM (NYC Time) 
Composers Score the Universe

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The MU starting time is 1:00 PM (NYC time) for all sessions except the one that begins on March 2nd and which will start our “second semester.” The first semester runs through November 17th.
Changes in Daylight Savings Time occur on different days in different parts of the World, but MU will always go by NYC time. Please adjust accordingly as such changes occur, thank you.
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MICROTONAL UNIVERSITY (MU)
Season 6
October 4, 2026 – June 6th, 2027

www.MicrotonalUniversity.org
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