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 ...

Harry Partch (1901-1974), one of the greatest and most individualistic composers of all time, was not only a great composer, but an innovative theorist who broke through the shackles of many centuries ...

Today the University of Washington is scheduled to receive a collection of unique instruments created by avant-garde composer/inventor Harry Partch from 1930 to 1974 (the year of Partch’s death). They ...

In a magical night, Partch the ensemble performs works by Partch the musician. Things get silly -- and wonderful. Harry Partch invented and built his own weird (and beautiful) instruments. He ...

PARTCH Ensemble, specializing in the music of iconoclastic composer Harry Partch, debuts newly constructed custom-built replicas of instruments designed by Partch in their annual survey of his music.

If you take four slabs of wood, each the size of, say, a coffin lid, and cushion each one atop a wooden resonance chamber as large as a piano cabinet, what you end up with may look like a carpenter’s ...

]The Roy and Edna Disney CalArts Theater will present the GRAMMY Award-winning PARTCH Ensemble on June 26 and 27, 2026. The performances will feature newly constructed replicas of instruments designed ...

George Grella celebrates the life and work of cult U..S. composer Harry Partch, ahead of a performance of two key Partch ...