UnTwelve 2026 Microtonal Recording Retreat

2026 Microtonal Recording Retreat - June 6-14 in Virginia

Sponsored by UnTwelve, the 2026 Microtonal Recording Retreat took place Saturday June 6 to Sunday June 14 at the beautiful MidMountain Riverside Arts Retreat, a large farmhouse on 5 acres in rural Virginia.

13 people attended, and we had 2 drop-ins, including Toby Twining! We brought a Haken Continuum, 2 Lumatones, 2 LinnStruments, 2 Hexboards, 5 Kite guitars, 4 guitars in various other edos, a dozen 3-D printed ukeleles, udderbots, and much more!

The Untwelve 13

Standing L to R: Douglas Blumeyer, Chris Kline, Ian Blaylock, Kite Giedraitis, Eddie Shannon, Vito Sicurella, Mark Johnson, John Moriarty.
Seated L to R: Elynor Freyss, Jacob Barton, Billy Stiltner, Stephen Weigel, Gordon Wery

While there were a few solo performances, the focus was on singing and playing music together. The focus was also on recording, so that we would have something to share with the world after the fact. The material ranged from improvised to composed, from classical to modern, and from instrumental to singer-songwriter.

Video: Youtube playlist (more coming soon)

Stephen's interchangable fretboards in various edos. Each fretboard breaks down into 3 parts. Grooves on the underside let them fit over 12edo frets.

Join us April 17-25 for the 2027 Microtonal Recording Retreat, also at MidMountain.

Our drop-ins Toby Twining and Thomas Scheurich, with Jacob, Mark and Stephen