Cris Forster established The Chrysalis Foundation, a public 501(c)3 nonprofit foundation. The Chrysalis Foundation supports instrument builder and composer Cris Forster, who wrote Musical Mathematics.

   


Welcome

 

www.chrysalis-foundation.org

         

          Established in 1982, The Chrysalis Foundation is a 501(c)3 nonprofit arts and education organization that encourages the creation of new acoustic musical instruments, and supports compositions and performances for these instruments.

 

          The Foundation is accomplishing these goals through the work of master builder, composer, and writer Cris Forster, whose original acoustic instruments are designed to explore new tunings in just intonation.

 

          We are devoted to the idea that the future of music depends on the integration of timbres and tunings as raw ingredients in an expanding, flexible, and highly nuanced tonal palette. By recognizing the art of tuning as a variable rather than a constant, music can once again become a vital force capable of expressing and addressing the complexities of our modern minds and spirits.

 

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All rights reserved. The graphics and texts contained within this website may not be copied, republished, or translated in whole or in part without written permission from the Chrysalis Foundation.

 

    

 

We are pleased to announce the release of our
30th anniversary documentary:

 A Voyage in Music.

 

A film by Eli Noyes and Heidi Forster.

 

 

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Dear Reader,

 

          Since July 2002, more than 350,000 visitors have logged on to www.chrysalis-foundation.org. We are pleased to announce that Cris Forster’s book Musical Mathematics: On the Art and Science of Acoustic Instruments is currently scheduled for publication in the fall of 2010 by Chronicle Books, San Francisco. We would like to thank all readers who placed advance orders for their visionary and steadfast support. If you would like more information on Mr. Forster’s book, please visit our Musical Mathematics page, which shows the Table of Contents of this work.

 

          If you would like to support the publication of Musical Mathematics, please write to us so that we may include your emails and letters in our advance orders list. Kindly let us know whether you are a musician, student, teacher, professor, instrument builder, etc., and indicate any institutional affiliations you may have. We will honor anyone's wish to remain anonymous.

 

Please send your email to:

 

info@chrysalis-foundation.org

 

or send your letter to:

 

The Chrysalis Foundation

1459 18th Street, PMB #137

San Francisco, CA 94107

 

          Thank you for your interest and support of the Chrysalis Foundation book publication project.

 

The Board of Directors