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SUMMARY:HOMMAGES TO JANÁČEK AND KURTÀG Stenberg-Green-Scott String TrioMcCarroll-Esainko Piano Duo
DESCRIPTION:Subtle colors\, quiet nuances and intense communication – György Kurtág and Leos Janáček’s music for pianos and strings will draw you into a magical world where every sound\, every gesture conjures up memories or heightens awareness of the present. \nCellist and composer MONICA SCOTT has transcribed Janáček’s piano work The Overgrown Path for violin\, viola and cello\, inspired by the unique way the composer transforms melodies through harmonic experimentation\, and how he treats rhythms drawn from speech patterns and nature. Interspersed with the 10 short pieces in that series\, are György Kurtág’s exquisite miniatures Signs\, Games and Messages – in versions for piano four hands\, two pianos and string trio. \nThe trio is: violinist KATE STENBERG\, who has appeared numerous times at the Dresher Studio\, most recently in a commission by Pamela Z\, alongside Sarah Cahill; violist LINDA GREEN\, whose career spans teaching music in OUSD\, performing with the Oakland Symphony and many other local orchestras\, and frequent chamber music collaborations throughout the Bay Area; cellist MONICA SCOTT – who is a member of sfSound\, oakland reductionist orchestra and duo martha & monica – all of whom perform often at the Dresher Studios and West Oakland Sound Series. Pianist HADLEY MCCARROLL (of martha & monica and sfSound) is joined by KYMRY ESAINKO – another pianist well known to Bay Area audiences – for the works by Kurtág and his transcriptions of Machaut and Bach. \nThe program also includes two short works\, Hommages to Janáček and Kurtàg\, composed by Monica Scott.
URL:https://dresherensemble.org/event/hommages-to-janacek-and-kurtag-monica-scott-kate-stenberg-linda-green-hadley-mccarroll-kymry-esainko/
LOCATION:Dresher Ensemble Studio\, 2201 Poplar Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260425T190000
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SUMMARY:Carl Stone Solo and Duo with Paul Dresher
DESCRIPTION:Carl Stone returns to the Bay Area for a solo electronic music concert\, followed by a special collaborative set with Paul Dresher. \n\n\n\n\nCarl Stone\, one of the pioneers of live computer music\, returns to the Bay Area for an intimate performance of solo electronic music. The Village Voice has hailed Carl as “the king of sampling” and “one of the best composers living in (the USA) today.” He has used computers in live performance since 1986. Stone was born in Los Angeles and now divides his time between Los Angeles and Japan. He studied composition at the California Institute of the Arts with Morton Subotnick and James Tenney and has composed electro-acoustic music almost exclusively since 1972. He is a faculty member in the Department of Media Engineering at Chukyo University in Japan. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFollowing his solo set\, Stone will reunite with long-time friend Paul Dresher for a duo improvisation\, continuing a creative dialogue first explored at the Other Minds Festival and again in our studio two years ago—moving from their distinct sonic worlds into a shared\, richly layered electro-acoustic landscape. Dresher\, who will perform on the Hurdy Grande [invented and built by Dresher and Daniel Schmidt]\, is a composer\, performer\, and inventor whose work blends acoustic and electronic sound in inventive and expressive ways. He is the founder of the Paul Dresher Ensemble and has collaborated with a wide range of artists across disciplines\, creating music for concerts\, opera\, theater\, dance\, and film.
URL:https://dresherensemble.org/event/carl-stone-solo-and-duo-with-paul-dresher/
LOCATION:Dresher Ensemble Studio\, 2201 Poplar Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260418T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260418T210000
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SUMMARY:Point Line Piano : 1-Piano performance by Keisuke Nakagoshi 2-Visual Music and VR Performance by Jaroslaw Kapuscinski
DESCRIPTION:Experience a piano concert brought to life by interactive visuals and a live VR performance. \nJoin us for a totally unique Virtual Reality and interactive audio/video performance featuring work by Jarosław Kapuściński\, Associate Professor of Music at Stanford University\, whose work focuses on intermedia composition\, performance\, and Japanese traditional aesthetics. \nThe evening comprises two parts. The first half features two piano-and-video works by Jaroslaw Kapuściński. The piano performance by new music specialist Keisuke Nakagoshi is carefully tracked by a computer that responds with large-scale video projections that follow the score. \nPROGRAM \nFirst Part \n“Juicy”(2009\, piano and interactive projection\, 10 min). \nFruits and music—an unexpected pairing? Both burst with color and form\, both awaken the senses in immediate and powerful ways. In this intermedia performance\, sight and sound intertwine to reveal their surprising connection. \n“Side Effects”(2017\, piano and visual projection\, 17 min). \nSide Effects started as a photographic project by Kacper Kowalski\, exploring the complex relationship between humanity and nature as seen from a perspective 150 meters above the ground. This estranged perspective on some of the most common spaces revealed fresh metaphoric and structural dimensions that inspired Kapuściński to propose an intermedia collaboration. What if specially composed music performed live in concert interpreted the images and guided the viewers through a rich world of sometimes unexpected emotions\, meanings\, and abstract visual forms? The ten movements refer in different ways to the four seasons and the material categories of air\, wood\, water\, fire\, and earth. \n“Point Line Piano”(2024) is a VR project that reimagines piano music by fusing its modes of composing\, playing\, and listening. As you interact with it\, your ears\, eyes\, and hands act together. You start by drawing lines freely in the space around you\, sparking musical notes that are notched as points on the lines as you draw them. These notes quickly accumulate\, forming distinct melodic phrases and rhythms\, while the computer generates an intricate audiovisual dance all around you. The work enables a spatial and full-body experience of abstraction not found in any other medium. In a live concert setting it can also be used as an audiovisual instrument. \nSecond Part \nKapuściński dons a VR headset and\, while holding two handsets\, draws in virtual space (which we see on the full wall projection). The drawing is also tracked and triggers a potential piano score that responds directly to the drawing process. At the conclusion of the performance\, audience members will also be able to experience the drawing and interactive music while wearing the VR headset. \nInfo and trailer: https://www.jaroslawkapuscinski.com/works/point-line-piano/ \nTHE ARTIST \nJarosław Kapuściński is an Associate Professor of Music at Stanford University\, where he is also affiliated with the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures. His research focuses on intermedia composition\, performance\, and Japanese traditional aesthetics. In 2016-2022\, Jarosław Kapuściński was the Chair of the Department of Music at Stanford. \nKapuściński has received grants and commissions from numerous international organizations\, including the National Endowment for the Arts\, the Governor General of Canada\, and Institut National de l’Audiovisuel (INA) in France. His works have been awarded prizes at festivals in Canada\, France\, Switzerland\, and the United States\, and have been presented at venues such as New York MOMA\, Spoleto USA\, EMPAC NY\, Logan Center in Chicago\, ZKM in Karlsruhe\, Reina Sophia Museum in Madrid\, WRO Media Biennale\, Warsaw Autumn Festival\, Creative Media Center in Hong Kong\, Benz Arena in Shanghai\, and National Art Centre in Ottawa. \nIn addition to his artistic work\, Kapuściński has collaborated on scholarly websites about Japanese Gagaku music (gagaku.stanford.edu) and Noh Theater (noh.stanford.edu). \nhttps://jaroslawkapuscinski.com/ \nKeisuke Nakagoshi is a pianist and composer who trained at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music\, where he studied with David Conte and Paul Hersh. A recipient of multiple top honors\, he was selected to represent the Conservatory at the Kennedy Center’s Conservatory Project. \nHe has performed at leading venues including the Kennedy Center\, Carnegie Hall\, the Hollywood Bowl\, and Davies Symphony Hall\, and made his solo debut with the San Francisco Symphony under Herbert Blomstedt. A dedicated collaborator\, he is co-founder of the piano duo ZOFO\, whose debut album received a Grammy nomination. \nNakagoshi is currently Pianist-in-Residence at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and serves as pianist for Opera Parallèle\, West Edge Opera\, and the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players. \nhttps://www.kskpiano.com/bio \nKacper Kowalski has been observing and photographing landscapes from an aerial perspective for over 30 years. After becoming an architect and having worked in the profession for four years\, he eventually decided to commit to flying and photography. As a paraglider\, a pilot of small aircraft\, and a gyrocopter\, Kacper spent over 5000 hours in the air. The flight is for Kowalski not only a way to capture the world beneath\, but becomes a spiritual journey that reveals universal truths about the relationship between man and nature\, about the past and the present\, and about one’s own personal truth and the way to get there. He has received numerous awards\, including the World Press Photo award (three times)\, the Picture of the Year International POYi award (six times)\, and dozens of others. His first book\, Side Effects\, was published in 2014\, OVER was self-published in 2017\, followed by Arché in 2021\, and Event Horizon in 2022 (1605 Publishers). His works have been exhibited in group and solo exhibitions internationally\, and the books have won prizes and been nominated\, including at Les Prix du Livre at Rencontres d’Arles. The project Event Horizon was on display at the SFO Museum in San Francisco in 2023. \nMarc Downie and Paul Kaiser have collaborated as OpenEndedGroup since 2001. Working in a wide variety of media and venues\, they make art for façade\, gallery\, dance\, stage\, 3D cinema\, print\, and virtual reality. Their works respond to a wide range of materials — drawing\, film\, motion capture\, photography\, music\, and architecture. They frequently combine three signature elements: non-photorealistic 3D rendering\, the incorporation of body movement through motion capture and other means\, and the autonomy of artworks directed or assisted by artificial intelligence. \nOpenEndedGroup’s films\, installations\, stage works\, and VR pieces have premiered at venues including MoMA\, Lincoln Center\, the Barbican\, the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum\, the Brooklyn Academy of Music\, the Hayward Gallery\, Sadler’s Wells\, and at the Berlin\, New York\, and Rome film festivals. Eight of their 3D digital films were the first of their kind to enter MoMA’s permanent collection. \nhttps://openendedgroup.com/ \nPremiere\nPoint Line Piano premiered in 2024 at ZKM | Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie Karlsruhe (Germany)\, One of  leading and highly influential institution in digital and contemporary art.
URL:https://dresherensemble.org/event/point-line-piano-1-piano-performance-by-keisuke-nakagoshi-2-visual-music-and-vr-performance-by-jaroslaw-kapuscinski/2026-04-18/
LOCATION:Dresher Ensemble Studio\, 2201 Poplar Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://dresherensemble.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/VR-Jarek-1.jpg
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260418T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260418T180000
DTSTAMP:20260427T041126
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LAST-MODIFIED:20260411T195021Z
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SUMMARY:Point Line Piano : a Free VR installation by Jarosław Kapuściński
DESCRIPTION:Point Line Piano (2024) by Jarosław Kapuściński and the OpenEndedGroup innovates in the composition\, performance\, and reception of piano music through live graphic notation. It premiered in 2024 at ZKM | Center for Art and Media in Karlsruhe\, Germany (the leading authority in digital and contemporary art that is deeply influential within the art world.) \nLet the Bay Area premiere of this VR installation seduce you into an immersive visual and sonic universe in which you “paint” simultaneously in images and sound.  \nImmerse yourself in Point Line Piano and interact with others and the interactive artwork not only with your ears\, but also with your eyes and hands. By running your hand over the drawn lines\, you can trigger notes and write them down. Complex visual geometries are created simultaneously. \nIn Point Line Piano\, the controller in each hand becomes a virtual paintbrush with which you create your 3D visual and musical notations; at the same time\, it represents the virtual lens through which you view and transform these notations. Depending on the scene you select (there are over a dozen to choose from)\, you can zoom in and out of the 3D images. moving your “musical notation” through the visual space that transforms and modulates the sound. \nStep by step\, you will become familiar with a strange new environment of spatial images\, with their echoes of calligraphy\, musical notation\, architectural\, and scientific diagrams. Let the audiovisual dance around you transport you to other worlds! \nPoint Line Piano enables a spatial and full-body experience of abstraction unlike any other medium\, opening your ears and eyes to exciting new aspects of perception. The VR installation is a joint artwork by Marc Downie and Paul Kaiser (OpenEndedGroup) in collaboration with the intermedia Polish composer\, pianist\, and Associate Professor of Composition at Stanford University Jarosław Kapuściński. Eito Murakami provided the software for spatializing the sound. \n  \n—————————— \nJarosław Kapuściński is an Associate Professor of Music at Stanford University\, where he is also affiliated with the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures. His research focuses on intermedia composition\, performance\, and Japanese traditional aesthetics. \nKapuściński has received grants and commissions from numerous international organizations\, including the National Endowment for the Arts\, the Governor General of Canada\, and Institut National de l’Audiovisuel (INA) in France. His works have been awarded prizes at festivals in Canada\, France\, Switzerland\, and the United States\, and have been presented at venues such as New York MOMA\, Spoleto USA\, EMPAC NY\, Logan Center in Chicago\, ZKM in Karlsruhe\, Reina Sophia Museum in Madrid\, WRO Media Biennale\, Warsaw Autumn Festival\, Creative Media Center in Hong Kong\, Benz Arena in Shanghai\, and National Art Centre in Ottawa. \nIn addition to his artistic work\, Kapuściński has collaborated on scholarly websites about Japanese Gagaku music (gagaku.stanford.edu) and Noh Theater (noh.stanford.edu). \nhttps://jaroslawkapuscinski.com/ \nInteractive Viewing Time \nApril 15 – 18 : 2-6 PM (20 minutes slots for two viewer) PLEASE RSVP
URL:https://dresherensemble.org/event/point-line-piano-a-vr-installation-by-jaroslaw-kapuscinski/2026-04-18/
LOCATION:Dresher Ensemble Studio\, 2201 Poplar Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://dresherensemble.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Jarek-2.jpg
END:VEVENT
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260417T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260417T210000
DTSTAMP:20260427T041126
CREATED:20260411T171711Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260411T173657Z
UID:10000108-1776454200-1776459600@dresherensemble.org
SUMMARY:Point Line Piano : 1-Piano performance by Keisuke Nakagoshi 2-Visual Music and VR Performance by Jaroslaw Kapuscinski
DESCRIPTION:Experience a piano concert brought to life by interactive visuals and a live VR performance. \nJoin us for a totally unique Virtual Reality and interactive audio/video performance featuring work by Jarosław Kapuściński\, Associate Professor of Music at Stanford University\, whose work focuses on intermedia composition\, performance\, and Japanese traditional aesthetics. \nThe evening comprises two parts. The first half features two piano-and-video works by Jaroslaw Kapuściński. The piano performance by new music specialist Keisuke Nakagoshi is carefully tracked by a computer that responds with large-scale video projections that follow the score. \nPROGRAM \nFirst Part \n“Juicy”(2009\, piano and interactive projection\, 10 min). \nFruits and music—an unexpected pairing? Both burst with color and form\, both awaken the senses in immediate and powerful ways. In this intermedia performance\, sight and sound intertwine to reveal their surprising connection. \n“Side Effects”(2017\, piano and visual projection\, 17 min). \nSide Effects started as a photographic project by Kacper Kowalski\, exploring the complex relationship between humanity and nature as seen from a perspective 150 meters above the ground. This estranged perspective on some of the most common spaces revealed fresh metaphoric and structural dimensions that inspired Kapuściński to propose an intermedia collaboration. What if specially composed music performed live in concert interpreted the images and guided the viewers through a rich world of sometimes unexpected emotions\, meanings\, and abstract visual forms? The ten movements refer in different ways to the four seasons and the material categories of air\, wood\, water\, fire\, and earth. \n“Point Line Piano”(2024) is a VR project that reimagines piano music by fusing its modes of composing\, playing\, and listening. As you interact with it\, your ears\, eyes\, and hands act together. You start by drawing lines freely in the space around you\, sparking musical notes that are notched as points on the lines as you draw them. These notes quickly accumulate\, forming distinct melodic phrases and rhythms\, while the computer generates an intricate audiovisual dance all around you. The work enables a spatial and full-body experience of abstraction not found in any other medium. In a live concert setting it can also be used as an audiovisual instrument. \nSecond Part \nKapuściński dons a VR headset and\, while holding two handsets\, draws in virtual space (which we see on the full wall projection). The drawing is also tracked and triggers a potential piano score that responds directly to the drawing process. At the conclusion of the performance\, audience members will also be able to experience the drawing and interactive music while wearing the VR headset. \nInfo and trailer: https://www.jaroslawkapuscinski.com/works/point-line-piano/ \nTHE ARTIST \nJarosław Kapuściński is an Associate Professor of Music at Stanford University\, where he is also affiliated with the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures. His research focuses on intermedia composition\, performance\, and Japanese traditional aesthetics. In 2016-2022\, Jarosław Kapuściński was the Chair of the Department of Music at Stanford. \nKapuściński has received grants and commissions from numerous international organizations\, including the National Endowment for the Arts\, the Governor General of Canada\, and Institut National de l’Audiovisuel (INA) in France. His works have been awarded prizes at festivals in Canada\, France\, Switzerland\, and the United States\, and have been presented at venues such as New York MOMA\, Spoleto USA\, EMPAC NY\, Logan Center in Chicago\, ZKM in Karlsruhe\, Reina Sophia Museum in Madrid\, WRO Media Biennale\, Warsaw Autumn Festival\, Creative Media Center in Hong Kong\, Benz Arena in Shanghai\, and National Art Centre in Ottawa. \nIn addition to his artistic work\, Kapuściński has collaborated on scholarly websites about Japanese Gagaku music (gagaku.stanford.edu) and Noh Theater (noh.stanford.edu). \nhttps://jaroslawkapuscinski.com/ \nKeisuke Nakagoshi is a pianist and composer who trained at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music\, where he studied with David Conte and Paul Hersh. A recipient of multiple top honors\, he was selected to represent the Conservatory at the Kennedy Center’s Conservatory Project. \nHe has performed at leading venues including the Kennedy Center\, Carnegie Hall\, the Hollywood Bowl\, and Davies Symphony Hall\, and made his solo debut with the San Francisco Symphony under Herbert Blomstedt. A dedicated collaborator\, he is co-founder of the piano duo ZOFO\, whose debut album received a Grammy nomination. \nNakagoshi is currently Pianist-in-Residence at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and serves as pianist for Opera Parallèle\, West Edge Opera\, and the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players. \nhttps://www.kskpiano.com/bio \nKacper Kowalski has been observing and photographing landscapes from an aerial perspective for over 30 years. After becoming an architect and having worked in the profession for four years\, he eventually decided to commit to flying and photography. As a paraglider\, a pilot of small aircraft\, and a gyrocopter\, Kacper spent over 5000 hours in the air. The flight is for Kowalski not only a way to capture the world beneath\, but becomes a spiritual journey that reveals universal truths about the relationship between man and nature\, about the past and the present\, and about one’s own personal truth and the way to get there. He has received numerous awards\, including the World Press Photo award (three times)\, the Picture of the Year International POYi award (six times)\, and dozens of others. His first book\, Side Effects\, was published in 2014\, OVER was self-published in 2017\, followed by Arché in 2021\, and Event Horizon in 2022 (1605 Publishers). His works have been exhibited in group and solo exhibitions internationally\, and the books have won prizes and been nominated\, including at Les Prix du Livre at Rencontres d’Arles. The project Event Horizon was on display at the SFO Museum in San Francisco in 2023. \nMarc Downie and Paul Kaiser have collaborated as OpenEndedGroup since 2001. Working in a wide variety of media and venues\, they make art for façade\, gallery\, dance\, stage\, 3D cinema\, print\, and virtual reality. Their works respond to a wide range of materials — drawing\, film\, motion capture\, photography\, music\, and architecture. They frequently combine three signature elements: non-photorealistic 3D rendering\, the incorporation of body movement through motion capture and other means\, and the autonomy of artworks directed or assisted by artificial intelligence. \nOpenEndedGroup’s films\, installations\, stage works\, and VR pieces have premiered at venues including MoMA\, Lincoln Center\, the Barbican\, the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum\, the Brooklyn Academy of Music\, the Hayward Gallery\, Sadler’s Wells\, and at the Berlin\, New York\, and Rome film festivals. Eight of their 3D digital films were the first of their kind to enter MoMA’s permanent collection. \nhttps://openendedgroup.com/ \nPremiere\nPoint Line Piano premiered in 2024 at ZKM | Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie Karlsruhe (Germany)\, One of  leading and highly influential institution in digital and contemporary art.
URL:https://dresherensemble.org/event/point-line-piano-1-piano-performance-by-keisuke-nakagoshi-2-visual-music-and-vr-performance-by-jaroslaw-kapuscinski/2026-04-17/
LOCATION:Dresher Ensemble Studio\, 2201 Poplar Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://dresherensemble.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/VR-Jarek-1.jpg
END:VEVENT
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260417T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260417T180000
DTSTAMP:20260427T041126
CREATED:20260411T163940Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260411T195021Z
UID:10000101-1776434400-1776448800@dresherensemble.org
SUMMARY:Point Line Piano : a Free VR installation by Jarosław Kapuściński
DESCRIPTION:Point Line Piano (2024) by Jarosław Kapuściński and the OpenEndedGroup innovates in the composition\, performance\, and reception of piano music through live graphic notation. It premiered in 2024 at ZKM | Center for Art and Media in Karlsruhe\, Germany (the leading authority in digital and contemporary art that is deeply influential within the art world.) \nLet the Bay Area premiere of this VR installation seduce you into an immersive visual and sonic universe in which you “paint” simultaneously in images and sound.  \nImmerse yourself in Point Line Piano and interact with others and the interactive artwork not only with your ears\, but also with your eyes and hands. By running your hand over the drawn lines\, you can trigger notes and write them down. Complex visual geometries are created simultaneously. \nIn Point Line Piano\, the controller in each hand becomes a virtual paintbrush with which you create your 3D visual and musical notations; at the same time\, it represents the virtual lens through which you view and transform these notations. Depending on the scene you select (there are over a dozen to choose from)\, you can zoom in and out of the 3D images. moving your “musical notation” through the visual space that transforms and modulates the sound. \nStep by step\, you will become familiar with a strange new environment of spatial images\, with their echoes of calligraphy\, musical notation\, architectural\, and scientific diagrams. Let the audiovisual dance around you transport you to other worlds! \nPoint Line Piano enables a spatial and full-body experience of abstraction unlike any other medium\, opening your ears and eyes to exciting new aspects of perception. The VR installation is a joint artwork by Marc Downie and Paul Kaiser (OpenEndedGroup) in collaboration with the intermedia Polish composer\, pianist\, and Associate Professor of Composition at Stanford University Jarosław Kapuściński. Eito Murakami provided the software for spatializing the sound. \n  \n—————————— \nJarosław Kapuściński is an Associate Professor of Music at Stanford University\, where he is also affiliated with the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures. His research focuses on intermedia composition\, performance\, and Japanese traditional aesthetics. \nKapuściński has received grants and commissions from numerous international organizations\, including the National Endowment for the Arts\, the Governor General of Canada\, and Institut National de l’Audiovisuel (INA) in France. His works have been awarded prizes at festivals in Canada\, France\, Switzerland\, and the United States\, and have been presented at venues such as New York MOMA\, Spoleto USA\, EMPAC NY\, Logan Center in Chicago\, ZKM in Karlsruhe\, Reina Sophia Museum in Madrid\, WRO Media Biennale\, Warsaw Autumn Festival\, Creative Media Center in Hong Kong\, Benz Arena in Shanghai\, and National Art Centre in Ottawa. \nIn addition to his artistic work\, Kapuściński has collaborated on scholarly websites about Japanese Gagaku music (gagaku.stanford.edu) and Noh Theater (noh.stanford.edu). \nhttps://jaroslawkapuscinski.com/ \nInteractive Viewing Time \nApril 15 – 18 : 2-6 PM (20 minutes slots for two viewer) PLEASE RSVP
URL:https://dresherensemble.org/event/point-line-piano-a-vr-installation-by-jaroslaw-kapuscinski/2026-04-17/
LOCATION:Dresher Ensemble Studio\, 2201 Poplar Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://dresherensemble.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Jarek-2.jpg
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260416T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260416T180000
DTSTAMP:20260427T041126
CREATED:20260411T163940Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260411T195021Z
UID:10000100-1776348000-1776362400@dresherensemble.org
SUMMARY:Point Line Piano : a Free VR installation by Jarosław Kapuściński
DESCRIPTION:Point Line Piano (2024) by Jarosław Kapuściński and the OpenEndedGroup innovates in the composition\, performance\, and reception of piano music through live graphic notation. It premiered in 2024 at ZKM | Center for Art and Media in Karlsruhe\, Germany (the leading authority in digital and contemporary art that is deeply influential within the art world.) \nLet the Bay Area premiere of this VR installation seduce you into an immersive visual and sonic universe in which you “paint” simultaneously in images and sound.  \nImmerse yourself in Point Line Piano and interact with others and the interactive artwork not only with your ears\, but also with your eyes and hands. By running your hand over the drawn lines\, you can trigger notes and write them down. Complex visual geometries are created simultaneously. \nIn Point Line Piano\, the controller in each hand becomes a virtual paintbrush with which you create your 3D visual and musical notations; at the same time\, it represents the virtual lens through which you view and transform these notations. Depending on the scene you select (there are over a dozen to choose from)\, you can zoom in and out of the 3D images. moving your “musical notation” through the visual space that transforms and modulates the sound. \nStep by step\, you will become familiar with a strange new environment of spatial images\, with their echoes of calligraphy\, musical notation\, architectural\, and scientific diagrams. Let the audiovisual dance around you transport you to other worlds! \nPoint Line Piano enables a spatial and full-body experience of abstraction unlike any other medium\, opening your ears and eyes to exciting new aspects of perception. The VR installation is a joint artwork by Marc Downie and Paul Kaiser (OpenEndedGroup) in collaboration with the intermedia Polish composer\, pianist\, and Associate Professor of Composition at Stanford University Jarosław Kapuściński. Eito Murakami provided the software for spatializing the sound. \n  \n—————————— \nJarosław Kapuściński is an Associate Professor of Music at Stanford University\, where he is also affiliated with the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures. His research focuses on intermedia composition\, performance\, and Japanese traditional aesthetics. \nKapuściński has received grants and commissions from numerous international organizations\, including the National Endowment for the Arts\, the Governor General of Canada\, and Institut National de l’Audiovisuel (INA) in France. His works have been awarded prizes at festivals in Canada\, France\, Switzerland\, and the United States\, and have been presented at venues such as New York MOMA\, Spoleto USA\, EMPAC NY\, Logan Center in Chicago\, ZKM in Karlsruhe\, Reina Sophia Museum in Madrid\, WRO Media Biennale\, Warsaw Autumn Festival\, Creative Media Center in Hong Kong\, Benz Arena in Shanghai\, and National Art Centre in Ottawa. \nIn addition to his artistic work\, Kapuściński has collaborated on scholarly websites about Japanese Gagaku music (gagaku.stanford.edu) and Noh Theater (noh.stanford.edu). \nhttps://jaroslawkapuscinski.com/ \nInteractive Viewing Time \nApril 15 – 18 : 2-6 PM (20 minutes slots for two viewer) PLEASE RSVP
URL:https://dresherensemble.org/event/point-line-piano-a-vr-installation-by-jaroslaw-kapuscinski/2026-04-16/
LOCATION:Dresher Ensemble Studio\, 2201 Poplar Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260415T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260415T180000
DTSTAMP:20260427T041126
CREATED:20260411T163940Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260411T195021Z
UID:10000099-1776261600-1776276000@dresherensemble.org
SUMMARY:Point Line Piano : a Free VR installation by Jarosław Kapuściński
DESCRIPTION:Point Line Piano (2024) by Jarosław Kapuściński and the OpenEndedGroup innovates in the composition\, performance\, and reception of piano music through live graphic notation. It premiered in 2024 at ZKM | Center for Art and Media in Karlsruhe\, Germany (the leading authority in digital and contemporary art that is deeply influential within the art world.) \nLet the Bay Area premiere of this VR installation seduce you into an immersive visual and sonic universe in which you “paint” simultaneously in images and sound.  \nImmerse yourself in Point Line Piano and interact with others and the interactive artwork not only with your ears\, but also with your eyes and hands. By running your hand over the drawn lines\, you can trigger notes and write them down. Complex visual geometries are created simultaneously. \nIn Point Line Piano\, the controller in each hand becomes a virtual paintbrush with which you create your 3D visual and musical notations; at the same time\, it represents the virtual lens through which you view and transform these notations. Depending on the scene you select (there are over a dozen to choose from)\, you can zoom in and out of the 3D images. moving your “musical notation” through the visual space that transforms and modulates the sound. \nStep by step\, you will become familiar with a strange new environment of spatial images\, with their echoes of calligraphy\, musical notation\, architectural\, and scientific diagrams. Let the audiovisual dance around you transport you to other worlds! \nPoint Line Piano enables a spatial and full-body experience of abstraction unlike any other medium\, opening your ears and eyes to exciting new aspects of perception. The VR installation is a joint artwork by Marc Downie and Paul Kaiser (OpenEndedGroup) in collaboration with the intermedia Polish composer\, pianist\, and Associate Professor of Composition at Stanford University Jarosław Kapuściński. Eito Murakami provided the software for spatializing the sound. \n  \n—————————— \nJarosław Kapuściński is an Associate Professor of Music at Stanford University\, where he is also affiliated with the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures. His research focuses on intermedia composition\, performance\, and Japanese traditional aesthetics. \nKapuściński has received grants and commissions from numerous international organizations\, including the National Endowment for the Arts\, the Governor General of Canada\, and Institut National de l’Audiovisuel (INA) in France. His works have been awarded prizes at festivals in Canada\, France\, Switzerland\, and the United States\, and have been presented at venues such as New York MOMA\, Spoleto USA\, EMPAC NY\, Logan Center in Chicago\, ZKM in Karlsruhe\, Reina Sophia Museum in Madrid\, WRO Media Biennale\, Warsaw Autumn Festival\, Creative Media Center in Hong Kong\, Benz Arena in Shanghai\, and National Art Centre in Ottawa. \nIn addition to his artistic work\, Kapuściński has collaborated on scholarly websites about Japanese Gagaku music (gagaku.stanford.edu) and Noh Theater (noh.stanford.edu). \nhttps://jaroslawkapuscinski.com/ \nInteractive Viewing Time \nApril 15 – 18 : 2-6 PM (20 minutes slots for two viewer) PLEASE RSVP
URL:https://dresherensemble.org/event/point-line-piano-a-vr-installation-by-jaroslaw-kapuscinski/2026-04-15/
LOCATION:Dresher Ensemble Studio\, 2201 Poplar Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260412T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260412T170000
DTSTAMP:20260427T041126
CREATED:20260320T210723Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260320T211517Z
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SUMMARY:DEPARTURE DUOCHERYL E. LEONARD + WOBBLY
DESCRIPTION:Boston-based DEPARTURE DUO (Nina Guo\, soprano and Edward Kass\, double bass) probes the experimental side of soprano and double bass with commissioned pieces from Christian Wolff\, Erin Gee\, and Andrew Watts. In a program that pushes their high-low combination through the Looking Glass\, Departure Duo invites listeners to a world where voice and instrument become one sonic body\, sound off on a proto-language\, and follow gargoyles on a PM walk. Bring open ears to explore the extremities of soprano and double bass with us.  \n\nFor Charles North’s 15 Poems and Liner Notes 2 by Christian Wolff\nMouthpiece 43 by Erin Gee\nGarden Clocks by Njabulo Phungula\nLinear B by Andrew Watts\n\nCHERYL LEONARD makes field recordings of natural soundscapes\, and builds and plays electroacoustic instruments made out of natural materials such as bones\, driftwood\, shells\, seaweed\, feathers\, and stones.  WOBBLY sees the long histories of feedback and generative music as attempts to better understand what all those animals are singing about.  Recently they’ve been driving to the Marin Headlands to make hydrophone recordings of the Newt Pond that was once an anti-aircraft gun turret\, you know the one\, but if you haven’t stuck your head underwater to hear the sound of photosynthesizing pond weed\, don’t — those newts are poisonous.
URL:https://dresherensemble.org/event/departure-duocheryl-e-leonard-wobbly/
LOCATION:Dresher Ensemble Studio\, 2201 Poplar Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260404T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260404T220000
DTSTAMP:20260427T041126
CREATED:20260323T224540Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260324T214408Z
UID:10000097-1775332800-1775340000@dresherensemble.org
SUMMARY:Moe Staiano Conducts Music for 48 Guitars(24 Guitar Version)
DESCRIPTION:Moe Staiano conducts his electric guitar ensemble in the premiere of his second guitar composition\, Music for 48 Guitars (24guitar version). \n\n\n\n\nMoe Staiano conducts his electric guitar ensemble with the premiere of Music for 48 Guitars (24 guitar version). This is an exploration of tonal interplay and contrasting rhythms with eight electric guitars\, bass\, drums\, and percussion. It features assertive rhythmic structures and intertwining tremolo structures\, balanced by continuous play against each guitarist with bouncing rhythms and ongoing hockets while surrounding the audience with a bombastic attack. \nWritten at the start of 2022 and completed in 2023\, Music for 48 Guitars follows his first guitar composition\, Away Towards the Light (2016)\, but with a vision of encompassing the audience of the ensemble with various stations of players circling the audience with a live surround sound of music sections traveling back and forth. There are six (6) groupings of eight (8) guitar players each (four (4) each in this case for this performance)\, spread out equally in the room\, with five percussionists playing toms\, cymbals\, bongos\, brake drums\, and tam-tam\, and one drummer and bassist. The lack of venues with the space and accommodation to house a hefty ensemble of 55 players has (and continues to) delay any performance. The truncated ensemble of 31 players will be the first performance of any kind at the Dresher Ensemble Studio. The performance will conclude my 2019 Dresher Ensemble Artist Residency that was interrupted due to COVID.
URL:https://dresherensemble.org/event/moe-staiano-conducts-music-for-48-guitars-24-guitar-version/
LOCATION:Dresher Ensemble Studio\, 2201 Poplar Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260329T191500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260329T213000
DTSTAMP:20260427T041126
CREATED:20260318T000337Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260318T000437Z
UID:10000095-1774811700-1774819800@dresherensemble.org
SUMMARY:LEVITATOR TRIO (CLIFFORD+SHOKRAI+NORDESON) "TWO SISTERS" BY MAX ABNER
DESCRIPTION:LEVITATOR is a Bay Area–based trio featuring KJELL NORDESON (drums)\, SAFA SHOKRAI  (bass)\, and MARK PASCUCCI-CLIFFORD (vibraphone). Performing original compositions and improvisations\, the group has been developing its sound together since 2021. Rooted in the jazz tradition while drawing from free improvisation and contemporary creative music\, Levitator’s music balances structure\, spontaneity\, and collective interplay. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTwo Sisters is the next installment in MAX ABNER’S series of operas that combine set librettos with improvised music. Set in the rural enclave known as Rough River\, two sets of sisters (one set unremarkable\, one set former child stars) live in adjacent riverhouses overlooking the water. Each set—guarded by deeply attentive mothers—suffers from various forms of emotional arrested development. When one of the former child stars drowns in a flood\, one of the more pedestrian sisters becomes convinced that she is the drowned sister\, still very much alive. Two Sisters plumbs the ensuing blurriness\, as mourning\, care\, delusion\, and placation mingle in a case of mistaken and troubled identification. \nTwo Sisters \na work-in-progress staged reading \nCreative Team: \nLibretto/Score by MAX ABNER\nDirected by MICHAEL ROGERSON\nMusical Direction SADIE GREYDUCK \nCast:\nMax: Max Abner\nJoseph: Joseph Dee Bradshaw\nSister (S): Captainmcsweeney (Kaitlin McSweeney)\nHer Sister (H): Truce Hansen\nMom and Mommy: Celeste Winant\nFamous Sister (F): Victoria Glavin\nOther Sister (O): Guilia Chiappetta \nEnsemble:\nSadie Greyduck: upright bass\nTravis Snyder: pedal steel\nJoseph Dee Bradshaw: acoustic guitar\nMax Abner: cassettes\nTim Decillis: drums
URL:https://dresherensemble.org/event/levitator-trio-cliffordshokrainordeson-two-sisters-by-max-abner/
LOCATION:Dresher Ensemble Studio\, 2201 Poplar Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260322T191500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260322T213000
DTSTAMP:20260427T041126
CREATED:20260310T214436Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260310T214436Z
UID:10000094-1774206900-1774215000@dresherensemble.org
SUMMARY:FREMAKAJO  SOCIAL STUTTER
DESCRIPTION:FRED FRITH (bass/viola) has been a dauntless explorer\, improviser\, and collaborator in the half-century since he made that breakthrough. From leaving Henry Cow to start Art Bears\, from leaving England to enlist in a hyperactive New York improvisational circuit that led him to join Naked City and launch his own Massacre\, Frith has situated his extended techniques and handmade instruments in dozens of different contexts. A longtime teacher at California’s Mills College\, he brings another new band\, FREMAKAJO. He has tapped intertwining Bay Area circles to build this quartet\, with curious and playful drummer JORDAN GLENN joining exploratory saxophonist KASEY KNUDSEN and stylistically globetrotting accordionist MARIÉ ABE. \n  \nSOCIAL STUTTER\, a saxophone quartet led by composer/altoist BETH SCHENCK\, blurs the line between strictly written chamber music and soaring free jazz. Solos emerge from the natural order of intricately written lines that\, although begin simply in structure\, twist and distort themselves into surprisingly complex shapes and forms. Unlike traditional saxophone quartets\, most compositions call for two altos\, tenor\, and bari\, which leads itself to denser harmonic territory and a uniquely homogenous sound. Masters of texture and nuance\, the quartet has a keen awareness of how to support and push one another’s creative boundaries. Social Stutter is comprised of some of the Bay Area’s most unique voices: KASEY KNUDSEN\, RAFFI GARABEDIAN\, CORY WRIGHT and BETH SCHENCK
URL:https://dresherensemble.org/event/fremakajo-social-stutter/
LOCATION:Dresher Ensemble Studio\, 2201 Poplar Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260315T191500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260315T213000
DTSTAMP:20260427T041126
CREATED:20260310T213351Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260310T214535Z
UID:10000093-1773602100-1773610200@dresherensemble.org
SUMMARY:BEN GOLDBERG + DILLON VADO + TIM BULKLEY  FILMS BY DAVID MICHALAK\, STEVE MOBIA\, ARTHUR GANSON
DESCRIPTION:Clarinetist BEN GOLDBERG joins DILLON VADO (vibraphone) and TIM BULKLEY (drums) in a set of trio improvisations. Sound knowledge and awareness from planet Neptone. The practice of remembering what you can’t forget. Come have a listen; you won’t believe your ears. Or else\, you will believe your ears but there might be something else you don’t believe. Or maybe nothing at all. \n  \nEYE-FULL FILMS presents a set of experimental films by DAVID MICHALAK\, STEVE MOBIA\, and ARTHUR GANSON\, including the premiere showing of Michalak’s Still Movin’. \nPROGRAM \nDAVID MICHALAK – Life Is a Serious Business (1983\, color\, B+W\, 8 min.) \nGeorge Kuchar in dual roles as Instructor and hopeless nebbish attempts to instruct himself out discouragement. The dialogue has been appropriated from a “How to Overcome\nDiscouragement” instructional record. Music by Dean Santomieri \nARTHUR GANSON – Machines (various shorts 1978-2004\, color\, B+W\, 6 min) \nSTEVE MOBIA – Nudge (2012\, color\, 8min.) \na pinball percussion piece that features the sounds of vintage pinball machines\, scored by Steve and performed by members of the Composers Orchestra. \nDAVID MICHALAK – Still Movin’ (2025\, color\, 6 min) \nNature’s beautiful abstractions present themselves through a car window. World premiere! Soundtrack by Dr. Bob \nDAVID MICHALAK – The Secret Opera (2025\, color\, B+W\, 13 min.) \nGrum\, an opera singer played by Bob Marsh searches for the key to love & art attempting to perform in spite of aphonia\, inner demons and a ghost that has been haunting and dooming\nperformances in the decaying Opera House. Soundtrack by Dr. Bob. \nDAVID MICHALAK – Regenbogen (1998\, color\, 4 min.) \nan animated rainbow\, soundtrack by Reel Change
URL:https://dresherensemble.org/event/ben-goldberg-dillon-vado-tim-bulkley-films-by-david-michalak-steve-mobia-arthur-ganson/
LOCATION:Dresher Ensemble Studio\, 2201 Poplar Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260308T191500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260308T213000
DTSTAMP:20260427T041126
CREATED:20260310T212748Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260310T212748Z
UID:10000092-1772997300-1773005400@dresherensemble.org
SUMMARY:Rebecca LawrenceOakland Reductionist Orchestra
DESCRIPTION:Berlin-based double bassist REBECCA LAWRENCE performs Imaginary Light\, a program of contemporary works for solo double bass. Through extended techniques and alternative tunings\, the sonic compass of the double bass is exposed\, expanded and illuminated. Known for her collaborative work as a contemporary and early music double bassist in Europe and the USA\, Rebecca is a member of berlin-based EnsembleKollektiv as well as a frequent guest with ensembles such as Klangforum Wien\, Ensemble Modern\, ensemble mosaik\, the Basel Sinfonietta and Matter of Facts Studio. She combines her interest in contemporary and baroque music with individual projects involving improvisation on early instruments. \nJacob Druckman: Valentine (1969) \nHåkon Thelin: Amarcord (2003) \nHaukur Þór Harðarson: new work (2026) \nRebecca Saunders: Fury (2005) \nThe OAKLAND REDUCTIONIST ORCHESTRA is a supergroup of Bay Area musicians with a predilection for lowercase\, fricative\, and reductionist improvisation that often sounds more electronic than acoustic\, the ensemble comes out of a rich tradition of “American reductionist” music that blossomed in the late 1990s and early 2000s.  Musicians: tom djll\, trumpet; ron heglin\, tuba; monica scott\, cello; matt ingalls\, clarinets; lisa mezzacappa\, bass; kyle bruckmann\, oboe\, english horn; kevin ck lo\, flute\, violin\, piano;  kevin corcoran\, percussion; kanoko nishi-smith\, koto; john ingle\, saxophones; jacob felix heule\, percussion; diane grubbe\, flutes; danishta rivero\, voice; cody putman\, bassoon; chris cooper\, guitar\, electronics; cheryl e leonard\, natural-object instruments; brendan lai-tong\, trombone.
URL:https://dresherensemble.org/event/rebecca-lawrenceoakland-reductionist-orchestra/
LOCATION:Dresher Ensemble Studio\, 2201 Poplar Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260222T191500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260222T213000
DTSTAMP:20260427T041126
CREATED:20260203T001304Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260203T001304Z
UID:10000091-1771787700-1771795800@dresherensemble.org
SUMMARY:GACHAPON HANNA BROBACK + JOHN TESKE + NOEL KENNON with ADAM LION
DESCRIPTION:HANNA BROBACK + JOHN TESKE + NOEL KENNON (String Trio\, Seattle) is an ensemble currently working with sustained frequencies\, harmonic structures\, and open form composition. This evening\, joined by ADAM LION (Vibraphone\, LA)\, they will perform pages from Noel’s typewriter score\, 13 harmonic weather formations. This music unfolds slowly and attempts to sound a slow spectral image. \nGACHAPON\, an improvisational New Music ensemble featuring NANCY BECKMAN\, shakuhachi and percussion; CINDY SAWPRANO\, musical saw\, accordion\, voice and percussion; TOM BICKLEY\, EWI electronic wind instrument; and DEAN SANTOMIERI\, taishogoto and guitar\, performs with dancer CHRISTINA BRAUN. \nGachapon is an improvising New Music quartet with a slightly Asian music flavor characteristic of both the Shakuhachi\, an end-blown flute usually made of bamboo\, and Taishogoto\, an electric instrument with presets that mimic both Japanese and western instruments. The EWI (electronic wind instrument) also has preset sounds capable of producing flute\, brass\, reed\, woodwind\, and synthesizer sounds. The bowed saw brings unusual timbres into the mix and is capable of extreme glissandi. The guitar\, accordion\, and Taishogoto can also play chords\, which are often used to establish a key center or sound bed for the other players to solo over. Additionally\, all the group members play percussion instruments. \nGachapon often uses a Gray Code-derived score to indicate which players will play or not play on a time grid. So\, at various moments\, one member might be playing solo while the others sit out. The score determines when solos\, duos\, trios or the full quartet play\, which brings a unique listening experience to an audience more familiar with other improvising ensembles. “Gachapon” is also the onomatopoeic name given to a certain type of Japanese vending machine toy. Christina Braun will be dancing with the group during this performance. Her dancing incorporates elements of ballet\, Jazz\, Modern and Butoh styles.
URL:https://dresherensemble.org/event/gachapon-hanna-broback-john-teske-noel-kennon-with-adam-lion/
LOCATION:Dresher Ensemble Studio\, 2201 Poplar Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260215T191500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260215T213000
DTSTAMP:20260427T041126
CREATED:20260203T000641Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260203T000701Z
UID:10000090-1771182900-1771191000@dresherensemble.org
SUMMARY:MOE STAIANOJOSHUA ALLEN
DESCRIPTION:MOE STAIANO continues to explore works for electric guitar ensembles with his third work-in-progress composition\, Music for Eight Guitars (The Parting Gift). This plans to be an exploration of tonal interplay and contrasting rhythms with eight electric guitars\, bass\, drums and percussion. He plans to have it feature assertive rhythmic structures and intertwining tremolo structures\, balanced by continuous play against each guitarist with bouncing rhythms and ongoing hockets while surrounding the audience with a bombastic attack. This piece comes after his Music for 48 Guitars (2023)\, which has yet to be performed. \nBay Area tenor saxophonist JOSHUA ALLEN unveils a new direction of deeply intimate solo works. Following a challenging hiatus while recovering from two recent surgeries\, Allen has spent months of intensive recovery dedicated to a meticulous “re-mapping” of his instrument. This new vocabulary of soft\, micro-textural multiphonics was refined amidst the ambient hum of the Rockridge BART station. By transforming a public transit hub into a laboratory for sonic exploration\, he has mastered the art of projecting even the softest timbres with clarity and soul. Join us for a performance that celebrates resilience and the beauty of finding a new voice in the quietest spaces.
URL:https://dresherensemble.org/event/moe-staianojoshua-allen/
LOCATION:Dresher Ensemble Studio\, 2201 Poplar Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260208T191500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260208T213000
DTSTAMP:20260427T041126
CREATED:20260202T235538Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260203T000051Z
UID:10000089-1770578100-1770586200@dresherensemble.org
SUMMARY:GIACOMO FIOREBRETT CARSON
DESCRIPTION:BRETT CARSON presents an evening of original compositions. These include Exeunt Ion for solo piano and Game Boy; Three text scores\, a series of graphic scores exploring strategies for improvisation based on experimental poetics; and a new piece\, Bacterial adhesion onto apatite minerals — electrokinetic aspects for keyboard\, percussion\, drum set\, and electronics. Performers include WILLIAM WINANT\, JORDAN GLENN\, DAVID KATZ\, SAKI MINAMIMOTO\, and DANISHTA RIVERO. \nGuitarist GIACOMO FIORE premieres Gift by MATT SARGENT\, a set of 13 variations for guitar and electronics on the Shaker tune “Simple Gifts.” The piece was commissioned by Fiore for just intonation resophonic guitar\, an instrument  originally conceived for the composition of Lou Harrison’s Scenes from Nek Chand in 2002. In Gift\, the original tune is buried and unheard an octave below the range of the guitar. What we hear\, instead\, is music blooming up from the ground that is made out of the harmonics of “Simple Gifts.” As these overtone flowers take shape on the guitar\, a ghost occasionally emerges on the right side of the stage\, building a halo of resonance around the guitarist.
URL:https://dresherensemble.org/event/giacomo-fiorebrett-carson/
LOCATION:Dresher Ensemble Studio\, 2201 Poplar Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251214T071500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251214T213000
DTSTAMP:20260427T041126
CREATED:20251118T213107Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251118T213145Z
UID:10000088-1765696500-1765747800@dresherensemble.org
SUMMARY:West Oakland Sound Series: Benefit Fest
DESCRIPTION:END OF YEAR SERIES BENEFIT SHOW! (INGALLS + SFSOUND + OAK RDCT ORCH + OTHERS) \nMore information soon
URL:https://dresherensemble.org/event/west-oakland-sound-series-benefit-fest/
LOCATION:Dresher Ensemble Studio\, 2201 Poplar Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251207T191500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251207T213000
DTSTAMP:20260427T041126
CREATED:20251118T212346Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251118T212514Z
UID:10000087-1765134900-1765143000@dresherensemble.org
SUMMARY:HUMMINGBIRD [Evelyn Davis + Phillip Greenlief + Jordan Glenn]YON SIL
DESCRIPTION:HUMMINGBIRD: PHILLIP GREENLIEF\, EVELYN DAVIS and JORDAN GLENN make sputtering buzzes with tail feathers in meadows and open forests. Their perches tend to willows and alder from Mexico to 5\,000 year old pine forests. They add beauty by attracting audiences to hover\, increasing metabolic rates by quoting the odysseys of Pauline Oliveros and Tony Williams. Their survival depends on chasing red tailed press releases with the eloquence of epic poetry found primarily in the early work of The Slits\, and other renegade protagonists associated with the essence of iridescence; where the glowing\, intensifying\, changing colors of their sonic palette is but one brilliant example of their off-the-charts biology. \nYON SIL is visiting in Berkeley from the UK\, where he regularly performs in London’s vibrant experimental scene with artists such as Steve Noble\, John Edwards\, and Charles Hayward. Yon’s bass clarinet solos – often performed in one uninterrupted circular-breathed flow – weave multilayered sound/note textures through refractions of noise and melody\, and stem from an intensely corporeal and visceral relationship to his instrument\, partly informed by his experience as a member of Ana Maria Avram and Iancu Dumitrescu’s Hyperion Ensemble\, whose radical\, noise-adjacent improvisational interpretation of spectral music has deeply affected him. Yon has performed with Birgit Uhler\, Angharad Davies\, Ashely Paul\, Toshimaru Nakamura\, Abstract Concrete\, John Butcher etc.\, and appears on Creative Sources\,  Editions Modern\, Aural Terrains\, Confront Recordings\, Chocolate Monk\, Hideous Replica etc.
URL:https://dresherensemble.org/event/hummingbird-evelyn-davis-phillip-greenlief-jordan-glennyon-sil/
LOCATION:Dresher Ensemble Studio\, 2201 Poplar Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251116T191500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251116T213000
DTSTAMP:20260427T041126
CREATED:20251023T180952Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251029T165745Z
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SUMMARY:Rainwater-Shim DuoAgnes Szelag + Cheryl Leonard + Gregory Scharpen
DESCRIPTION:The Rainwater-Shim Duo (pianist Anne Rainwater and flutist Meerenai Shim) performs duos and solos\, including Pencilled Wings for flute\, piano\, and electronic playback by Emma O’Halloran\, Greener Grass by Caroline Ansink\, 90+ for piano by Elliott Carter\, and Miniatures Book 4: Preset Etudes for flute and electronics by Brent Miller.\n\nThomas Carnacki\, in the performance arena\, has numbered as many as seven individuals\, and as few as zero. Primary aesthetic concerns tend to revolve around uneasy textures\, nuance\, organicity\, and peculiarity. Repeat offenders down the years have included the late Jim Kaiser\, Gregory Hagan\, Jesse Burson\, and Sheila Bosco; this evening’s incarnation consists of Cheryl E. Leonard and Gregory Scharpen alongside Agnes Szelag. Carnacki music has accompanied dance pieces\, films\, plays\, and outdoor installation spectacles across the continent and internationally. The most recent recorded documents to have been released into the world are the sibling albums Cadavre Isolé and Rencontre Fortuite\, both derived from a formal exercise of inspired happenstance in the middle of lockdown.
URL:https://dresherensemble.org/event/meerenai-shim-anne-rainwateragnes-szelag-cheryl-leonard-gregory-sharpen/
LOCATION:Dresher Ensemble Studio\, 2201 Poplar Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251106T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251106T213000
DTSTAMP:20260427T041126
CREATED:20251023T181904Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251024T200925Z
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SUMMARY:QueenBee Records 2-day microFEST
DESCRIPTION:Second night of freewheeling improvised music and creative jazz from some of the scene’s most adventurous and exciting ensembles. Celebrating three new recordings out this fall on Berkeley’s Queen Bee Records — the 7th\, 8th and 9th! — in a series of 12 releases coming this year. \nBeth Schenck Quintet\nA wildly creative and original musical voice\, San Francisco saxophonist and composer Beth Schenck writes bracing music that blends lush harmonies with fierce propulsiveness and surprising rhythmic twists and turns. \nBeth Schenck\, alto saxophone and compositions\nCory Wright\, tenor saxophone and bass clarinet\nMatt Wrobel\, guitar\nLisa Mezzacappa\, acoustic bass\nJordan Glenn\, drums \nAstrolabe\nNathan Clevenger’s Astrolabe Ensemble is a large jazz and experimental music group based in Oakland.The band’s name originated from a specific musical suite that Clevenger wrote. \nKasey Knudsen – alto & tenor sax\nBeth Schenck – alto & soprano sax\nCory Wright – Bb & bass clarinet\, alto flute\nPolly Springhorn – C & bass flute\, piccolo\nDanny Lubin-Laden – trombone\nCrystal Pascucci-Clifford – cello\nJon Arkin – drum set\, percussion\nJason Levis – marimba\, percussion\nTim DeCillis – vibes\, percussion\nMark Pascucci-Clifford – vibes\, percussion\nNathan Clevenger – keyboards\, percussion\nLisa Mezzacappa – contrabass \nflatways\n(Sudhu Tewari\, Jordan Glenn\, Matt Robidoux) \nflatways is a rhythm band made up of no strings guitar (Sudhu Tewari)\, drum set (Jordan Glenn)\, and drum machines + live sampling (Matt Robidoux). Sudhu makes instruments for the band\, such as a one stringed electric bass (“slap thwacker”) that Sudhu and Matt both play. flatways is drum n bass\, with numerous rhythms meshing\, clashing\, and rubbing up against one another. \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://dresherensemble.org/event/queen-bee-records-festival-day-two/
LOCATION:Dresher Ensemble Studio\, 2201 Poplar Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251105T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251105T213000
DTSTAMP:20260427T041126
CREATED:20251023T174756Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251024T200732Z
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SUMMARY:QueenBee Records 2-day microFEST
DESCRIPTION:Two nights of freewheeling improvised music and creative jazz from some of the scene’s most adventurous and exciting ensembles\, celebrating three new recordings out this fall on Berkeley’s Queen Bee Records. \nThis first evening is devoted to the OAKLAND REDUCTIONIST ORCHESTRA‘S debut release\, west and east baying representing two sides of the ensemble’s output: a live concert recording documenting a performance at The Lab in San Francisco (West Bay) and an “only made in the studio” work recorded in a controlled environment in Berkeley (East Bay). A supergroup of Bay Area musicians with a predilection for lowercase\, fricative\, and reductionist improvisation that often sounds more electronic than acoustic\, the ensemble draws on a rich tradition of “American reductionist” music that blossomed in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Musicans: Tom Djll\, trumpet; Ron Heglin\, tuba; Monica Scott\, cello; Matt Ingalls\, clarinets; Lisa Mezzacappa\, bass; Kyle Bruckmann\, oboe\, english horn; Kevin Corcoran\, percussion; Kevin ck Lo\, violin/flute/piano; Kanoko Nishi-Smith\, koto; Joshua Marshall\, tenor saxophone; John Ingle\, saxophones; Jacob Felix Heule\, percussion; Diane Grubbe\, flutes; Danishta Rivero\, voice; Cody Putman\, bassoon; Chris Cooper\, guitar\, electronics; Cheryl Leonard\, natural-object instruments; Brendan Lai-Tong\, trombone. \nMany of the members studied at Mills College\, which has had an extraordinary and foundational influence on the Bay Area’s new music scene\, particularly in experimental\, electronic\, and improvised music\, and other forms of sound exploration. Before the orchestra’s performance\, the concert features two special guest sets by other Mills alumni: \nROCO CÓRDOVA (voice\, electronics) and THERESA WONG (cello\, voice) dialogue in a realm beyond language where timbre\, textures\, noise\, and melodies are shaped through the alchemy of improvisation. \nPresenting a rare solo electronics set\, KRISTIN MILTNER is a composer and immersive sound designer based in the Bay Area. She creates music with her custom software\, which she designed to scan sound files and live input\, enabling her to restructure a single sound into tessellating multidimensional sound fabrics instantly. She applies this method to a wide variety of sonic endeavors\, whether interactive and experiential sound design\, game sound design\, ensemble performance and improvisation\, or her solo work. She studied with Maggi Payne\, Chris Brown\, and Pauline Oliveros at Mills College. She released her debut solo album\, “Grains”\, in 2007 on Praemedia\, followed by “Music for Dreaming and Playing” on Asthmatic Kitty. She has designed soundscapes for many games\, and her endeavors at Spatial Inc. (Emeryville\, CA) have led to collaborations with artists and sound designers at Meow Wolf\, National Geographic\, and researchers at the Estuary and Ocean Science Center in Tiburon\, CA\, building elaborate real-world immersive experiences.
URL:https://dresherensemble.org/event/queen-bee-records-festival-day-one/
LOCATION:Dresher Ensemble Studio\, 2201 Poplar Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251102T191500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251102T213000
DTSTAMP:20260427T041126
CREATED:20251023T173114Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251023T173140Z
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SUMMARY:KRYS BOBROWSKI + KAREN STACKPOLEJAMES GOODE SUNG KIM
DESCRIPTION:KRYS BOBROWSKI and KAREN STACKPOLE\, long-time collaborators in the improvising quartet Vorticella\, organically formed a duo combining Stackpole’s Gongs with Bobrowski’s Gliss Glass\, an invented instrument of her own design that consists of water-filled glass vessels mounted on telescoping stands that are interconnected with tubes and valves. By varying the height of the vessels and opening and closing the valves\, Bobrowski can dynamically alter the pitch of the sound by changing the level of the water as the instrument is played via friction\, mallets\, bare hands\, and splashes. The sounds are captured via piezo pickups and amplified. The Gliss Glass blends extremely well with the sound of the Gongs played by Stackpole\, who employs various techniques with friction mallets\, bows\, and other implements. Karen Stackpole and Krys Bobrowski create a deep sonic journey that unfurls into an engaging and transcendent soundtrack for the imagination. \nJAMES GOODE coaxes extraordinary sounds from everyday objects. Russian nested dolls are transformed into squealing narwhals; bird calls into growling lions; the voice box from a stuffed animal into a flock of hungry seagulls; and brief vocal sounds into the soundtrack for a comic and surreal conga line. Defying easy description or pigeonholing\, his music takes you to an unfamiliar place filled with luscious atonality and compelling polyrhythm. He navigates a course between austere minimalism on the one hand and pandemonium on the other.  Goode has recorded and/or performed with Chris Cohen\, John Dieterich\, Thomas Dimuzio\, Shelley Hirsch\, Bill Horist\, John Ingle\, Cheryl Leonard\, Bär McKinnon\, Roger Powell\, Jesse Quattro\, Jake Rodriguez\, Greg Saunier\, David Slusser\, Ches Smith\, Trey Spruance\, Sudhu Tewari\, Gregg Turkington\, William Winant\, and many others. \nSUNG KIM presents four of his most recent iterations of musical instruments that he has been developing for the last 36 years. In the tradition of Korean sanjo\, he improvises with a collection of melodies that were developed in tandem with the instruments. A sculptor and self taught composer operating a design and build studio in Richmond under the name of Hare and Arrow Arts\, Kim writes: \n“With every instrument that I complete\, I feel as if my goal for the full ensemble that I have been searching for gets further away and I am realizing that I may never be finished. Please come and celebrate my unending toil.”
URL:https://dresherensemble.org/event/krys-bobrowski-karen-stackpolebrjames-goode-sung-kim/
LOCATION:Dresher Ensemble Studio\, 2201 Poplar Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251026T191500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251026T213000
DTSTAMP:20260427T041126
CREATED:20251007T213049Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251023T171753Z
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SUMMARY:MATTHEW RYALS NUNNPHONICS(Sudhu Tewari\, David Michalak & Jordan Glenn)
DESCRIPTION:MATTHEW RYALS is a NYC-based synthesist and composer-improviser. He has released three studio albums and a series of EPs on 3OP\, SØVN and dingn\dents\, and will release records on Infrequent Seams in Fall 2025 and Oxtail Recordings in 2026. \nMatthew performs internationally and will be featured on High Zero Festival and Ex Nihilo Festival. He has collaborated with Madison Greenstone\, Nava Dunkelman\, and Stephan Haluska. Matthew received a 2025 Art Omi: Music Residency\, 2025 Foundation of Contemporary Arts Grant\, a 2022-23 New Music USA Award\, and a 2021 IEA Electronic Media Residency. He also co-curates Artifact\, a Brooklyn-based experimental music series that was awarded a 2025 Brooklyn Arts Council grant. \nInstrument inventor SUDHU TEWARI\, filmmaker/improviser DAVID MICHALAK and percussionist JORDAN GLENN join forces in NUNNPHONICS: an improvised set featuring instruments built by the late\, great inventor\, TOM NUNN. \nNunn’s over 200 instruments include: The Skatchbox\, Skatchplatter\, T-rodimba\, Bug Belly\, Crustacean. Lukie Tubes\, The Crab\, Space plates and many others. All of Tom Nunn’s instruments are amplified using contact microphones and have sculptural qualities.
URL:https://dresherensemble.org/event/matthew-ryals-nunnphonics/
LOCATION:Dresher Ensemble Studio\, 2201 Poplar Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251019T191500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251019T210000
DTSTAMP:20260427T041126
CREATED:20251007T211616Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251007T212106Z
UID:10000081-1760901300-1760907600@dresherensemble.org
SUMMARY:EUDIMORPHODON  PHIL STONE  MELTYKISS
DESCRIPTION:MELTYKISS is a Brooklyn-based duo project of drummer Max Goldstein and vocalist Ariel Vera. Meltykiss focuses on guided improvisation based off a conceptual form created collaboratively. The sound of Meltykiss is influenced by the likes of Sun Ra\, Chris Corsano\, Marcela Lucatelli\, Zach Hill\, and more blending stylistic ideas based on free jazz and heavy idioms to create charged\, scribbly\, loop-based noise. \nPHIL STONE presents Another Day at the Entropy Mine for solo improviser in a one-node network. Using software processes and instruments (mostly) of his own design*\, Stone initiates and nudges cascades of probabilistic responses to the notes he plays on electric bass. In his work with the network band “The Hub”\, Stone often employed self-connected network processes during development and testing\, to simulate the group dynamic. He found interesting results from this ‘one-node network’ and began to think of it as a musical instrument in its own right\, worthy of its own body of technique and practice. \n(*) In addition to his own software voicing\, Stone employs the Free Open Source “Surge XT” software synthesizer\, to which he has contributed an OSC interface. \nEUDIMORPHODON\, is an early pterosaur AND a new duo with Dan Plonsey (saxophones) and Matthew Welch (bagpipes). Featuring compositions and improvisations by both for this unique combination of reeds\, Plonsey and Welch dig deep into their love for odd creaturesand characters to summon forth wild sonic beasts of imagination.
URL:https://dresherensemble.org/event/eudimorphodon-phil-stone-meltykiss/
LOCATION:Dresher Ensemble Studio\, 2201 Poplar Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251017T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251017T213000
DTSTAMP:20260427T041126
CREATED:20250909T180654Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250911T234410Z
UID:10000075-1760729400-1760736600@dresherensemble.org
SUMMARY:Three Nights of Kathakali. Two Epics. One Timeless Art. Day Three:Kalyana Sougandhikam from the Mahābhārata
DESCRIPTION:Kathakali Mini Festival – October 15\, 16 & 17\nExperience the grandeur of Kathakali\, the classical dance-drama of Kerala\, India. Over three evenings\, an extraordinary Indian cast at the height of their art will bring to life epic tales from the Mahābhārata and Ramayana with dazzling costumes\, vibrant music\, and breathtaking storytelling. These world-class artists have performed on some of the greatest stages in India and abroad\, and now they bring their mastery to the intimate setting of our West Oakland studio. Up close\, you’ll feel the power of the drums\, hear every nuance of the singers\, and see the fine details of costume and makeup in rare close-up. A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to witness Kathakali at its highest level. \nKalyana Sougandhikam was written by Kottayath Thamburan based on events in the Mahābhārata during the Pandavas’ vanavasa ( exile in the forest ) at Kamyaka Forest. While staying near the Gandhamadana Mountains\, Draupadi sees a rare Sougandhika flower and asks Bhima to find more. Determined to fulfill her wish\, Bhima sets out through the forest\, using his great strength to push through obstacles until he reaches the Kadali forest. There\, his loud journey disturbs Hanuman\, who is meditating. Realizing it’s his younger brother\, Hanuman decides to teach Bhima a lesson in humility by posing as a weak old monkey blocking the path. Bhima\, unable to move the monkey’s tail\, realizes the truth. Hanuman then reveals his identity\, blesses Bhima\, and guides him to the flower\, after which Bhima resumes his journey. \nActors: \nBhima: Kottakkal Harikumar \nDraupadi: Roshni Pillai \nHanuman: Kalamandalam Manoj \nSingers: Kottakkal Madhu\, Jishnu Nambudirpad \nPercussionists: \nChenda: Sadanam Jithin \nMaddalam: Kalamandalam Venu \nChutti & Costume : Eroor Manoj\, Kalanilayam Sreejith Sundaran \nFESTIVAL \nOctober 15th\, 2025 – 7:30 PM- $35: Subhadraharanam (Abduction of Subhadra)from epic Mahābhārata [tickets] \nOctober 16th\, 2025 – 7:30 PM- $35: Balivijayam from epic Ramayana [tickets] \nFestival pass [$90] is available on our ticket page with Eventbrite
URL:https://dresherensemble.org/event/kalyana-sougandhikam-from-epic-mahabharata/
LOCATION:Dresher Ensemble Studio\, 2201 Poplar Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251016T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251016T213000
DTSTAMP:20260427T041126
CREATED:20250909T172840Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250911T234049Z
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SUMMARY:Three Nights of Kathakali. Two Epics. One Timeless Art. Day Two: Balivijayam from the Ramayana
DESCRIPTION:Kathakali Mini Festival – October 15\, 16 & 17\nExperience the grandeur of Kathakali\, the classical dance-drama of Kerala\, India. Over three evenings\, an extraordinary Indian cast at the height of their art will bring to life epic tales from the Mahābhārata and Ramayana with dazzling costumes\, vibrant music\, and breathtaking storytelling. These world-class artists have performed on some of the greatest stages in India and abroad\, and now they bring their mastery to the intimate setting of our West Oakland studio. Up close\, you’ll feel the power of the drums\, hear every nuance of the singers\, and see the fine details of costume and makeup in rare close-up. A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to witness Kathakali at its highest level. \nBalivijayam written by Kalloor Namboodiripad (1749-1824)\, is based on an episode from the Ramayana. Sage Narada visits King Ravana and\, during their conversation\, hints that a particular monkey claims to be unafraid of Ravana and should be subdued. Provoked\, Ravana grabs his sword\, but Narada tells him it’s unnecessary and leads him to the seashore\, where Bali is praying. Bali\, recognizing Ravana as his father\, Indra’s vanquisher\, decides to teach him a lesson. When Ravana tries to capture him\, he ends up entangled in Bali’s tail\, much to Narada’s amusement. Eventually\, Bali mocks Ravana\, who apologizes\, and they part on friendly terms. \nActors:  \nRavana: Kalanilayam Sreejith Sundaran \nNarada: Kottakkal Harikumar \nBali: Jishnu Nambudiripad \nSingers: Kottakkal Madhu\, Sadanam Jyothish Babu\,  \nPercussionists: \nChenda: Kalamandalam Sivadas\, Sadanam Jithin \nMaddalam: Kalamandalam Venu \nChutti & Costume: Eroor Manoj \nFESTIVAL \nOctober 15th\, 2025 – 7:30 PM – $35: Subhadraharanam (Abduction of Subhadra)from the epic Mahābhārata [Tickets] \nOctober 17th\, 2025 – 7:30 PM – $35: Balivijayam from the epic Ramayana [Tickets] \nFestival pass [$90] is available on our ticket page with Eventbrite
URL:https://dresherensemble.org/event/balivijayam/
LOCATION:Dresher Ensemble Studio\, 2201 Poplar Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251015T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251015T213000
DTSTAMP:20260427T041126
CREATED:20250909T170752Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250915T220354Z
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SUMMARY:Three Nights of Kathakali. Two Epics. One Timeless Art. Day One:Subhadra Haranam from the Mahābhārata
DESCRIPTION:Kathakali Mini Festival – October 15\, 16 & 17\nExperience the grandeur of Kathakali\, the classical dance-drama of Kerala\, India. Over three evenings\, an extraordinary Indian cast at the height of their art will bring to life epic tales from the Mahābhārata and Ramayana with dazzling costumes\, vibrant music\, and breathtaking storytelling. These world-class artists have performed on some of the greatest stages in India and abroad\, and now they bring their mastery to the intimate setting of our West Oakland studio. Up close\, you’ll feel the power of the drums\, hear every nuance of the singers\, and see the fine details of costume and makeup in rare close-up. A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to witness Kathakali at its highest level. \nKathakali in a Nutshell   [read more]\nSubhadra Haranam (Abduction of Subhadra) was written by Mandredath Namboothiripad (1851-1906). This story is based on Mahābhārata. The story of Subhadra Haranam is a chain of events that leads to Arjuna’s marriage with Subhadra (Krishna’s Younger sister). Arjuna broke a vow and went on a year-long pilgrimage\, during which he fell in love with Krishna’s sister\, Subhadra. Disguised as a saint\, he stayed at Dwaraka. With Krishna’s help\, he eloped with Subhadra while Balarama was away\, knowing Balarama wouldn’t approve the marriage. \nAfter his return\, Balarama learns that Arjuna\, disguised as a saint\, abducted Subhadra with Krishna’s support. Furious\, he confronts Krishna and threatens to kill Arjuna. Krishna tries to calm him with logic and finally reminds him that killing Arjuna would make Subhadra a widow. Realizing this\, Balarama agrees to visit the couple. On the way\, Krishna shows him Arjuna’s battlefield skills\, which impress Balarama. He ultimately accepts Arjuna as his brother-in-law\, bringing the story to a peaceful end. \nOur 2025 Kathakali Ensemble   [read more]\nActors: \nBalarama: Peesappilli Rajeev \nKrishna: Kalamandalam Manoj \nSingers: Sadanam Jyothish Babu\, Jishnu Nambudiripad \nPercussionists: \nChenda: Kalamandalam Sivadas\, Sadanam Jithin \nMaddalam: Kalamandalam Venu \nChutti & Costume: Eroor Manoj\, Kalanilayam Sreejith Sundaran \nLength : 90 min \nFESTIVAL \nOctober 16th\, 2025 – 7:30 PM – $35: Balivijayam from epic Ramayana [Tickets] \nOctober 17th\, 2025 – 7:30 PM – $35: Kalyana Sougandhikam from epic Mahābhārata [Tickets] \nFestival pass [$90] is available on our ticket page with Eventbrite
URL:https://dresherensemble.org/event/subhadraharanam-abduction-of-subhadra/
LOCATION:Dresher Ensemble Studio\, 2201 Poplar Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251011T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251011T203000
DTSTAMP:20260427T041126
CREATED:20251007T210337Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251007T210658Z
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SUMMARY:Up Close with Rinde EckertVoice\, Words\, Music and Friends
DESCRIPTION:Rinde Eckert—recipient of the 2005 Marc Blitzstein Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters—is a singer\, writer\, composer\, actor\, mover\, and musician: in short\, a performing artist extraordinaire. His program features both new and classic solo works that highlight his remarkable voice\, masterful writing\, and wide-ranging instrumental artistry on an array of unconventional instruments. To close out the program\, he’ll be joined by longtime collaborators Paul Dresher and Joel Davel\, who will perform on their own invented instruments\, the Hurdy Grande and Marimba Lumina.\n\n \n\nPaul asked Rinde about this upcoming 90-minute performance in our studio.\n“I’m planning on playing some old favorites and some new ones\, as well as a couple of experiments with new friends. I’ve started most concerts (including my Kennedy Center concert) with a lament sung with an accordion. I won’t break the tradition this time. Prayer is another favorite\, built on a piece I wrote for The Gardening of Thomas D.\, which is for piano. I’m bringing my 10-string slide guitar so that The Idiot Variations will be represented. From my last CD\, The Natural World\, I’ll sing Catbird (piano) and Black is the Color (accordion). Ellen made me promise to sing One Night On eave from Highway Ulysses and Time is Not a Simple Thing from The Raft (the piece that Covid killed).”\n\n 
URL:https://dresherensemble.org/event/up-close-with-rinde-eckert-voice-words-music-and-friends/
LOCATION:Dresher Ensemble Studio\, 2201 Poplar Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251005T191500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251005T211500
DTSTAMP:20260427T041127
CREATED:20250910T002850Z
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SUMMARY:sfSoundgroup performs Morton Feldman\, Sofia Gubaidulina\, Tom Johnson\, Peter Eötvös\, and Monica Scott
DESCRIPTION:sfSOUNDGROUP presents a concert honoring recently departed composers.  The first half features works by the Russian composer SOFIA GUBAIDULINA (1931 – 2025)\, known for her spiritual and dramatic works.  The second half includes a circular breathing wind duo by the pioneering minimalist composer TOM JOHNSON (1939–2024)\, and a work for improvisers and tape by the celebrated composer and conductor PETER EÖTVÖS (1944–2024). \nThe evening will also include Instruments II  by MORTON FELDMAN\, a prime example of his often overlooked output in the mid-70’s. sfSound’s own MONICA SCOTT rounds out the program with a duo for cello and piano. \nPROGRAM\nMORTON FELDMAN – “Instruments II” 1975\nchamber ensemble \nTOM JOHNSON – “Kientzy Loops” 2000\ncircular breathing wind duo \nPETER EÖTVÖS – “Music For New York” 1971\ntape playback with improvisers \nMONICA SCOTT – “more than nine minutes” 2016\ncello and piano \nSOFIA GUBAIDULINA – “Piano Sonata: III. Allegretto” 1965\npiano \nSOFIA GUBAIDULINA – “Dots\, Lines and Zigzag” 1976\nbass clarinet and piano \nSOFIA GUBAIDULINA – “Sounds of the Forest” 1978\nflute and piano \nSOFIA GUBAIDULINA – “In croce” 1979\ncello and organ \nMUSICIANS\nDiane Grubbe\, flute\nKyle Bruckmann\, oboe\nMatt Ingalls\, clarinet\nJohn Ingle\, saxophone/conductor\nBrendan Lai-Tong\, trombone\nHadley McCarroll\, piano/organ\nKjell Nordeson\, percussion\nMonica Scott. cello\nLisa Mezzacappa. bass
URL:https://dresherensemble.org/event/sfsoundgroup-performs-morton-feldman-sofia-gubaidulina-tom-johnson-peter-eotvos-and-monica-scott/
LOCATION:Dresher Ensemble Studio\, 2201 Poplar Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States
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