BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Paul Dresher Ensemble - ECPv6.16.3//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Paul Dresher Ensemble X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://dresherensemble.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Paul Dresher Ensemble REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20240310T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20241103T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20250309T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20251102T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20260308T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20261101T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20270314T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20271107T090000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260607T191500 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260607T213000 DTSTAMP:20260614T032523 CREATED:20260510T034434Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260510T134134Z UID:10000120-1780859700-1780867800@dresherensemble.org SUMMARY:ROVAGongwoman DESCRIPTION:ROVA SAXOPHONE QUARTET presents two sets of original compositions. \nFirst\, commissioned works and recent Rova compositions for the quartet\, including Music for Mouths by MIYA MASAOKA\, The Knot Gallery by JOHN BUTCHER\, I\, Norton by GINO ROBAIR and pieces by quartet members. \nIn the second half\, Rova joins by KAREN STACKPOLE (Gongwoman) for a set of Rova works adapted for saxophone quartet plus gongs and percussion. First streamed live in March of 2022\, the works are presented to a live audience for the first time. URL:https://dresherensemble.org/event/rovagongwoman/ LOCATION:Dresher Ensemble Studio\, 2201 Poplar Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://dresherensemble.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/June-7.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260606T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260606T213000 DTSTAMP:20260614T032523 CREATED:20260516T134000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260516T134040Z UID:10000123-1780774200-1780781400@dresherensemble.org SUMMARY:RAGA & RAGINIIndian Classical Concert of Vocal & Sarod DESCRIPTION:Enchanting Hindustani classical evening with vocalist Sohini Mojumdar\, sarodist Sougata Roy Chowdhury\, tabla & harmonium accompaniment:  Gaurav Kale (tabla) & Rajdeep Singh (harmonium). \n\n\n\n\nSougata Roy Chowdhury is a distinguished sarod player from India\, known for his expressive artistry\, deep grounding in the Hindustani classical tradition\, and performances that have moved audiences across the US and Europe. Trained from different significant Gurus from his young age under the lineage of Ustad Ali Akbar Khan\, he combines technical mastery with a sensitive\, soulful style that makes his music accessible to both connoisseurs and new listeners. \n\n\n\n\nSohini Mojumdar is a distinguished Hindustani classical vocalist known for her deeply expressive singing and refined command over raga. Trained under eminent gurus and rooted in the rich traditions. Her music reflects both intellectual depth and emotional nuance. She has performed widely across India and internationally\, captivating audiences with her soulful interpretations and elegant artistry. URL:https://dresherensemble.org/event/raga-ragini-indian-classical-concert-of-vocal-sarod/ LOCATION:Dresher Ensemble Studio\, 2201 Poplar Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://dresherensemble.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Sougata-for-web.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260531T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260531T213000 DTSTAMP:20260614T032523 CREATED:20260510T034153Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260510T134045Z UID:10000119-1780255800-1780263000@dresherensemble.org SUMMARY:sfSoundGroup DESCRIPTION:PROGRAM \nErik Satie – CINEMA (1926)\nwith René Clair’s silent Dada short film\, Entr’acte  (1924) \nLarry Polansky – The World’s Longest Melody (1993) \nLarry Polansky – Approaching the Azimuth… (1998) \nLarry Polansky – freeHorn (2004) \nTom Dambly – For Trumpet and Electronics (2026) \nMatt Ingalls – Fences (2001/2026) \nMUSICIANS \nDiane Grubbe\, flute\nMatt Ingalls\, clarinet\nJohn Ingle\, saxophone \nTom Dambly\, trumpet\nBrendan Lai-Tong\, trombone \nGiacomo Fiore\, guitar\nHadley McCarroll\, piano\nKjell Nordeson\, percussion\nMonica Scott\, cello\nLisa Mezzacappa\, bass URL:https://dresherensemble.org/event/sfsoundgroup/ LOCATION:Dresher Ensemble Studio\, 2201 Poplar Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://dresherensemble.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/May31.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260530T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260530T170000 DTSTAMP:20260614T032523 CREATED:20260510T144846Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260510T144846Z UID:10000122-1780153200-1780160400@dresherensemble.org SUMMARY:QT Viet Collective present Ordinary People DESCRIPTION:Members of the QT Viet Collective present Ordinary People\, an audio-visual story layered with live narration\, instrumentation\, voices from Việt Nam\, animation\, photography and song. \nIn a world that distances us from our truest selves\, this performance invites us to reflect on our present moment and the deep desire to live fully. Moving across time and place\, it draws us to connect with our imagination\, deferred dreams\, rage\, and compassion\, while activating the power of our ancestral stories. \nCác thành viên của QTViệt Collective hân hạnh giới thiệu Người Dân Thường\, một câu chuyện nghe-nhìn được dệt nên từ lời kể trực tiếp\, âm nhạc\, giọng nói từ Việt Nam\, hoạt họa\, hình ảnh và ca khúc. \nTrong một thế giới khiến chúng ta xa rời con người thật của mình\, màn trình diễn này mời chúng ta suy ngẫm về khoảnh khắc hiện tại và khát khao sâu sắc để sống trọn vẹn. Vượt qua thời gian và không gian\, màn trình diễn này thu hút chúng ta để kết nối với trí tưởng tượng\, những giấc mơ bị gác lại\, lòng giận dữ và trắc ẩn\, đồng thời khơi dậy sức mạnh của những câu chuyện của tổ tiên mình. \nCONTRIBUTE TO OUR COLLECTIVE ALTAR: we invite you and your ancestors to take part in a luminated collective gathering/altar by submitting photos here. \nCÙNG GÓP PHẦN VÀO BÀN THỜ CHUNG: \nmời quý vị và các tổ tiên tham gia vào buổi tụ họp/bàn thờ chung được thắp sáng bằng cách gửi hình ảnh tại đây. \nTrong khi chúng tôi chuẩn bị cho trình diễn Người Dân Thường\, chúng tôi xin mời quý vị chia sẻ những bức ảnh của những người thân đã khuất hoặc vật kỷ niệm gợi nhớ đến họ. Chúng tôi sẽ chiếu lên các hình ảnh này\, tạo nên một buổi tụ họp chung với tổ tiên. \nNếu quý vị hứng thú\, vui lòng gửi ảnh ở đây trước ngày 7 tháng 5! \nChúng tôi hiểu rằng không phải ai cũng có hoặc sử dụng hình ảnh để tưởng nhớ tổ tiên. Chúng tôi mời quý vị gọi về những ai mình muốn đến bàn thờ chung vào cuộc trình diễn. \nCám ơn quý vị cùng tham gia vào cánh cửa thiêng liêng này <3 \nTHINGS TO KNOW \n*Family friendly\, ADA access\, easy parking \n*Doors will be open approximately 1 hour before showtime on both days. \n*Friday evening show will be low key but there will be offerings to nourish your tummy and heart \n*Saturday showing will feature DJ Kat Lê\, and a casual community meal. Live english to vietnamese translation service offered \nThis performance and event is made possible by the generous support of AsianImprov Arts\, Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center\, The Dresher Ensemble\, The California Arts Council\, and The Zellerbach Foundation. URL:https://dresherensemble.org/event/qt-viet-collective-present-ordinary-people/2026-05-30/ LOCATION:Dresher Ensemble Studio\, 2201 Poplar Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://dresherensemble.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/truc-too.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260529T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260529T210000 DTSTAMP:20260614T032523 CREATED:20260510T144846Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260510T144846Z UID:10000121-1780081200-1780088400@dresherensemble.org SUMMARY:QT Viet Collective present Ordinary People DESCRIPTION:Members of the QT Viet Collective present Ordinary People\, an audio-visual story layered with live narration\, instrumentation\, voices from Việt Nam\, animation\, photography and song. \nIn a world that distances us from our truest selves\, this performance invites us to reflect on our present moment and the deep desire to live fully. Moving across time and place\, it draws us to connect with our imagination\, deferred dreams\, rage\, and compassion\, while activating the power of our ancestral stories. \nCác thành viên của QTViệt Collective hân hạnh giới thiệu Người Dân Thường\, một câu chuyện nghe-nhìn được dệt nên từ lời kể trực tiếp\, âm nhạc\, giọng nói từ Việt Nam\, hoạt họa\, hình ảnh và ca khúc. \nTrong một thế giới khiến chúng ta xa rời con người thật của mình\, màn trình diễn này mời chúng ta suy ngẫm về khoảnh khắc hiện tại và khát khao sâu sắc để sống trọn vẹn. Vượt qua thời gian và không gian\, màn trình diễn này thu hút chúng ta để kết nối với trí tưởng tượng\, những giấc mơ bị gác lại\, lòng giận dữ và trắc ẩn\, đồng thời khơi dậy sức mạnh của những câu chuyện của tổ tiên mình. \nCONTRIBUTE TO OUR COLLECTIVE ALTAR: we invite you and your ancestors to take part in a luminated collective gathering/altar by submitting photos here. \nCÙNG GÓP PHẦN VÀO BÀN THỜ CHUNG: \nmời quý vị và các tổ tiên tham gia vào buổi tụ họp/bàn thờ chung được thắp sáng bằng cách gửi hình ảnh tại đây. \nTrong khi chúng tôi chuẩn bị cho trình diễn Người Dân Thường\, chúng tôi xin mời quý vị chia sẻ những bức ảnh của những người thân đã khuất hoặc vật kỷ niệm gợi nhớ đến họ. Chúng tôi sẽ chiếu lên các hình ảnh này\, tạo nên một buổi tụ họp chung với tổ tiên. \nNếu quý vị hứng thú\, vui lòng gửi ảnh ở đây trước ngày 7 tháng 5! \nChúng tôi hiểu rằng không phải ai cũng có hoặc sử dụng hình ảnh để tưởng nhớ tổ tiên. Chúng tôi mời quý vị gọi về những ai mình muốn đến bàn thờ chung vào cuộc trình diễn. \nCám ơn quý vị cùng tham gia vào cánh cửa thiêng liêng này <3 \nTHINGS TO KNOW \n*Family friendly\, ADA access\, easy parking \n*Doors will be open approximately 1 hour before showtime on both days. \n*Friday evening show will be low key but there will be offerings to nourish your tummy and heart \n*Saturday showing will feature DJ Kat Lê\, and a casual community meal. Live english to vietnamese translation service offered \nThis performance and event is made possible by the generous support of AsianImprov Arts\, Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center\, The Dresher Ensemble\, The California Arts Council\, and The Zellerbach Foundation. URL:https://dresherensemble.org/event/qt-viet-collective-present-ordinary-people/2026-05-29/ LOCATION:Dresher Ensemble Studio\, 2201 Poplar Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://dresherensemble.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/truc-too.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260524T191500 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260524T213000 DTSTAMP:20260614T032523 CREATED:20260510T033805Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260510T133955Z UID:10000118-1779650100-1779658200@dresherensemble.org SUMMARY:ANTIMATTER + Jacob Felix HeuleDiane Grubbe + Meerenai Shim DESCRIPTION:ANTIMATTER (xopher Davidson\, analog / digital electronics) and JACOB FELIX HEULE (percussion): Wave Function Collapse\, resting upon the threshold between a state of limitless potentials and one of decoherence-that which cannot be measured\, quantified\, simulated or collected as data. Forever drifting over time\, a spectral bass-relief sculpted by entropy. \nMEERENAI SHIM and DIANE GRUBBE team up to perform composed and improvised music for a variety of flutes\, including glissando and contrabass flutes. The program includes Salvatore Sciarrino’s Il pomeriggio di un allarme al parcheggio for glissando flute\, Pathways for two flutes by Efraín Amaya\, Matthew Joseph Payne’s Etude for contrabass flute and TI83+ calculator and the premiere of a duo for two glissando flutes by Diane Grubbe. URL:https://dresherensemble.org/event/antimatter-jacob-felix-heulediane-grubbe-meerenai-shim/ LOCATION:Dresher Ensemble Studio\, 2201 Poplar Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://dresherensemble.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/May24.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260517T191500 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260517T213000 DTSTAMP:20260614T032523 CREATED:20260510T033438Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260511T203726Z UID:10000117-1779045300-1779053400@dresherensemble.org SUMMARY:Neil Rolnick + Alex OliviaPlonsey Scheme DESCRIPTION:NEIL ROLNICK performs So Many Me’s\, with choreographer and dancer ALEX OLIVA (and her 8 foot ladder). measuring … selling … falling apart … acting out … surrender … Neil also performs the score to Barbara Hammer’s 1990 experimental film Sanctus\, featuring a host of x-ray skeletons playing trumpets\, drinking\, shaking hands\, shaving\, putting on lipstick\, all to the live mashup of Sanctus movements from masses by Machaut\, Bach\, Beethoven & Verdi. \n“Plonsey Scheme” has nothing to do with finding suckers to invest in this “music” thing which promises to be such a hot commodity\, with the fraudster paying off older investors with the funds provided by the younger ones — but as we get older it is admittedly a little more like it: what experiences\, revelations and revolutions can we promise you? MANTRA PLONSEY writes the words while DAN PLONSEY writes the music\, but it comes together for the first (and last) time during performance. The music is written to accommodate improvisations utilizing various constraints\, miniature compositions within compositions\, fragments of songs from Eastern Europe and Northern El Cerrito. The band includes bagpipes virtuoso MATTHEW WELCH (also accordion and Balinese suling)\, clarinet/saxophone/flutist CORY WRIGHT (also trombone)\, guitarist TOMEK SINCLAIR\, and MIC GENDREAU on turntables\, electronics and percussion (and perhaps clarinet). Mantra sings and speaks\, Dan plays reeds\, brass\, melodica\, and bits of cheap percussion. And KATTT ATCHLEY provides a backdrop of projected tableaux of dolls among art: in movement along with their lighting on a system of turntables and lazy susans. PLONSEY SCHEME is eery\, majestic\, lost\, mysterious\, ceremonial\, and more/less than just there. URL:https://dresherensemble.org/event/neil-rolnick-alex-oliviaplonsey-scheme/ LOCATION:Dresher Ensemble Studio\, 2201 Poplar Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://dresherensemble.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/May-17.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260510T191500 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260510T213000 DTSTAMP:20260614T032523 CREATED:20260510T033127Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260510T133729Z UID:10000116-1778440500-1778448600@dresherensemble.org SUMMARY:Micheal SchumacherMarc Perez + Jeff Schwartz DESCRIPTION:MICHAEL J. SCHUMACHER (New York) presents various “immersive/dispersive” fixed media works\, composed for his portable 8 channel system and adapted for Dresher Studio’s  multi-channel Meyer sound system. Utilizing a radically inclusive palette of sounds\, the pieces wrap the audience in webs of potential associations\, making listening as vital to the creation of meaning as the act of composing itself. \nTrombonist/Composer/Improviser MARC PEREZ (Santa Cruz) and bassist JEFF SCHWARTZ (Santa Monica) present a set of duo improvisations. \nMarc Perez is a west coast based transdisciplinary creator/artist\, curator and organization leader whose work is concerned with freedom of agency\, access\, & improvisation. As a performer\, marc has performed and collaborated with a wide array of improvisers across the US\, including Devin Daniels\, Andrew Weathers\, Vinny Golia\, William Roper\, Matt Crane\, Dan Clucas\, Lucy Liu\, The Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra\, You\, Me & The Whales\, Angel Lin & Corey Fogel. \nJeff Schwartz is very active in Los Angeles’ improvised and experimental music communities. He has performed with artists including Anthony Braxton\, Glenn Branca\, Dana Reason\, Nicole Mitchell\, Elliott Levin\, and Adam Rudolph and attended the Creative Music Studio and the Vancouver Creative Music Institute. As principal bass of MESTO\,  he has toured the Middle East playing Arabic music\, and he works with classical groups including the Santa Monica Symphony\, the Vicente Chamber Orchestra\, and the Culver City Chamber Orchestra. URL:https://dresherensemble.org/event/micheal-schumachermarc-perez-jeff-schwartz/ LOCATION:Dresher Ensemble Studio\, 2201 Poplar Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://dresherensemble.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/May-10.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260509T073000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260509T210000 DTSTAMP:20260614T032523 CREATED:20260410T203144Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260430T172442Z UID:10000098-1778311800-1778360400@dresherensemble.org SUMMARY:Sarah Cahill celebrating Terry Riley"Ninety Trips Around the Sun" DESCRIPTION:To celebrate the ninetieth birthday year of Terry Riley\, Sarah Cahill performs some of his remarkable music. \nThe program will include Keyboard Studies\, Be Kind to One Another\, The Walrus in Memoriam\,Fandango on the Heaven Ladder\, and The Great Beauty\, along with Circle Songs by Danny Clay and Shade Studies by Sam Adams\, both composed in honor of Terry Riley’s eightieth birthday in 2015. \nSarah Cahill’s concert is the debut of our new “88+” concert series\, focusing on 20th- and 21st-century piano repertoire and world premieres\, and is supported by the Amphion Foundation and individual donors. Next on the series is Clara Yang [Saturday\, May 16]. \nSarah Cahill\, hailed as “a sterling pianist and an intrepid illuminator of the classical avant-garde” by The New York Times\, has commissioned and premiered over seventy compositions for solo piano. She has recently performed at the Metropolitan Museum\, at the Detroit Institute of Arts\, and an NPR Tiny Desk Concert. She has worked with Terry Riley for more than thirty years and has recorded his music\, with Regina Myers\, on a boxed set of albums titled “Eighty Trips Around the Sun.” \nCahill’s latest project is The Future is Female\, an investigation and reframing of the piano literature featuring more than seventy compositions by women around the globe\, from the Baroque to the present day\, including new commissioned works. Recent and upcoming performances of The Future is Female include concerts at The Barbican\, Metropolitan Museum\, Carolina Performing Arts\, National Gallery of Art\, Carlsbad Music Festival\, Detroit Institute of Arts\, University of Iowa\, Bowling Green New Music Festival\, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive\, North Dakota Museum of Art\, Mayville State University\, the EXTENSITY Concert Series’ Women Now Festival in New York\, and the Newport Classical Music Festival. Cahill also performed music from The Future is Female for NPR Music’s Tiny Desk Concert series. \nSarah Cahill’s discography includes more than twenty albums on the New Albion\, CRI\, New World\, Tzadik\, Albany\, Innova\, Cold Blue\, Other Minds\, Irritable Hedgehog\, and Pinna labels. Her three-album series\, The Future is Female\, was released on First Hand Records between March 2022 and April 2023. These albums encompass 30 compositions by women from around the globe\, spanning the 17th century to the present day\, and include many world-premiere recordings. \nCahill’s radio show\, Revolutions Per Minute\, can be heard every Sunday evening from 6 to 8 pm on KALW\, 91.7 FM in San Francisco. She is on the faculty of the San Francisco Conservatory and is a regular pre-concert speaker with the San Francisco Symphony and the Los Angeles Philharmonic. \nTickets\nGeneral Admission : $25\nPWYC : $10 URL:https://dresherensemble.org/event/sarah-cahill-celebrating-terry-riley-ninety-trips-around-the-sun/ LOCATION:Dresher Ensemble Studio\, 2201 Poplar Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://dresherensemble.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Terry-Riley-Sarah-Cahill.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260503T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260503T130000 DTSTAMP:20260614T032523 CREATED:20260411T194708Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260422T192837Z UID:10000115-1777806000-1777813200@dresherensemble.org SUMMARY:Morning Ragas performed byIndradeep Ghosh (violin)Sudhakar Vaidyanathan (tabla) DESCRIPTION:Where the Bow Meets the Soul – A rare concert Morning Ragas performed by virtuoso North Indian violinist Indradeep Ghosh with Sudhakar Vaidyanathan on tabla. \nJoin us for a unique opportunity to hear an intimate recital of Hindustani morning ragas in the Dhrupad [devotional vocal music] Style\, Baaj\, from the Maihar tradition. This is the tradition that gave us such revered artists as maestros Ustad Allaudin Khan\, Ustad Ali Akbar Khan\, Pandit Ravi Shankar\, and Pandit Nikhil Banerjee. \nIndradeep Ghosh has performed and been celebrated worldwide. He is one of only a few musicians who play Hindustani (North Indian) classical music on the violin. Indradeep performs on a unique custom five-string violin/viola with eight sympathetic/resonating strings (modeled after other traditional Indian instruments like the sitar and the Norwegian Hardanger fiddle)\, which gives a richer tone and reverberant effect. \nThis concert offers the rare opportunity to hear morning ragas at the appropriate time of day and in an intimate setting that replicates the long tradition of baithak (sitting) where ragas were traditionally performed in private at the home of a patron or in the royal court to an audience passionate about the music. In recent years\, particularly since the rise in global popularity of Indian music in the 1970s\, many performers have shifted the focus of the music from a leisurely exposition of melodic aesthetics to more rhythm-heavy performances aimed at general audiences. With this recital\, Indradeep will highlight the more traditional melodic\, improvisational\, and meditative aesthetics that are at the spiritual core of the music. \nThe program offers both a full raga performance (beginning with an extended alap or non-rhythmic exposition) and concludes with several shorter semi-classical forms that typically draw on traditional folk melodies from diverse rural Indian traditions. We hope to introduce this centuries-old tradition to new listeners and to delight those already familiar with it. Of course\, chai will be served along with Indian snacks and sweets. \nBiographies \nIndradeep Ghosh has performed throughout the world at venues including the 10th Asia Festival in Barcelona\, SXSW music festival at Austin\, USA\, Learn Quest Music Festival\, Boston\, USA\, Tansen-Tyagaraja Music and Dance Festival\, Rajahmundry\, India Festival Du Bout Du Monde\, France\, the YOMAD Festival in Croatia\, Yoga-Vidya Music Festival in Germany\, to name a few. He has performed throughout Europe\, including Germany\, France\, Austria\, Luxembourg\, Spain\, Denmark\, Croatia\, Belgium\, the Netherlands\, Switzerland\, and has toured all over the USA. \nHe has collaborated with several Western musicians such as Grammy-winning Kora player Mama Dou Diabate\, world-famous rock band drummer Steve Smith\, Jazz Organ Monster Tony Monaco\, and versatile Flutist Pedro Eustache\, to name a few. \nHe has to his credit many Classical and Fusion Music albums. He is the only Indian Violinist to release the first-ever commercial VIOLA (Bass Violin) album titled “Tribute to Miyan Tansen on Viola”. He has also contributed to the album\, Melodic Intersect: One Vision\, which won the Akademia Music Award in January 2016 from Los Angeles. \nHe has also composed new ragas such as Ganapati\, Indradhanush\, and Hamsavahini\, which have gained enormous appreciation and popularity from both Indian and global listeners. \nSudhakar Vaidyanathan began his training in tabla under Shri Satish Tare at the age of 8. He has been continuing his training with Padma Shri Pandit Swapan Chaudhuri for the past 10+ years. He is a well established accompanist and soloist in the Bay Area. He has had the fortune of performing at many prestigious venues and festivals such as Davies Symphony Hall (San Francisco)\, BRM Ragas Live Festival\, Festival of Tabla\, and is a regular performer at the Ali Akbar College of Music in San Rafael\, CA and across the Bay Area. He has also collaborated closely with the Chitresh Das Institute\, playing multiple shows with their dance company across America \n  \n  URL:https://dresherensemble.org/event/morning-ragas-by-indradeep-ghosh-violin-and-eman-hashimi-tabla/ LOCATION:Dresher Ensemble Studio\, 2201 Poplar Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://dresherensemble.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Indra-3.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260502T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260502T213000 DTSTAMP:20260614T032523 CREATED:20260411T175453Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260411T175453Z UID:10000113-1777752000-1777757400@dresherensemble.org SUMMARY:Merlin Coleman and Amy X Neuburg present multi-channel audio works DESCRIPTION: URL:https://dresherensemble.org/event/merlin-coleman-and-amy-x-neuburg-present-multi-channel-audio-works/2026-05-02/ LOCATION:Dresher Ensemble Studio\, 2201 Poplar Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://dresherensemble.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Merlin-and-Amy-Merlin-Coleman.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260501T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260501T213000 DTSTAMP:20260614T032523 CREATED:20260411T175453Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260411T175453Z UID:10000112-1777665600-1777671000@dresherensemble.org SUMMARY:Merlin Coleman and Amy X Neuburg present multi-channel audio works DESCRIPTION: URL:https://dresherensemble.org/event/merlin-coleman-and-amy-x-neuburg-present-multi-channel-audio-works/2026-05-01/ LOCATION:Dresher Ensemble Studio\, 2201 Poplar Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://dresherensemble.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Merlin-and-Amy-Merlin-Coleman.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260426T191500 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260426T213000 DTSTAMP:20260614T032523 CREATED:20260411T174515Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260411T181837Z UID:10000111-1777230900-1777239000@dresherensemble.org 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://dresherensemble.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/26-April-WOSS-VR.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260425T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260425T210000 DTSTAMP:20260614T032523 CREATED:20260411T172918Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260411T173513Z UID:10000110-1777143600-1777150800@dresherensemble.org 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://dresherensemble.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Carl-Stone-VR.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260418T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260418T210000 DTSTAMP:20260614T032523 CREATED:20260411T171711Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260411T173657Z UID:10000109-1776540600-1776546000@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/2026-04-18/ 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 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260418T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260418T180000 DTSTAMP:20260614T032523 CREATED:20260411T163940Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260411T195021Z UID:10000102-1776520800-1776535200@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/2026-04-18/ 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 BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260417T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260417T210000 DTSTAMP:20260614T032523 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 BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260417T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260417T180000 DTSTAMP:20260614T032523 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 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260416T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260416T180000 DTSTAMP:20260614T032523 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://dresherensemble.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Jarek-2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260415T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260415T180000 DTSTAMP:20260614T032523 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://dresherensemble.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Jarek-2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260412T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260412T170000 DTSTAMP:20260614T032523 CREATED:20260320T210723Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260320T211517Z UID:10000096-1775980800-1776013200@dresherensemble.org 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://dresherensemble.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Screenshot-2026-03-20-at-2.07.46-PM.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260404T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260404T220000 DTSTAMP:20260614T032523 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://dresherensemble.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/moe.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260329T191500 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260329T213000 DTSTAMP:20260614T032523 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://dresherensemble.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Screenshot-2026-03-16-at-5.14.48-PM.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260322T191500 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260322T213000 DTSTAMP:20260614T032523 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://dresherensemble.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Fred-Frith.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260315T191500 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260315T213000 DTSTAMP:20260614T032523 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://dresherensemble.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Screenshot-2026-03-10-at-2.31.56-PM.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260308T191500 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260308T213000 DTSTAMP:20260614T032523 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://dresherensemble.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Rebecca-Laurence.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260222T191500 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260222T213000 DTSTAMP:20260614T032523 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://dresherensemble.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Screenshot-2026-02-02-at-4.12.09-PM.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260215T191500 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260215T213000 DTSTAMP:20260614T032523 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://dresherensemble.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Screenshot-2026-02-02-at-4.03.23-PM.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260208T191500 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260208T213000 DTSTAMP:20260614T032523 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://dresherensemble.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Screenshot-2026-02-02-at-3.58.16-PM.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251214T071500 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251214T213000 DTSTAMP:20260614T032523 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://dresherensemble.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Screenshot-2025-11-18-at-1.30.39-PM.png END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR