• Brainwash Movie Festival – Day One

    Dresher Ensemble Studio 2201 Poplar Street, Oakland, CA, United States

    The movies shown at the Brainwash Movie Festival are a great mix of original humor, experimental art movies, innovative animation, and short live-action stories with high production values. The moviemakers […]

  • Brainwash Movie Festival – Day Two

    Dresher Ensemble Studio 2201 Poplar Street, Oakland, CA, United States

    The movies shown at the Brainwash Movie Festival are a great mix of original humor, experimental art movies, innovative animation, and short live-action stories with high production values. The moviemakers […]

  • Julia Rigby
    Ben Goldberg + Myra Melford + Mat Muntz

    Dresher Ensemble Studio 2201 Poplar Street, Oakland, CA, United States

    BEN GOLDBERG + MYRA MELFORD + MAT MUNTZ - Semi-orthogonal linear and non-linear pseudomellifluous quasisoliloquy, autobiographical and otherwise. when you are aiming for the heart of the matter, it doesn't […]

  • Eva-Maria Zimmermann, Graham Viegut, Dayu Mang Ana – Kreasi Kontemporer

    Dresher Ensemble Studio 2201 Poplar Street, Oakland, CA, United States

    Eva-Maria (piano), Graham (percussion), Dayu Mang (gamelan), and guests present musical creations from the international gamelan community. KREASI KONTEMPORER (contemporary creation) will feature an eclectic array of solo and chamber […]

  • BASSOON TRANSFORMATIONS: Paul Hanson–Improbable Territory

    Dresher Ensemble Studio 2201 Poplar Street, Oakland, CA, United States

    Solo Electric Bassoon with Loops/Effects; Duo with pianist Unpil Baek. Originals by Paul plus music by Glen Campbell, Wayne Shorter, Sting, Tigran Hamasyan & Ralph Towner. Paul Hanson has spent […]

  • BRISTLE
    Lenny Gonzales + Erik Ellestad

    Dresher Ensemble Studio 2201 Poplar Street, Oakland, CA, United States

    BRISTLE, the Northern California based sax-and-strings-fueled chamber jazz quartet of RANDY MCKEAN, CORY WRIGHT, MURRAY CAMPBELL, and LISA MEZZACAPPA, channels the individual virtuosity of its members into intricate group interactions […]

  • Hummingbird
    We Micromanage Infinity

    Dresher Ensemble Studio 2201 Poplar Street, Oakland, CA, United States

    WE MICROMANAGE INFINITY: Absorbed in modular synth tangles, software snarls, and engrossed with toy noisemakers and birdcalls, audience eye contact can be hard to come by when this supertrio of […]

  • Cahill-Myers Duo :: 88+ Piano Series

    Dresher Ensemble Studio 2201 Poplar Street, Oakland, CA, United States

    Check back soon for tickets Pianists Sarah Cahill and Regina Myers open our 88+ Contemporary Piano Series (more information below) with five works that span forty years of music for piano […]

  • Clara Yang :: 88+ Piano Series

    Dresher Ensemble Studio 2201 Poplar Street, Oakland, CA, United States

    Clara Yang’s concert is the second in our new “88+” series, which focuses on 20th- and 21st-century piano repertoire and world premieres, and is supported by the Amphion Foundation and […]

  • Hadley McCarroll :: 88+ Piano Series

    Dresher Ensemble Studio 2201 Poplar Street, Oakland, CA, United States

    A single grand piano can sound like an entire percussion ensemble in the hands of Hadley McCarroll. On Saturday, March 20, and Sunday, March 21, 2027, at 7:30 pm, we […]

  • Hadley McCarroll :: 88+ Piano Series

    Dresher Ensemble Studio 2201 Poplar Street, Oakland, CA, United States

    A single grand piano can sound like an entire percussion ensemble in the hands of Hadley McCarroll. On Saturday, March 20, and Sunday, March 21, 2027, at 7:30 pm, we […]

  • Ray-Kallay Duo :: 88+ Piano Series

    Dresher Ensemble Studio 2201 Poplar Street, Oakland, CA, United States

    The Ray-Kallay Duo (Vicki Ray and Aron Kallay) is dedicated to expanding the sonic possibilities of the multiple keyboard concert, often using two acoustic grands, two keyboards, or combinations of […]