Welcome to the Paul Dresher Ensemble
EDA ER and DANNIEL RIBEIRO debut their dynamic duo, blending vocals, electronics, electric guitar, and video. Their work incorporates transducers and extended techniques within a structured improvisation setting, highlighting their shared exploration of sound, collaboration, and multimedia expression. Eda Er is a composer, multimedia artist, and vocalist based in the Bay Area. Her work integrates […]
Our first co-production with the Oakland Theater Project in Oakland from November 1 to 24, 2024, and in San Francisco from December 5 to 8, 2024
7:30 PM on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, and 2:00 PM on Sunday
CHRIS BROWN (piano/electronics) and THEA FARHADIAN (violin/electronics) come together for their first time improvised duo performance. THEA FARHADIAN is a performer/composer based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Her work extends across a wide range of disciplines, including solo violin and interactive electronics, acoustic improvisation, solo laptop, radio art, and scoring experimental video. Her solo […]
Rinde Eckert TENOR - Monica Rose Slater SOPRANO - Ami Nashimoto SOPRANO - Veronica Renner ALTO - Michael Perez BARITONE performing on piano, organ, slide guitar, glockenspiel, accordion, harp, cello, ukulele, erhu, autoharp and many percussion.
Rinde Eckert TENOR - Monica Rose Slater SOPRANO - Ami Nashimoto SOPRANO - Veronica Renner ALTO - Michael Perez BARITONE performing on piano, organ, slide guitar, glockenspiel, accordion, harp, cello, ukulele, erhu, autoharp and many percussion.
Rinde Eckert TENOR - Monica Rose Slater SOPRANO - Ami Nashimoto SOPRANO - Veronica Renner ALTO - Michael Perez BARITONE performing on piano, organ, slide guitar, glockenspiel, accordion, harp, cello, ukulele, erhu, autoharp and many percussion.
Rinde Eckert TENOR - Monica Rose Slater SOPRANO - Ami Nashimoto SOPRANO - Veronica Renner ALTO - Michael Perez BARITONE performing on piano, organ, slide guitar, glockenspiel, accordion, harp, cello, ukulele, erhu, autoharp and many percussion.
GIACOMO FIORE presents Lost Horse Wash Drone - a series of works composed after one week in residence at the Lou Harrison House in Joshua Tree, California, contemplating matters of tuning, improvisation, and our environment. The music is built on small just intonation modes, played on fretless electric and refretted resophonic guitar with live electronic […]
An evening of award-winning media art created by John Sanborn Media art created by John Sanborn, featuring four pairs of works, one from the 1980s and one from recent times. As the world has changed, the artist’s passions have not. During the two years of organizing a retrospective of my work at ZKM—Zentrum für Kunst […]
PHILIP GELB After a long absence from the music scene, Philip Gelb has returned to performing, marking his first ensemble performance since the Pauline Oliveros Memorial Festivals. During those festivals, Gelb emerged from self-imposed retirement to pay tribute to his mentor and dear friend. Previously, due to dental issues, he was forced to give up […]
Celebrating 50 Years of Cultural Bridges The Indonesia & India in California Festival will celebrate the history of these performing arts traditions as practiced in California and the SF Bay Area for over fifty years. Popular interest in culturally rich South and Southeast Asian art performance emerged in the 1960s through early 1970s through awareness of Southeast Asia, […]
Dive into an immersive experience of time, cycles, and renewal with MJDC’s The Wheel, which features live music by Paul Dresher and Joel Davel, text by poet Michael Palmer, and choreography by Margaret Jenkins. A visceral fusion of motion, sound, and story. Enter an exploratory voyage of movement, memory, and visual transformation as we investigate […]