Welcome to the Paul Dresher Ensemble
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 are unique and skillful storytellers, and the movies themselves pack a real punch into anywhere from 5 to 18 minutes. Externalities – Dan McHale 2:35 […]
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 are unique and skillful storytellers, and the movies themselves pack a real punch into anywhere from 5 to 18 minutes Spheres – Martin Gerigk 5:52 […]
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 matter where you start. JULIA EDITH RIGBY is a composer, improvisor and sound artist based in Santa Ana, California. She presents a concert work that […]
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 music, from dense, notated contemporary solos to free explorations, all drawn from prominent composers, performers, and practitioners on the global gamelan scene. Piano, percussion, gamelan, […]
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 more than three decades expanding the vocabulary of the bassoon and challenging expectations of what the instrument can do. From his roots as an award-winning […]
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 that blur the line between composition and cooperative game strategies. Formed in 2009, Bristle has performed at the Stone NYC and toured throughout California and […]
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 BLEVIN BLECTUM, JAMES GOODE and THOMAS DIMUZIO take the stage. There's no time for guitarface or elvis presley moves when you are fine tuning minutae […]
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 duo. At the heart of the evening is Theresa Wong’s Bodywork, a new piece that brings the pianists together at one keyboard. Cahill and Myers […]
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 individual donors. Ex Machina (piano and projected media) by Clara Yang was presented on May 11, 2026 as part of Carnegie Hall’s United in Sound: […]
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 welcome Hadley to the Dresher Ensemble Studio in West Oakland to perform John Cage’s Sonatas and Interludes as part of our 88+ Contemporary Piano Series. […]
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 welcome Hadley to the Dresher Ensemble Studio in West Oakland to perform John Cage’s Sonatas and Interludes as part of our 88+ Contemporary Piano Series. […]
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 both. In redefining the 21st century piano duo, they also frequently include live electronics and alternate tuning systems in their programs. Their repertoire ranges from […]