• 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 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 […]

  • 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 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 […]

  • 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 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, […]

  • 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 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 […]