BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Paul Dresher Ensemble - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH 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:20230312T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20231105T090000 END:STANDARD 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:20260425T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260425T210000 DTSTAMP:20260430T222122 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:20260430T222122 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:20260430T222122 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:20260430T222122 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:20260430T222122 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:20260430T222122 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:20260430T222122 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:20260404T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260404T220000 DTSTAMP:20260430T222122 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:20251017T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251017T213000 DTSTAMP:20260430T222122 CREATED:20250909T180654Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250911T234410Z UID:10000075-1760729400-1760736600@dresherensemble.org SUMMARY:Three Nights of Kathakali. Two Epics. One Timeless Art. Day Three:Kalyana Sougandhikam from the Mahābhārata DESCRIPTION:Kathakali Mini Festival – October 15\, 16 & 17\nExperience the grandeur of Kathakali\, the classical dance-drama of Kerala\, India. Over three evenings\, an extraordinary Indian cast at the height of their art will bring to life epic tales from the Mahābhārata and Ramayana with dazzling costumes\, vibrant music\, and breathtaking storytelling. These world-class artists have performed on some of the greatest stages in India and abroad\, and now they bring their mastery to the intimate setting of our West Oakland studio. Up close\, you’ll feel the power of the drums\, hear every nuance of the singers\, and see the fine details of costume and makeup in rare close-up. A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to witness Kathakali at its highest level. \nKalyana Sougandhikam was written by Kottayath Thamburan based on events in the Mahābhārata during the Pandavas’ vanavasa ( exile in the forest ) at Kamyaka Forest. While staying near the Gandhamadana Mountains\, Draupadi sees a rare Sougandhika flower and asks Bhima to find more. Determined to fulfill her wish\, Bhima sets out through the forest\, using his great strength to push through obstacles until he reaches the Kadali forest. There\, his loud journey disturbs Hanuman\, who is meditating. Realizing it’s his younger brother\, Hanuman decides to teach Bhima a lesson in humility by posing as a weak old monkey blocking the path. Bhima\, unable to move the monkey’s tail\, realizes the truth. Hanuman then reveals his identity\, blesses Bhima\, and guides him to the flower\, after which Bhima resumes his journey. \nActors: \nBhima: Kottakkal Harikumar \nDraupadi: Roshni Pillai \nHanuman: Kalamandalam Manoj \nSingers: Kottakkal Madhu\, Jishnu Nambudirpad \nPercussionists: \nChenda: Sadanam Jithin \nMaddalam: Kalamandalam Venu \nChutti & Costume : Eroor Manoj\, Kalanilayam Sreejith Sundaran \nFESTIVAL \nOctober 15th\, 2025 – 7:30 PM- $35: Subhadraharanam (Abduction of Subhadra)from epic Mahābhārata [tickets] \nOctober 16th\, 2025 – 7:30 PM- $35: Balivijayam from epic Ramayana [tickets] \nFestival pass [$90] is available on our ticket page with Eventbrite URL:https://dresherensemble.org/event/kalyana-sougandhikam-from-epic-mahabharata/ LOCATION:Dresher Ensemble Studio\, 2201 Poplar Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://dresherensemble.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/kalyanasouga_day3.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251016T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251016T213000 DTSTAMP:20260430T222122 CREATED:20250909T172840Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250911T234049Z UID:10000074-1760643000-1760650200@dresherensemble.org SUMMARY:Three Nights of Kathakali. Two Epics. One Timeless Art. Day Two: Balivijayam from the Ramayana DESCRIPTION:Kathakali Mini Festival – October 15\, 16 & 17\nExperience the grandeur of Kathakali\, the classical dance-drama of Kerala\, India. Over three evenings\, an extraordinary Indian cast at the height of their art will bring to life epic tales from the Mahābhārata and Ramayana with dazzling costumes\, vibrant music\, and breathtaking storytelling. These world-class artists have performed on some of the greatest stages in India and abroad\, and now they bring their mastery to the intimate setting of our West Oakland studio. Up close\, you’ll feel the power of the drums\, hear every nuance of the singers\, and see the fine details of costume and makeup in rare close-up. A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to witness Kathakali at its highest level. \nBalivijayam written by Kalloor Namboodiripad (1749-1824)\, is based on an episode from the Ramayana. Sage Narada visits King Ravana and\, during their conversation\, hints that a particular monkey claims to be unafraid of Ravana and should be subdued. Provoked\, Ravana grabs his sword\, but Narada tells him it’s unnecessary and leads him to the seashore\, where Bali is praying. Bali\, recognizing Ravana as his father\, Indra’s vanquisher\, decides to teach him a lesson. When Ravana tries to capture him\, he ends up entangled in Bali’s tail\, much to Narada’s amusement. Eventually\, Bali mocks Ravana\, who apologizes\, and they part on friendly terms. \nActors: \nRavana: Kalanilayam Sreejith Sundaran \nNarada: Kottakkal Harikumar \nBali: Jishnu Nambudiripad \nSingers: Kottakkal Madhu\, Sadanam Jyothish Babu\, \nPercussionists: \nChenda: Kalamandalam Sivadas\, Sadanam Jithin \nMaddalam: Kalamandalam Venu \nChutti & Costume: Eroor Manoj \nFESTIVAL \nOctober 15th\, 2025 – 7:30 PM – $35: Subhadraharanam (Abduction of Subhadra)from the epic Mahābhārata [Tickets] \nOctober 17th\, 2025 – 7:30 PM – $35: Balivijayam from the epic Ramayana [Tickets] \nFestival pass [$90] is available on our ticket page with Eventbrite URL:https://dresherensemble.org/event/balivijayam/ LOCATION:Dresher Ensemble Studio\, 2201 Poplar Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://dresherensemble.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/balivijayam_day2_by-Suresh-Maklootty.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251015T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251015T213000 DTSTAMP:20260430T222122 CREATED:20250909T170752Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250915T220354Z UID:10000073-1760556600-1760563800@dresherensemble.org SUMMARY:Three Nights of Kathakali. Two Epics. One Timeless Art. Day One:Subhadra Haranam from the Mahābhārata DESCRIPTION:Kathakali Mini Festival – October 15\, 16 & 17\nExperience the grandeur of Kathakali\, the classical dance-drama of Kerala\, India. Over three evenings\, an extraordinary Indian cast at the height of their art will bring to life epic tales from the Mahābhārata and Ramayana with dazzling costumes\, vibrant music\, and breathtaking storytelling. These world-class artists have performed on some of the greatest stages in India and abroad\, and now they bring their mastery to the intimate setting of our West Oakland studio. Up close\, you’ll feel the power of the drums\, hear every nuance of the singers\, and see the fine details of costume and makeup in rare close-up. A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to witness Kathakali at its highest level. \nKathakali in a Nutshell   [read more]\nSubhadra Haranam (Abduction of Subhadra) was written by Mandredath Namboothiripad (1851-1906). This story is based on Mahābhārata. The story of Subhadra Haranam is a chain of events that leads to Arjuna’s marriage with Subhadra (Krishna’s Younger sister). Arjuna broke a vow and went on a year-long pilgrimage\, during which he fell in love with Krishna’s sister\, Subhadra. Disguised as a saint\, he stayed at Dwaraka. With Krishna’s help\, he eloped with Subhadra while Balarama was away\, knowing Balarama wouldn’t approve the marriage. \nAfter his return\, Balarama learns that Arjuna\, disguised as a saint\, abducted Subhadra with Krishna’s support. Furious\, he confronts Krishna and threatens to kill Arjuna. Krishna tries to calm him with logic and finally reminds him that killing Arjuna would make Subhadra a widow. Realizing this\, Balarama agrees to visit the couple. On the way\, Krishna shows him Arjuna’s battlefield skills\, which impress Balarama. He ultimately accepts Arjuna as his brother-in-law\, bringing the story to a peaceful end. \nOur 2025 Kathakali Ensemble   [read more]\nActors: \nBalarama: Peesappilli Rajeev \nKrishna: Kalamandalam Manoj \nSingers: Sadanam Jyothish Babu\, Jishnu Nambudiripad \nPercussionists: \nChenda: Kalamandalam Sivadas\, Sadanam Jithin \nMaddalam: Kalamandalam Venu \nChutti & Costume: Eroor Manoj\, Kalanilayam Sreejith Sundaran \nLength : 90 min \nFESTIVAL \nOctober 16th\, 2025 – 7:30 PM – $35: Balivijayam from epic Ramayana [Tickets] \nOctober 17th\, 2025 – 7:30 PM – $35: Kalyana Sougandhikam from epic Mahābhārata [Tickets] \nFestival pass [$90] is available on our ticket page with Eventbrite URL:https://dresherensemble.org/event/subhadraharanam-abduction-of-subhadra/ LOCATION:Dresher Ensemble Studio\, 2201 Poplar Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://dresherensemble.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/balarama_krish_day1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251011T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251011T203000 DTSTAMP:20260430T222122 CREATED:20251007T210337Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251007T210658Z UID:10000080-1760209200-1760214600@dresherensemble.org SUMMARY:Up Close with Rinde EckertVoice\, Words\, Music and Friends DESCRIPTION:Rinde Eckert—recipient of the 2005 Marc Blitzstein Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters—is a singer\, writer\, composer\, actor\, mover\, and musician: in short\, a performing artist extraordinaire. His program features both new and classic solo works that highlight his remarkable voice\, masterful writing\, and wide-ranging instrumental artistry on an array of unconventional instruments. To close out the program\, he’ll be joined by longtime collaborators Paul Dresher and Joel Davel\, who will perform on their own invented instruments\, the Hurdy Grande and Marimba Lumina.\n\n \n\nPaul asked Rinde about this upcoming 90-minute performance in our studio.\n“I’m planning on playing some old favorites and some new ones\, as well as a couple of experiments with new friends. I’ve started most concerts (including my Kennedy Center concert) with a lament sung with an accordion. I won’t break the tradition this time. Prayer is another favorite\, built on a piece I wrote for The Gardening of Thomas D.\, which is for piano. I’m bringing my 10-string slide guitar so that The Idiot Variations will be represented. From my last CD\, The Natural World\, I’ll sing Catbird (piano) and Black is the Color (accordion). Ellen made me promise to sing One Night On eave from Highway Ulysses and Time is Not a Simple Thing from The Raft (the piece that Covid killed).”\n\n  URL:https://dresherensemble.org/event/up-close-with-rinde-eckert-voice-words-music-and-friends/ LOCATION:Dresher Ensemble Studio\, 2201 Poplar Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://dresherensemble.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Rinde_Echkert_1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250907T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250907T180000 DTSTAMP:20260430T222122 CREATED:20250806T195724Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250828T161620Z UID:10000072-1757251800-1757268000@dresherensemble.org SUMMARY:Dresher Ensemble Studio ReOpening Fest DESCRIPTION:This ReOpening Fest showcases a vibrant mix of artists who have made our space their creative home through regular rehearsals\, fiscal sponsorships\, or as awardees of the Dresher Ensemble Artist Residency. Events will take place in the Dresher Ensemble Studio\, the large lobby on the second floor\, and an impromptu viewing theater on the loading dock. \nEnjoy outstanding performances\, great food\, and fine wine [William Knuttel Winery] as we come together to honor the power of shared space and creative community. \nReady to join us? Click ‘Purchase Tickets’[on top of picture] to RSVP (free) and we’ll save you food + drinks!\nAfternoon Performances (1:30–6:00 PM) \nDresher Ensemble Studio \n2:10 PM: Dresher Davel Invented Instruments Duo \n3:00 PM: Odd Savvy (puppet theater piece by Fred C Riley + Ian Erickson + Lisa Zagone) \n3:55 PM: dNaga Dance Co \n4:30 PM: Bjll Dingalls (Bill Hsu\, Tom Djill\, Matt Ingalls). \n4:45 PM: sfSound Group \n5:30 PM: Lisa Mezzacappa’s 5-ish (with Brett Carson\, Kyle Bruckmann\, Jordan Glenn\, Mark Clifford) \nLobby \nHands-on Interactive Installations: \nPaul Dresher & Daniel Schmidt’s Invented Instruments/Sound Sculptures\, and kinetic and interactive art by Sudhu Tewari. \n1:30 PM: Thingamajigs Performance Group \n2:35 PM: martha & monica (cello\, piano) performing Monica Scott’s More than Nine Minutes (2016) and Giacinto Scelsi’s To the Master. \n3:30 PM: Diane Grubbe & Frank Johnson (flute\, piano) performing Paul Dresher’s Waterfall \n3:45 PM: dNaga Dance Co. (photo: Catalina Jacksons Urueña by Mitch Tobias) \n4:10 PM: Brett Carson (piano) \nLoading Dock \n1:30-6:00 PM: John Sanborn (video art( \nEvening Concert – Dresher Ensemble Studio \nWest Oakland Sound Series (7:15 – 9:00 PM): \n– Saki Minamimoto (voice/poetry)\, Ben Goldberg\, Motoko Honda\, and Nathan Clevenger \n– Thollem (Thollem McDonas) with ROVA \nPlease note: For the West Oakland Sound Series\, tickets must be purchased either online in advance or at the door. \n  URL:https://dresherensemble.org/event/dresher-ensemble-studio-fest/ LOCATION:Dresher Ensemble Studio\, 2201 Poplar Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://dresherensemble.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/2025_07_dNaga-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250817T191500 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250817T213000 DTSTAMP:20260430T222122 CREATED:20250806T180409Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250806T223404Z UID:10000068-1755458100-1755466200@dresherensemble.org SUMMARY:ERIC THEISE + ABIGAIL HINSON LARRY OCHS with FRED LONBERG-HOLM & BEN DAVIS DESCRIPTION:In the perfect environment for close listening\, the two cellos and saxophone TRIO BEN DAVIS – FRED LONBERG-HOLM – LARRY OCHS invite you\, the avid listeners\, to join the musicians in enjoying their spontaneous but carefully sculpted music as it happens\, in real time. Through repeated performances\, musical discussions after shows and rehearsals\, this music slowly but confidently evolves. And the audience and the performance environment matter. There’s no more perfect environment than Paul Dresher’s studio space in which to hear the intimate improvisations that this trio hopes to deliver. \n  \nERIC THEISE presents a set of performances\, solo and in collaboration with ABIGAIL HINSON (movement) and local musicians. The concert involves an invented\, map-driven sound maker; dance improvisations over a map animation project onto the floor; and improvised cartography projected onto the back wall that responding to music and dance. Theise’s work was recently seen atop San Francisco’s Salesforce Tower Top. URL:https://dresherensemble.org/event/eric-theise-abigail-hinson-larry-ochs-fred-lonberg-holm-ben-davis/ LOCATION:Dresher Ensemble Studio\, 2201 Poplar Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://dresherensemble.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Screenshot-2025-08-06-at-11.03.39-AM.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250815T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250815T213000 DTSTAMP:20260430T222122 CREATED:20250806T183459Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250806T184241Z UID:10000070-1755286200-1755293400@dresherensemble.org SUMMARY:Splinter Reeds DESCRIPTION:Splinter Reeds\nWorks by Zachary James Watkins and Karola Obermüller\, and new commission Brume by Jean Carla Rodea \nCommissioned by Splinter Reeds with support from a Musical Grant Program award by Intermusic SF\, Brume is an immersive multimedia performance created by Jean Carla Rodea during her Dresher Ensemble Artist Residency. \nDrawing inspiration from breath in all its forms—from quiet\, intimate exhalations to the drifting fog over the Marin Headlands\, Brume explores air as both a bodily experience and an elemental force. Through spatialized sound\, light\, and video\, the piece transforms the performance space into a resonant\, living ecosystem. \nwww.jeancarlarodea.com \n \nKyle Bruckmann\, oboe | Bill Kalinkos\, clarinet | Dana Jessen\, bassoon | Nicki Roman\, saxophone | Jeff Anderle\, bass clarinet \nwww.splinterreeds.com URL:https://dresherensemble.org/event/splinter-reeds/ LOCATION:Dresher Ensemble Studio\, 2201 Poplar Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://dresherensemble.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/BRUME_video_still_JCR-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250727T191500 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250727T213000 DTSTAMP:20260430T222122 CREATED:20250708T160102Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250708T160213Z UID:10000062-1753643700-1753651800@dresherensemble.org SUMMARY:ERNST KAREL: ATMOSPHERIC RIVERS THE GLITCH BLOOM + SADA DESCRIPTION:ERNST KAREL: ATMOSPHERIC RIVERS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nERNST KAREL presents his multichannel\, ongoing iterative work\, Atmospheric Rivers. This piece’s subject is a key component of the global water cycle: the enormous streams of concentrated water vapor which flow through the sky from the tropics towards the poles\, releasing heavy rain in high wind\, particularly in the western U.S\, and anticipated to increase in frequency and intensity with climate change. Performed in surround sound\, the piece consists of unprocessed stereo and multichannel location recordings of atmospheric rivers\, made over the past few years\, as they pass by our house at the rocky northern California coast. \nTHE GLITCH BLOOM + SADA\nTHE GLITCH BLOOM (EDA ER & DANNIEL RIBEIRO) operates in an indefinable musical territory where the lines between composed work\, improvisation\, and multimedia blur into a distinctive sonic fusion. Their artistic practice combines vocals\, electronic elements\, electric guitar\, and video with transducers\, unconventional playing techniques\, and sculptural objects\, establishing a fluid relationship between planned structure and spontaneous creation. Founded on mutual investigation of sound possibilities\, collaborative processes\, and multimedia integration\, Glitch Bloom embraces unexpected outcomes—where harsh sounds intermingle with melodic elements\, acoustic manipulations transform through electronic processing\, and sound manifests as both physical and transient. Their performances create immersive environments that explore the convergence of music\, physical movement\, and visual components to deliver an experience that defies traditional classification. \nSADA is a vocal duo between SARAH GRACE GRAVES and EDA ER\, both singers and composers who each stumbled upon experimental music somewhat unexpectedly: Graves began her artistic path as a choral singer\, Er as an actor. In combining Graves’ innocent virtuosity with Er’s disarming honesty\, the two hope to build a narrative\, aesthetic\, and technical habitat for stories only they can tell. URL:https://dresherensemble.org/event/ernst-karel-atmospheric-rivers-the-glitch-bloom-sada/ LOCATION:Dresher Ensemble Studio\, 2201 Poplar Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://dresherensemble.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Karel.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250713T191500 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250713T213000 DTSTAMP:20260430T222122 CREATED:20250708T155057Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250708T155247Z UID:10000061-1752434100-1752442200@dresherensemble.org SUMMARY:GEORGE ROGERS + LORIN BENEDICT LISA MEZZACAPPA 5(ISH) DESCRIPTION:LISA MEZZACAPPA 5(ISH) \nBassist and composer LISA MEZZACAPPA (acoustic bass) brings her newest ensemble to the WEST OAKLAND SOUND SERIES in advance of its NYC debut at The Stone later this month. Mezzacappa’s previous works have drawn inspiration from Dashiell Hammett and Paul Auster’s lean noir crime novels and Italo Calvino’s hilarious and poignant Cosmicomics stories. Now she’s exploring the concept of worldbuilding in the otherwrldly cycle\, a suite of music inspired her fascination with the speculative fiction of Ursula Le Guin\, Haruki Murakami\, Samuel R. Delany\, and David Mitchell— as a way to envision new kinds of musical interaction\, storytelling\, structure and play. \nAARON BENNETT\, tenor saxophone\nKYLE BRUCKMANN\, oboes/modular synth\nMARK PASCUCCI-CLIFFORD\, vibraphone\nBRETT CARSON\, keyboard\nLISA MEZZACAPPA\, acoustic bass\nJORDAN GLENN\, drums \n____________________________ \nGEORGE ROGERS + LORIN BENEDICT \nGrand Prize winner of the 2025 Vandoren Emerging Artist competition\, GEORGE ROGERS is a saxophonist\, improviser\, composer\, teacher\, and facilitator from the San Francisco Bay Area\, currently based in Oberlin\, Ohio. Rogers—a mentee of saxophone legends Gary Bartz\, Justin Robinson\, and Dann Zinn—has performed at venues across the nation\, including Dizzy’s Club\, SFJAZZ\, LIBRETTO\, the Concord Jazz Festival\, the Vail Jazz Party\, and the Cleveland Museum of Art. Drawing inspiration from a diverse array of genres\, Rogers’s playing and composing styles blend elements of traditional\, modern\, and avant-garde jazz\, while also embracing influences from popular\, experimental\, and singer-songwriter music. For WEST OAKLAND SOUND SERIES\, Rogers joins LORIN BENEDICT\, an improvising vocalist (scat singer\, essentially) living in Emeryville\, California. Most of Lorin’s work in this area is centered loosely in the jazz idiom. Lorin has co-led small groups (duos\, trios) in which the roles of the musicians are somewhat mutable even in contexts where highly structured forms are being played. Examples include Bleeding Vector with Emeryville guitarist Eric Vogler\, and another duo project with east bay saxophonist Kasey Knudsen. Together\, these three musicians jointly lead the trio project\, The Holly Martins. He has also co-led duo projects with Helsinki-based drummer Sam Ospovat and LA-based musician Logan Kane. URL:https://dresherensemble.org/event/george-rogers-lorin-benedict-lisa-mezzacappa-5ish/ LOCATION:Dresher Ensemble Studio\, 2201 Poplar Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://dresherensemble.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/mezz.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250712T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250712T210000 DTSTAMP:20260430T222122 CREATED:20250708T153856Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250708T153856Z UID:10000060-1752346800-1752354000@dresherensemble.org SUMMARY:Tastes Like Bitterness\, Moves Like Love DESCRIPTION:Celebrating its 24th year of dance making in the Bay Area\, dNaga Dance Co.\, directed and choreographed by Claudine Naganuma\, presents Tastes Like Bitterness\, Moves Like Love\, at the Dresher Ensemble Studio in West Oakland\, July 10-12th\, 2025. \nJoin us for an exclusive performance of dNaga Dance Co.\, providing a unique pairing of dance\, bites\, and beverages. Driven by a longstanding collaborative team\, and celebrating its 24th year\, Tastes Like Bitterness\, Moves Like Love offers a powerful and restorative evening. Hors d’oeuvres and drinks to match the exploration of grief\, fury\, grace\, and love will be included in the price of admission. \nIncluded in the evening is a suite of dances from Unbound\, which premiered at the Mondavi Center in October 2024 and was commissioned by the Anti-Asian Violence: Origins and Trajectories Research Initiative (AAVOT). Tastes Like Bitterness\, Moves Like Love is supported by individual donations and the generous support of Musical Traditions. dNaga Dance Co. is fiscally sponsored by Dancers’ Group. \n“Hard times require furious dancing” – Alice Walker. \nPhoto by Robbie Sweeny; Dancer: Raychel Hatch \nCAST & COLLABORATORS \nConceived and Directed by Claudine Naganuma \nChoreography by Claudine Naganuma and dNaga Dance Co. \nMusical Director and Composer: Joel Davel \nLighting and Technical Direction: Dale MacDonald \nVideo and Animation: Elmira Bagherzadeh \nDancers: Lihong Chan\, Mana Hayakowa\, Catalina Jackson-Uruena\, Erin Landers\, Leila Massoudi\, and Gabby Wei. \nABOUT dNaga Dance Co. \ndNaga Dance Co. started in 2001 and is rooted in creativity and community building. Through dance\, their mission is to explore that which challenges us and to uplift our commonalities in order to inspire compassion and hope. dNaga is licensed to offer the Dance for PD® program in Oakland and founded the GIRL Project at EastSide Cultural Center. dNaga’s community programs are driven by the cultivation of creativity and connection. By cultivating creative thinking\, we are directly affecting our ability to build new pathways to problem-solving. We can help to heal trauma\, interrupt systemic oppression\, and use art as a tool to liberate ourselves and our communities. dNaga is in residence at Danspace and its company members live in California and New York. dNaga Dance Co. is fiscally sponsored by Dancers’ Group based in San Francisco. URL:https://dresherensemble.org/event/tastes-like-bitterness-moves-like-love/2025-07-12/2/ LOCATION:Dresher Ensemble Studio\, 2201 Poplar Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://dresherensemble.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/DSC06234orig.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250712T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250712T160000 DTSTAMP:20260430T222122 CREATED:20250708T153856Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250708T153856Z UID:10000059-1752328800-1752336000@dresherensemble.org SUMMARY:Tastes Like Bitterness\, Moves Like Love DESCRIPTION:Celebrating its 24th year of dance making in the Bay Area\, dNaga Dance Co.\, directed and choreographed by Claudine Naganuma\, presents Tastes Like Bitterness\, Moves Like Love\, at the Dresher Ensemble Studio in West Oakland\, July 10-12th\, 2025. \nJoin us for an exclusive performance of dNaga Dance Co.\, providing a unique pairing of dance\, bites\, and beverages. Driven by a longstanding collaborative team\, and celebrating its 24th year\, Tastes Like Bitterness\, Moves Like Love offers a powerful and restorative evening. Hors d’oeuvres and drinks to match the exploration of grief\, fury\, grace\, and love will be included in the price of admission. \nIncluded in the evening is a suite of dances from Unbound\, which premiered at the Mondavi Center in October 2024 and was commissioned by the Anti-Asian Violence: Origins and Trajectories Research Initiative (AAVOT). Tastes Like Bitterness\, Moves Like Love is supported by individual donations and the generous support of Musical Traditions. dNaga Dance Co. is fiscally sponsored by Dancers’ Group. \n“Hard times require furious dancing” – Alice Walker. \nPhoto by Robbie Sweeny; Dancer: Raychel Hatch \nCAST & COLLABORATORS \nConceived and Directed by Claudine Naganuma \nChoreography by Claudine Naganuma and dNaga Dance Co. \nMusical Director and Composer: Joel Davel \nLighting and Technical Direction: Dale MacDonald \nVideo and Animation: Elmira Bagherzadeh \nDancers: Lihong Chan\, Mana Hayakowa\, Catalina Jackson-Uruena\, Erin Landers\, Leila Massoudi\, and Gabby Wei. \nABOUT dNaga Dance Co. \ndNaga Dance Co. started in 2001 and is rooted in creativity and community building. Through dance\, their mission is to explore that which challenges us and to uplift our commonalities in order to inspire compassion and hope. dNaga is licensed to offer the Dance for PD® program in Oakland and founded the GIRL Project at EastSide Cultural Center. dNaga’s community programs are driven by the cultivation of creativity and connection. By cultivating creative thinking\, we are directly affecting our ability to build new pathways to problem-solving. We can help to heal trauma\, interrupt systemic oppression\, and use art as a tool to liberate ourselves and our communities. dNaga is in residence at Danspace and its company members live in California and New York. dNaga Dance Co. is fiscally sponsored by Dancers’ Group based in San Francisco. URL:https://dresherensemble.org/event/tastes-like-bitterness-moves-like-love/2025-07-12/1/ LOCATION:Dresher Ensemble Studio\, 2201 Poplar Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://dresherensemble.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/DSC06234orig.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250711T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250711T210000 DTSTAMP:20260430T222122 CREATED:20250708T153856Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250708T153856Z UID:10000058-1752260400-1752267600@dresherensemble.org SUMMARY:Tastes Like Bitterness\, Moves Like Love DESCRIPTION:Celebrating its 24th year of dance making in the Bay Area\, dNaga Dance Co.\, directed and choreographed by Claudine Naganuma\, presents Tastes Like Bitterness\, Moves Like Love\, at the Dresher Ensemble Studio in West Oakland\, July 10-12th\, 2025. \nJoin us for an exclusive performance of dNaga Dance Co.\, providing a unique pairing of dance\, bites\, and beverages. Driven by a longstanding collaborative team\, and celebrating its 24th year\, Tastes Like Bitterness\, Moves Like Love offers a powerful and restorative evening. Hors d’oeuvres and drinks to match the exploration of grief\, fury\, grace\, and love will be included in the price of admission. \nIncluded in the evening is a suite of dances from Unbound\, which premiered at the Mondavi Center in October 2024 and was commissioned by the Anti-Asian Violence: Origins and Trajectories Research Initiative (AAVOT). Tastes Like Bitterness\, Moves Like Love is supported by individual donations and the generous support of Musical Traditions. dNaga Dance Co. is fiscally sponsored by Dancers’ Group. \n“Hard times require furious dancing” – Alice Walker. \nPhoto by Robbie Sweeny; Dancer: Raychel Hatch \nCAST & COLLABORATORS \nConceived and Directed by Claudine Naganuma \nChoreography by Claudine Naganuma and dNaga Dance Co. \nMusical Director and Composer: Joel Davel \nLighting and Technical Direction: Dale MacDonald \nVideo and Animation: Elmira Bagherzadeh \nDancers: Lihong Chan\, Mana Hayakowa\, Catalina Jackson-Uruena\, Erin Landers\, Leila Massoudi\, and Gabby Wei. \nABOUT dNaga Dance Co. \ndNaga Dance Co. started in 2001 and is rooted in creativity and community building. Through dance\, their mission is to explore that which challenges us and to uplift our commonalities in order to inspire compassion and hope. dNaga is licensed to offer the Dance for PD® program in Oakland and founded the GIRL Project at EastSide Cultural Center. dNaga’s community programs are driven by the cultivation of creativity and connection. By cultivating creative thinking\, we are directly affecting our ability to build new pathways to problem-solving. We can help to heal trauma\, interrupt systemic oppression\, and use art as a tool to liberate ourselves and our communities. dNaga is in residence at Danspace and its company members live in California and New York. dNaga Dance Co. is fiscally sponsored by Dancers’ Group based in San Francisco. URL:https://dresherensemble.org/event/tastes-like-bitterness-moves-like-love/2025-07-11/ LOCATION:Dresher Ensemble Studio\, 2201 Poplar Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://dresherensemble.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/DSC06234orig.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250710T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250710T210000 DTSTAMP:20260430T222122 CREATED:20250708T153856Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250708T153856Z UID:10000057-1752174000-1752181200@dresherensemble.org SUMMARY:Tastes Like Bitterness\, Moves Like Love DESCRIPTION:Celebrating its 24th year of dance making in the Bay Area\, dNaga Dance Co.\, directed and choreographed by Claudine Naganuma\, presents Tastes Like Bitterness\, Moves Like Love\, at the Dresher Ensemble Studio in West Oakland\, July 10-12th\, 2025. \nJoin us for an exclusive performance of dNaga Dance Co.\, providing a unique pairing of dance\, bites\, and beverages. Driven by a longstanding collaborative team\, and celebrating its 24th year\, Tastes Like Bitterness\, Moves Like Love offers a powerful and restorative evening. Hors d’oeuvres and drinks to match the exploration of grief\, fury\, grace\, and love will be included in the price of admission. \nIncluded in the evening is a suite of dances from Unbound\, which premiered at the Mondavi Center in October 2024 and was commissioned by the Anti-Asian Violence: Origins and Trajectories Research Initiative (AAVOT). Tastes Like Bitterness\, Moves Like Love is supported by individual donations and the generous support of Musical Traditions. dNaga Dance Co. is fiscally sponsored by Dancers’ Group. \n“Hard times require furious dancing” – Alice Walker. \nPhoto by Robbie Sweeny; Dancer: Raychel Hatch \nCAST & COLLABORATORS \nConceived and Directed by Claudine Naganuma \nChoreography by Claudine Naganuma and dNaga Dance Co. \nMusical Director and Composer: Joel Davel \nLighting and Technical Direction: Dale MacDonald \nVideo and Animation: Elmira Bagherzadeh \nDancers: Lihong Chan\, Mana Hayakowa\, Catalina Jackson-Uruena\, Erin Landers\, Leila Massoudi\, and Gabby Wei. \nABOUT dNaga Dance Co. \ndNaga Dance Co. started in 2001 and is rooted in creativity and community building. Through dance\, their mission is to explore that which challenges us and to uplift our commonalities in order to inspire compassion and hope. dNaga is licensed to offer the Dance for PD® program in Oakland and founded the GIRL Project at EastSide Cultural Center. dNaga’s community programs are driven by the cultivation of creativity and connection. By cultivating creative thinking\, we are directly affecting our ability to build new pathways to problem-solving. We can help to heal trauma\, interrupt systemic oppression\, and use art as a tool to liberate ourselves and our communities. dNaga is in residence at Danspace and its company members live in California and New York. dNaga Dance Co. is fiscally sponsored by Dancers’ Group based in San Francisco. URL:https://dresherensemble.org/event/tastes-like-bitterness-moves-like-love/2025-07-10/ LOCATION:Dresher Ensemble Studio\, 2201 Poplar Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://dresherensemble.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/DSC06234orig.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250517T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250517T210000 DTSTAMP:20260430T222122 CREATED:20250501T202150Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250501T202338Z UID:10000054-1747510200-1747515600@dresherensemble.org SUMMARY:Ninaad DESCRIPTION:This evening’s performances will showcase two forms of dance within the Odissi repertoire — Nritta or pure dance\, usually a lyrical composition celebrating a season or a mood\, and Nritya or expressive dance where the dancers use movement and expression to narrate a story\, usually from Hindu mythology.\n\nThe dancers will perform a mix of Guru Swain’s unique choreographies\, which honor the Odissi form and traditions but offer fresh executions of this exquisite and ancient Indian classical dance form\, as well as traditional items from the Odissi repertoire.\n\nSamir Kumar Panigrahi\, Santosh Ram\, Roji Swain\, and Debashree Patnaik are award-winning principal dancers with the Bhubaneswar-based disciples of Guru Shree Bichitrananda Swain\, founder-director of Rudrakshya Foundation. A must-see for lovers of Indian classical dance and cultural storytelling. URL:https://dresherensemble.org/event/ninaad/ LOCATION:Dresher Ensemble Studio\, 2201 Poplar Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://dresherensemble.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Odissi-620x-320.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250511T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250511T213000 DTSTAMP:20260430T222122 CREATED:20250501T201122Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250501T212033Z UID:10000053-1746990000-1746999000@dresherensemble.org SUMMARY:Adam Lion (solo vibraphone)sfSoundGroup performs Lucier and Erickson DESCRIPTION:Adam Lion (Solo Vibraphone)  \nsfSoundGroup performs Lucier and Erickson \n\nAdam Lion: Los Angeles-based percussionist presents his new vibraphone album “When a Line Bends\,” a study on acoustic phenomena and the possibilities of sound.​\nsfSoundGroup: Performing Alvin Lucier’s “Two Circles” (2012) and Robert Erickson’s “Pacific Sirens” (1969)\, featuring performers Sam Weiser (violin)\, Monica Scott (cello)\, Kjell Nordeson (percussion)\, Lisa Mezzacappa (bass)\, Hadley McCarroll (piano)\, Brendan Lai-Tong (trombone)\, John Ingle (saxophone)\, Matt Ingalls (clarinet)\, and Diane Grubbe (flute).​ URL:https://dresherensemble.org/event/adam-lion-solo-vibraphonesfsoundgroup-performs-lucier-and-erickson/ LOCATION:Dresher Ensemble Studio\, 2201 Poplar Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250504T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250504T213000 DTSTAMP:20260430T222122 CREATED:20250501T200542Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250501T211944Z UID:10000052-1746385200-1746394200@dresherensemble.org SUMMARY:Double CD Release Show: "Cracking the Surface" & "Jongleurs" DESCRIPTION:Cracking the Surface: Featuring David Michalak (instruments of skatch)\, Scott Looney (piano\, hyper-piano)\, and Thomas Dimuzio (Buchla 200E\, processing). This performance celebrates their new release recorded at Fantasy Studios with Tom Nunn\, marking his last recording.​\nChris Brown & Ben Davis: Celebrating the release of “Jongleurs\,” this duo explores free improvisation with influences from classical contemporary music\, utilizing just intonation\, noise\, and live interactive electronics. URL:https://dresherensemble.org/event/double-cd-release-show-cracking-the-surface-jongleurs/ LOCATION:Dresher Ensemble Studio\, 2201 Poplar Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://dresherensemble.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/image-1366x708-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250419T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250419T220000 DTSTAMP:20260430T222122 CREATED:20250418T193237Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250418T193237Z UID:10000051-1745060400-1745100000@dresherensemble.org SUMMARY:Indonesia & India in California Festival DESCRIPTION:Celebrating 50 Years of
Cultural Bridges\n\n\n\n\nThe 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\, catapulted by concerns for the Vietnamese War. The interest in Indian culture and traditional arts manifested in pop culture in music\, decorative arts\, practice of meditation and yoga\, dance and theater. \n\n11:00 AM – 5:00 PM \nFree Performances and Workshops \nFree Performances celebrating the 50-year history of Indonesian and Indian art performance in the Bay Area and learn more about the 4th and 1st largest countries in the world. Enjoy the UCB-based Sari Raras courtly gamelan bronze percussion ensemble\, followed by a lively set of West Javanese music & dance. Participate in one of the family-friendly mask and puppetry workshops while learning about the Hindu mythology shared over the centuries by India and Indonesia. Enjoy Oakland’s Bali-influenced rock ensemble\, Purnamasari\, and dances by Lestari Dance Company (Java) and Kompiang Davies (Bali). Join a Body Tjak (contemporary Balinese kecak) rhythm workshop by Oakland artist Keith Terry\, Crosspulse. Enjoy classical Bharata Natyam and other traditional South Indian dances presented by the Bala Dance Center and Kalanjali Dances of India\, both based in the East Bay for 50 years. \n6:30 PM – 10:00 PM\nEvening Concerts (tickets required) \nFormal Virtuoso Music and Dance Concert\, featuring Indian music(sarod and tabla) by Manik Khan\, youngest son of the legendary maestro Ali Akbar Khan who founded the Ali Akbar Khan School of Music in Berkeley in 1967 (since 1968 in Marin County). Enjoy music and dance by the San Jose-based Gamelan Pusaka Sunda Degung ensemble(West Java)\, followed by Balinese music and dance by Gamelan Sekar Jaya. Founded in 1979 in Berkeley\, GSJ has won numerous awards from the Government in Bali for their exemplary Gong Kebyar ensemble. (tickets required) URL:https://dresherensemble.org/event/indonesia-india-in-california-festival/ LOCATION:Crowden Music Center\, 1475 Rose St\, Berkeley\, 94702\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://dresherensemble.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/indo-fest.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241208T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241208T160000 DTSTAMP:20260430T222122 CREATED:20241025T005447Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241205T190559Z UID:10000044-1733666400-1733673600@dresherensemble.org SUMMARY:Ghost Quartet DESCRIPTION:Dave Malloy music\, lyrics\, and text – William Thomas Hodgson director \nRinde Eckert TENOR piano – organ – slide guitar – percussion\nMonica Rose Slater SOPRANO glockenspiel – accordion – harp – percussion\nAmi Nashimoto SOPRANO cello – ukulele – erhu – percussion\nVeronica Renner ALTO accordion – autoharp – percussion\nMichael Perez BARITONE percussion \nDave Malloy’s quirky and wondrous ghost story musical is as life-affirming as it is astounding. The piece is author-described as “a song cycle about love\, death\, and whiskey” in which “a camera breaks and four friends drink in four interwoven narratives spanning seven centuries.” \nAudiences won’t want to miss this stunning musical from the creator whose work has recently delighted Bay Area audiences at Berkeley Rep (Octet) and Shotgun Players (Natasha\, Pierre\, and the Great Comet of 1812). Ghost Quartet is considered Malloy’s most enchanting work. \nIn partnership with Oakland Theater Project\, this production will be performed at 7:30 PM [Thursday|Friday|Saturday] and 2:00 PM on Sunday. \nSan Francisco from December 5 to 8\nODC B. Way Theater\n3153 17th Street – San Francisco \nInformation : Ghost Quartet Synopsis and Cast \nTickets : odc.dance/ghost-quartet \nTickets $60 ● $35 ● PWYC $20 ● $10 \nA co-production between New Performance Traditions—an initiative of the Paul Dresher Ensemble—and Oakland Theater Project. The performances in San Francisco are supported in part by Grants for the Arts\, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation\, and the Bernard Osher Foundation \n\nDave Malloy – music\, lyrics\, and text\nShow More\nHe has written thirteen musicals\, including Octet\, a chamber choir musical about internet addiction; Natasha\, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812\, an electropop opera based on a slice of Tolstoy’s War & Peace (12 Tony nominations\, including Best Musical\, Score\, Book\, and Orchestrations); Ghost Quartet\, a song cycle about love\, death\, and whiskey; Preludes\, a musical fantasia set in the hypnotized mind of Sergei Rachmaninoff; Little Bunny Foo Foo\, a forest entertainment for small people; Three Pianos\, a drunken romp through Schubert’s “Winterreise”. \nHe has won two Obie Awards\, a Smithsonian Ingenuity Award\, a Theater World Award\, the Richard Rodgers Award\, an ASCAP New Horizons Award\, and a Jonathan Larson Grant. He has been a MacDowell fellow and Composer-in-Residence at Ars Nova and the Signature Theatre.\n\nWilliam Thomas Hodgson – Director\nShow MoreWILLIAM THOMAS HODGSON (Director) has made theater with Berkeley Playhouse since 2010. William is an actor\, director\, and educator based in Oakland\, CA. He received his MFA from UC San Diego and is the Co-Artistic Director of the Oakland Theater Project. Other directing credits include Ragtime\, Fun Home (Berkeley Playhouse)\, Red Red Red (Oakland Theater Project)\, and Passing Strange (Shotgun Players). Acting credits include Every Brilliant Thing (Center REP)\, An Octoroon (Mixed Blood Theatre)\, I Am My Own Wife (Oakland Theater Project)\, Cyrano (Aurora Theatre Company)\, Shrek The Musical (Sierra Repertory Theatre)\, Mrs. Christie (TheatreWorks Silicon Valley)\, It Can’t Happen Here (Berkeley Repertory Theatre)\, The Hunchback of Notre Dame (La Jolla Playhouse)\, As a movement director\, William has worked with Oregon Shakespeare Festival (Tempest)\, TheatreWorks (Little Shop of Horrors)\, CenterRep (Red Bike).\n\nRinde Eckert – Tenor\npiano\, organ\, slide guitar\, percussion\, vocals\nShow More\nRinde is a writer\, composer\, librettist\, musician\, performer and director. His opera / new music theater productions have toured throughout America and to major European and Asian theater festivals. With a virtuosic command of gesture\, language\, and song\, this total theater artist moves beyond the boundaries of what a ‘play\,’ a ‘dance piece\,’ an ‘opera\,’ or ‘a musical’ might be in the service of grappling with complex issues. \nWriting and directing credits include The Schick Machine\, a solo theater work for percussionist Steven Schick composed/produced by Paul Dresher. As a composer\, Eckert composed dance scores for choreographers Sarah Shelton Mann and Margaret Jenkins\, including the evening-length Woman\, Window\, and Square for The Margaret Jenkins Dance Company. \nEckert’s work has been produced in New York by the Foundry Theatre\, Culture Project\, Theater for a New Audience\, and the New York Theatre Workshop. American Repertory Theatre in Cambridge\, Center Stage in Baltimore\, Cleveland’s Dobama Theatre Company\, REDCAT in Los Angeles at the Roy& Edna Disney/CalArts Theater\, and Berkeley Repertory Theater have also produced his work. In 2012\, he was named an inaugural Doris Duke Artist. He was honored to receive the 2009 Alpert Award in the Arts for Theatre\, a 2007 Guggenheim Fellowship\, and The American Academy of Arts and Letters 2005 Marc Blitzstein Award. In 2007\, Rinde Eckert was the finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Drama.\n\nAmi Nashimoto – Soprano\ncello\, ukulele\, erhu\, percussion\, vocals\nShow MoreAmi Nashimoto (she/they) is a cellist\, composer\, arranger\, teacher\, multi-instrumentalist and San Francisco native. They’ve been a prominent member of the Bay Area musical theater scene since 2010 and have played in such original productions as Larry the Musical\, Coming Soon\, The Beat Goes On\, and with companies including Shotgun Players\, 42nd Street Moon\, SF Playhouse\, and Transcendence Theatre Company. Ami also performs classical repertoire with Peninsula Symphony and Golden Gate Symphony\, as well as pop arrangements with groups including Eclecta Quartet\, Vybe Society\, and Lucky Devils Band. Ami is excited to bring her many musical talents to the stage for Ghost Quartet.\n\nVeronica Renner – Alto\naccordion\, autoharp\, percussion\, vocals\nShow MoreVeronica is a multi-hyphenate creative. She received her BA in Theatre with Honors in Acting from the University of California\, Irvine. She continues her education by pursuing an MA in Drama Therapy from the California Institute of Integral Studies. She is excited to return to Malloy after performing as Sonya in Natasha\, Pierre\, and the Great Comet of 1812 (Shotgun Players). Her favorite roles include Sarah in Company\, Leonide in Triumph of Love\, and Li’l Bit in How I Learned to Drive. She would be a skeleton if she were to be any kind of dead guy. Love to Aaron and Nomu. veronicarenner.com\n\nMonica Rose Slater – Soprano\nglockenspiel\, accordion\, harp\, percussion\, vocals\nShow MoreMonica Rose Slater is a Brazilian-American singer-actor-educator. Since her cross-country move from Virginia to San Francisco in 2021\, Monica has performed with Word for Word (Who’s-Dead McCarthy\, readings of Paradise and Annunciation)\, Cinnabar Theater (Oklahoma!\, The Sound of Music)\, 42nd Street Moon (She Loves Me\, Falsettos)\, Lamplighters Music Theatre (The Mystery of Edwin Drood\, Iolanthe)\, Berkeley Playhouse (Cinderella)\, Pocket Opera (Traviata)\, and Foothills Music Theater (Violet). \nMonica has an MM from San Francisco Conservatory\, where she studied opera\, and a BM from James Madison University\, where she studied music and writing. \nAlongside her theatrical career\, Monica has a private voice studio and works with the non-profit Music Education for Everyone. In her free time\, you’ll find her rollerblading\, painting impressionistic landscapes\, and writing creative non-fiction. She sends out hearty\, loving thank-yous to her parents\, Vovó e Vovô\, Tia Liane\, and Glenny\, for their incessant support. \nGet in touch on IG @monicaroseslater and www.monicaroseslater.com! \n\n\nMichael Perez – Baritone\npercussion\nShow MoreMichael Perez\, an actor and musician from Houston\, TX\, is thrilled to be making his Oakland Theater project musical debut in Ghost Quartet. Perez studied Acting at The Academy of Art University\, and previous theater work includes American Idiot (42nd St Moon)\, The Music Man (Queensbury Theater)\, What in Tarnation? (Exit Theater)\, Hair (AAU School of Acting)\, and The Barbary Coast Revue: Season 3. Perez is ecstatic to be a new addition to the OTP family. This show is dedicated to his loving family and his late little brother Matthew.\n  \nLicensing\nGhost Quartet is presented by special arrangement with United Talent Agency. Originally developed and arranged by Ghost Quartet (Brent Arnold\, Brittain Ashford\, Gelsey Bell\, Dave Malloy)\, Annie Tippe\, and Christopher Bowser. \nInstitutional Support\nGhost Quartet performances\, presented as an integral offering of New Performance Traditions’ San Francisco season\, are made possible through the generous support of the San Francisco Grants for the Arts\, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation\, and the Bernard Osher Foundation. \n  URL:https://dresherensemble.org/event/ghost-quartet/2024-12-08/ LOCATION:ODC B.Way Theater\, 3153 17th Street\, San Francisco\, CA ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://dresherensemble.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Ghost-Quartet-for-NPT-SF.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241207T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241207T213000 DTSTAMP:20260430T222122 CREATED:20241025T005447Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241205T190559Z UID:10000043-1733599800-1733607000@dresherensemble.org SUMMARY:Ghost Quartet DESCRIPTION:Dave Malloy music\, lyrics\, and text – William Thomas Hodgson director \nRinde Eckert TENOR piano – organ – slide guitar – percussion\nMonica Rose Slater SOPRANO glockenspiel – accordion – harp – percussion\nAmi Nashimoto SOPRANO cello – ukulele – erhu – percussion\nVeronica Renner ALTO accordion – autoharp – percussion\nMichael Perez BARITONE percussion \nDave Malloy’s quirky and wondrous ghost story musical is as life-affirming as it is astounding. The piece is author-described as “a song cycle about love\, death\, and whiskey” in which “a camera breaks and four friends drink in four interwoven narratives spanning seven centuries.” \nAudiences won’t want to miss this stunning musical from the creator whose work has recently delighted Bay Area audiences at Berkeley Rep (Octet) and Shotgun Players (Natasha\, Pierre\, and the Great Comet of 1812). Ghost Quartet is considered Malloy’s most enchanting work. \nIn partnership with Oakland Theater Project\, this production will be performed at 7:30 PM [Thursday|Friday|Saturday] and 2:00 PM on Sunday. \nSan Francisco from December 5 to 8\nODC B. Way Theater\n3153 17th Street – San Francisco \nInformation : Ghost Quartet Synopsis and Cast \nTickets : odc.dance/ghost-quartet \nTickets $60 ● $35 ● PWYC $20 ● $10 \nA co-production between New Performance Traditions—an initiative of the Paul Dresher Ensemble—and Oakland Theater Project. The performances in San Francisco are supported in part by Grants for the Arts\, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation\, and the Bernard Osher Foundation \n\nDave Malloy – music\, lyrics\, and text\nShow More\nHe has written thirteen musicals\, including Octet\, a chamber choir musical about internet addiction; Natasha\, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812\, an electropop opera based on a slice of Tolstoy’s War & Peace (12 Tony nominations\, including Best Musical\, Score\, Book\, and Orchestrations); Ghost Quartet\, a song cycle about love\, death\, and whiskey; Preludes\, a musical fantasia set in the hypnotized mind of Sergei Rachmaninoff; Little Bunny Foo Foo\, a forest entertainment for small people; Three Pianos\, a drunken romp through Schubert’s “Winterreise”. \nHe has won two Obie Awards\, a Smithsonian Ingenuity Award\, a Theater World Award\, the Richard Rodgers Award\, an ASCAP New Horizons Award\, and a Jonathan Larson Grant. He has been a MacDowell fellow and Composer-in-Residence at Ars Nova and the Signature Theatre.\n\nWilliam Thomas Hodgson – Director\nShow MoreWILLIAM THOMAS HODGSON (Director) has made theater with Berkeley Playhouse since 2010. William is an actor\, director\, and educator based in Oakland\, CA. He received his MFA from UC San Diego and is the Co-Artistic Director of the Oakland Theater Project. Other directing credits include Ragtime\, Fun Home (Berkeley Playhouse)\, Red Red Red (Oakland Theater Project)\, and Passing Strange (Shotgun Players). Acting credits include Every Brilliant Thing (Center REP)\, An Octoroon (Mixed Blood Theatre)\, I Am My Own Wife (Oakland Theater Project)\, Cyrano (Aurora Theatre Company)\, Shrek The Musical (Sierra Repertory Theatre)\, Mrs. Christie (TheatreWorks Silicon Valley)\, It Can’t Happen Here (Berkeley Repertory Theatre)\, The Hunchback of Notre Dame (La Jolla Playhouse)\, As a movement director\, William has worked with Oregon Shakespeare Festival (Tempest)\, TheatreWorks (Little Shop of Horrors)\, CenterRep (Red Bike).\n\nRinde Eckert – Tenor\npiano\, organ\, slide guitar\, percussion\, vocals\nShow More\nRinde is a writer\, composer\, librettist\, musician\, performer and director. His opera / new music theater productions have toured throughout America and to major European and Asian theater festivals. With a virtuosic command of gesture\, language\, and song\, this total theater artist moves beyond the boundaries of what a ‘play\,’ a ‘dance piece\,’ an ‘opera\,’ or ‘a musical’ might be in the service of grappling with complex issues. \nWriting and directing credits include The Schick Machine\, a solo theater work for percussionist Steven Schick composed/produced by Paul Dresher. As a composer\, Eckert composed dance scores for choreographers Sarah Shelton Mann and Margaret Jenkins\, including the evening-length Woman\, Window\, and Square for The Margaret Jenkins Dance Company. \nEckert’s work has been produced in New York by the Foundry Theatre\, Culture Project\, Theater for a New Audience\, and the New York Theatre Workshop. American Repertory Theatre in Cambridge\, Center Stage in Baltimore\, Cleveland’s Dobama Theatre Company\, REDCAT in Los Angeles at the Roy& Edna Disney/CalArts Theater\, and Berkeley Repertory Theater have also produced his work. In 2012\, he was named an inaugural Doris Duke Artist. He was honored to receive the 2009 Alpert Award in the Arts for Theatre\, a 2007 Guggenheim Fellowship\, and The American Academy of Arts and Letters 2005 Marc Blitzstein Award. In 2007\, Rinde Eckert was the finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Drama.\n\nAmi Nashimoto – Soprano\ncello\, ukulele\, erhu\, percussion\, vocals\nShow MoreAmi Nashimoto (she/they) is a cellist\, composer\, arranger\, teacher\, multi-instrumentalist and San Francisco native. They’ve been a prominent member of the Bay Area musical theater scene since 2010 and have played in such original productions as Larry the Musical\, Coming Soon\, The Beat Goes On\, and with companies including Shotgun Players\, 42nd Street Moon\, SF Playhouse\, and Transcendence Theatre Company. Ami also performs classical repertoire with Peninsula Symphony and Golden Gate Symphony\, as well as pop arrangements with groups including Eclecta Quartet\, Vybe Society\, and Lucky Devils Band. Ami is excited to bring her many musical talents to the stage for Ghost Quartet.\n\nVeronica Renner – Alto\naccordion\, autoharp\, percussion\, vocals\nShow MoreVeronica is a multi-hyphenate creative. She received her BA in Theatre with Honors in Acting from the University of California\, Irvine. She continues her education by pursuing an MA in Drama Therapy from the California Institute of Integral Studies. She is excited to return to Malloy after performing as Sonya in Natasha\, Pierre\, and the Great Comet of 1812 (Shotgun Players). Her favorite roles include Sarah in Company\, Leonide in Triumph of Love\, and Li’l Bit in How I Learned to Drive. She would be a skeleton if she were to be any kind of dead guy. Love to Aaron and Nomu. veronicarenner.com\n\nMonica Rose Slater – Soprano\nglockenspiel\, accordion\, harp\, percussion\, vocals\nShow MoreMonica Rose Slater is a Brazilian-American singer-actor-educator. Since her cross-country move from Virginia to San Francisco in 2021\, Monica has performed with Word for Word (Who’s-Dead McCarthy\, readings of Paradise and Annunciation)\, Cinnabar Theater (Oklahoma!\, The Sound of Music)\, 42nd Street Moon (She Loves Me\, Falsettos)\, Lamplighters Music Theatre (The Mystery of Edwin Drood\, Iolanthe)\, Berkeley Playhouse (Cinderella)\, Pocket Opera (Traviata)\, and Foothills Music Theater (Violet). \nMonica has an MM from San Francisco Conservatory\, where she studied opera\, and a BM from James Madison University\, where she studied music and writing. \nAlongside her theatrical career\, Monica has a private voice studio and works with the non-profit Music Education for Everyone. In her free time\, you’ll find her rollerblading\, painting impressionistic landscapes\, and writing creative non-fiction. She sends out hearty\, loving thank-yous to her parents\, Vovó e Vovô\, Tia Liane\, and Glenny\, for their incessant support. \nGet in touch on IG @monicaroseslater and www.monicaroseslater.com! \n\n\nMichael Perez – Baritone\npercussion\nShow MoreMichael Perez\, an actor and musician from Houston\, TX\, is thrilled to be making his Oakland Theater project musical debut in Ghost Quartet. Perez studied Acting at The Academy of Art University\, and previous theater work includes American Idiot (42nd St Moon)\, The Music Man (Queensbury Theater)\, What in Tarnation? (Exit Theater)\, Hair (AAU School of Acting)\, and The Barbary Coast Revue: Season 3. Perez is ecstatic to be a new addition to the OTP family. This show is dedicated to his loving family and his late little brother Matthew.\n  \nLicensing\nGhost Quartet is presented by special arrangement with United Talent Agency. Originally developed and arranged by Ghost Quartet (Brent Arnold\, Brittain Ashford\, Gelsey Bell\, Dave Malloy)\, Annie Tippe\, and Christopher Bowser. \nInstitutional Support\nGhost Quartet performances\, presented as an integral offering of New Performance Traditions’ San Francisco season\, are made possible through the generous support of the San Francisco Grants for the Arts\, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation\, and the Bernard Osher Foundation. \n  URL:https://dresherensemble.org/event/ghost-quartet/2024-12-07/ LOCATION:ODC B.Way Theater\, 3153 17th Street\, San Francisco\, CA ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://dresherensemble.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Ghost-Quartet-for-NPT-SF.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241206T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241206T213000 DTSTAMP:20260430T222122 CREATED:20241025T005447Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241205T190559Z UID:10000042-1733513400-1733520600@dresherensemble.org SUMMARY:Ghost Quartet DESCRIPTION:Dave Malloy music\, lyrics\, and text – William Thomas Hodgson director \nRinde Eckert TENOR piano – organ – slide guitar – percussion\nMonica Rose Slater SOPRANO glockenspiel – accordion – harp – percussion\nAmi Nashimoto SOPRANO cello – ukulele – erhu – percussion\nVeronica Renner ALTO accordion – autoharp – percussion\nMichael Perez BARITONE percussion \nDave Malloy’s quirky and wondrous ghost story musical is as life-affirming as it is astounding. The piece is author-described as “a song cycle about love\, death\, and whiskey” in which “a camera breaks and four friends drink in four interwoven narratives spanning seven centuries.” \nAudiences won’t want to miss this stunning musical from the creator whose work has recently delighted Bay Area audiences at Berkeley Rep (Octet) and Shotgun Players (Natasha\, Pierre\, and the Great Comet of 1812). Ghost Quartet is considered Malloy’s most enchanting work. \nIn partnership with Oakland Theater Project\, this production will be performed at 7:30 PM [Thursday|Friday|Saturday] and 2:00 PM on Sunday. \nSan Francisco from December 5 to 8\nODC B. Way Theater\n3153 17th Street – San Francisco \nInformation : Ghost Quartet Synopsis and Cast \nTickets : odc.dance/ghost-quartet \nTickets $60 ● $35 ● PWYC $20 ● $10 \nA co-production between New Performance Traditions—an initiative of the Paul Dresher Ensemble—and Oakland Theater Project. The performances in San Francisco are supported in part by Grants for the Arts\, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation\, and the Bernard Osher Foundation \n\nDave Malloy – music\, lyrics\, and text\nShow More\nHe has written thirteen musicals\, including Octet\, a chamber choir musical about internet addiction; Natasha\, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812\, an electropop opera based on a slice of Tolstoy’s War & Peace (12 Tony nominations\, including Best Musical\, Score\, Book\, and Orchestrations); Ghost Quartet\, a song cycle about love\, death\, and whiskey; Preludes\, a musical fantasia set in the hypnotized mind of Sergei Rachmaninoff; Little Bunny Foo Foo\, a forest entertainment for small people; Three Pianos\, a drunken romp through Schubert’s “Winterreise”. \nHe has won two Obie Awards\, a Smithsonian Ingenuity Award\, a Theater World Award\, the Richard Rodgers Award\, an ASCAP New Horizons Award\, and a Jonathan Larson Grant. He has been a MacDowell fellow and Composer-in-Residence at Ars Nova and the Signature Theatre.\n\nWilliam Thomas Hodgson – Director\nShow MoreWILLIAM THOMAS HODGSON (Director) has made theater with Berkeley Playhouse since 2010. William is an actor\, director\, and educator based in Oakland\, CA. He received his MFA from UC San Diego and is the Co-Artistic Director of the Oakland Theater Project. Other directing credits include Ragtime\, Fun Home (Berkeley Playhouse)\, Red Red Red (Oakland Theater Project)\, and Passing Strange (Shotgun Players). Acting credits include Every Brilliant Thing (Center REP)\, An Octoroon (Mixed Blood Theatre)\, I Am My Own Wife (Oakland Theater Project)\, Cyrano (Aurora Theatre Company)\, Shrek The Musical (Sierra Repertory Theatre)\, Mrs. Christie (TheatreWorks Silicon Valley)\, It Can’t Happen Here (Berkeley Repertory Theatre)\, The Hunchback of Notre Dame (La Jolla Playhouse)\, As a movement director\, William has worked with Oregon Shakespeare Festival (Tempest)\, TheatreWorks (Little Shop of Horrors)\, CenterRep (Red Bike).\n\nRinde Eckert – Tenor\npiano\, organ\, slide guitar\, percussion\, vocals\nShow More\nRinde is a writer\, composer\, librettist\, musician\, performer and director. His opera / new music theater productions have toured throughout America and to major European and Asian theater festivals. With a virtuosic command of gesture\, language\, and song\, this total theater artist moves beyond the boundaries of what a ‘play\,’ a ‘dance piece\,’ an ‘opera\,’ or ‘a musical’ might be in the service of grappling with complex issues. \nWriting and directing credits include The Schick Machine\, a solo theater work for percussionist Steven Schick composed/produced by Paul Dresher. As a composer\, Eckert composed dance scores for choreographers Sarah Shelton Mann and Margaret Jenkins\, including the evening-length Woman\, Window\, and Square for The Margaret Jenkins Dance Company. \nEckert’s work has been produced in New York by the Foundry Theatre\, Culture Project\, Theater for a New Audience\, and the New York Theatre Workshop. American Repertory Theatre in Cambridge\, Center Stage in Baltimore\, Cleveland’s Dobama Theatre Company\, REDCAT in Los Angeles at the Roy& Edna Disney/CalArts Theater\, and Berkeley Repertory Theater have also produced his work. In 2012\, he was named an inaugural Doris Duke Artist. He was honored to receive the 2009 Alpert Award in the Arts for Theatre\, a 2007 Guggenheim Fellowship\, and The American Academy of Arts and Letters 2005 Marc Blitzstein Award. In 2007\, Rinde Eckert was the finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Drama.\n\nAmi Nashimoto – Soprano\ncello\, ukulele\, erhu\, percussion\, vocals\nShow MoreAmi Nashimoto (she/they) is a cellist\, composer\, arranger\, teacher\, multi-instrumentalist and San Francisco native. They’ve been a prominent member of the Bay Area musical theater scene since 2010 and have played in such original productions as Larry the Musical\, Coming Soon\, The Beat Goes On\, and with companies including Shotgun Players\, 42nd Street Moon\, SF Playhouse\, and Transcendence Theatre Company. Ami also performs classical repertoire with Peninsula Symphony and Golden Gate Symphony\, as well as pop arrangements with groups including Eclecta Quartet\, Vybe Society\, and Lucky Devils Band. Ami is excited to bring her many musical talents to the stage for Ghost Quartet.\n\nVeronica Renner – Alto\naccordion\, autoharp\, percussion\, vocals\nShow MoreVeronica is a multi-hyphenate creative. She received her BA in Theatre with Honors in Acting from the University of California\, Irvine. She continues her education by pursuing an MA in Drama Therapy from the California Institute of Integral Studies. She is excited to return to Malloy after performing as Sonya in Natasha\, Pierre\, and the Great Comet of 1812 (Shotgun Players). Her favorite roles include Sarah in Company\, Leonide in Triumph of Love\, and Li’l Bit in How I Learned to Drive. She would be a skeleton if she were to be any kind of dead guy. Love to Aaron and Nomu. veronicarenner.com\n\nMonica Rose Slater – Soprano\nglockenspiel\, accordion\, harp\, percussion\, vocals\nShow MoreMonica Rose Slater is a Brazilian-American singer-actor-educator. Since her cross-country move from Virginia to San Francisco in 2021\, Monica has performed with Word for Word (Who’s-Dead McCarthy\, readings of Paradise and Annunciation)\, Cinnabar Theater (Oklahoma!\, The Sound of Music)\, 42nd Street Moon (She Loves Me\, Falsettos)\, Lamplighters Music Theatre (The Mystery of Edwin Drood\, Iolanthe)\, Berkeley Playhouse (Cinderella)\, Pocket Opera (Traviata)\, and Foothills Music Theater (Violet). \nMonica has an MM from San Francisco Conservatory\, where she studied opera\, and a BM from James Madison University\, where she studied music and writing. \nAlongside her theatrical career\, Monica has a private voice studio and works with the non-profit Music Education for Everyone. In her free time\, you’ll find her rollerblading\, painting impressionistic landscapes\, and writing creative non-fiction. She sends out hearty\, loving thank-yous to her parents\, Vovó e Vovô\, Tia Liane\, and Glenny\, for their incessant support. \nGet in touch on IG @monicaroseslater and www.monicaroseslater.com! \n\n\nMichael Perez – Baritone\npercussion\nShow MoreMichael Perez\, an actor and musician from Houston\, TX\, is thrilled to be making his Oakland Theater project musical debut in Ghost Quartet. Perez studied Acting at The Academy of Art University\, and previous theater work includes American Idiot (42nd St Moon)\, The Music Man (Queensbury Theater)\, What in Tarnation? (Exit Theater)\, Hair (AAU School of Acting)\, and The Barbary Coast Revue: Season 3. Perez is ecstatic to be a new addition to the OTP family. This show is dedicated to his loving family and his late little brother Matthew.\n  \nLicensing\nGhost Quartet is presented by special arrangement with United Talent Agency. Originally developed and arranged by Ghost Quartet (Brent Arnold\, Brittain Ashford\, Gelsey Bell\, Dave Malloy)\, Annie Tippe\, and Christopher Bowser. \nInstitutional Support\nGhost Quartet performances\, presented as an integral offering of New Performance Traditions’ San Francisco season\, are made possible through the generous support of the San Francisco Grants for the Arts\, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation\, and the Bernard Osher Foundation. \n  URL:https://dresherensemble.org/event/ghost-quartet/2024-12-06/ LOCATION:ODC B.Way Theater\, 3153 17th Street\, San Francisco\, CA ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://dresherensemble.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Ghost-Quartet-for-NPT-SF.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241205T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241205T213000 DTSTAMP:20260430T222122 CREATED:20241025T005447Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241205T190559Z UID:10000041-1733427000-1733434200@dresherensemble.org SUMMARY:Ghost Quartet DESCRIPTION:Dave Malloy music\, lyrics\, and text – William Thomas Hodgson director \nRinde Eckert TENOR piano – organ – slide guitar – percussion\nMonica Rose Slater SOPRANO glockenspiel – accordion – harp – percussion\nAmi Nashimoto SOPRANO cello – ukulele – erhu – percussion\nVeronica Renner ALTO accordion – autoharp – percussion\nMichael Perez BARITONE percussion \nDave Malloy’s quirky and wondrous ghost story musical is as life-affirming as it is astounding. The piece is author-described as “a song cycle about love\, death\, and whiskey” in which “a camera breaks and four friends drink in four interwoven narratives spanning seven centuries.” \nAudiences won’t want to miss this stunning musical from the creator whose work has recently delighted Bay Area audiences at Berkeley Rep (Octet) and Shotgun Players (Natasha\, Pierre\, and the Great Comet of 1812). Ghost Quartet is considered Malloy’s most enchanting work. \nIn partnership with Oakland Theater Project\, this production will be performed at 7:30 PM [Thursday|Friday|Saturday] and 2:00 PM on Sunday. \nSan Francisco from December 5 to 8\nODC B. Way Theater\n3153 17th Street – San Francisco \nInformation : Ghost Quartet Synopsis and Cast \nTickets : odc.dance/ghost-quartet \nTickets $60 ● $35 ● PWYC $20 ● $10 \nA co-production between New Performance Traditions—an initiative of the Paul Dresher Ensemble—and Oakland Theater Project. The performances in San Francisco are supported in part by Grants for the Arts\, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation\, and the Bernard Osher Foundation \n\nDave Malloy – music\, lyrics\, and text\nShow More\nHe has written thirteen musicals\, including Octet\, a chamber choir musical about internet addiction; Natasha\, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812\, an electropop opera based on a slice of Tolstoy’s War & Peace (12 Tony nominations\, including Best Musical\, Score\, Book\, and Orchestrations); Ghost Quartet\, a song cycle about love\, death\, and whiskey; Preludes\, a musical fantasia set in the hypnotized mind of Sergei Rachmaninoff; Little Bunny Foo Foo\, a forest entertainment for small people; Three Pianos\, a drunken romp through Schubert’s “Winterreise”. \nHe has won two Obie Awards\, a Smithsonian Ingenuity Award\, a Theater World Award\, the Richard Rodgers Award\, an ASCAP New Horizons Award\, and a Jonathan Larson Grant. He has been a MacDowell fellow and Composer-in-Residence at Ars Nova and the Signature Theatre.\n\nWilliam Thomas Hodgson – Director\nShow MoreWILLIAM THOMAS HODGSON (Director) has made theater with Berkeley Playhouse since 2010. William is an actor\, director\, and educator based in Oakland\, CA. He received his MFA from UC San Diego and is the Co-Artistic Director of the Oakland Theater Project. Other directing credits include Ragtime\, Fun Home (Berkeley Playhouse)\, Red Red Red (Oakland Theater Project)\, and Passing Strange (Shotgun Players). Acting credits include Every Brilliant Thing (Center REP)\, An Octoroon (Mixed Blood Theatre)\, I Am My Own Wife (Oakland Theater Project)\, Cyrano (Aurora Theatre Company)\, Shrek The Musical (Sierra Repertory Theatre)\, Mrs. Christie (TheatreWorks Silicon Valley)\, It Can’t Happen Here (Berkeley Repertory Theatre)\, The Hunchback of Notre Dame (La Jolla Playhouse)\, As a movement director\, William has worked with Oregon Shakespeare Festival (Tempest)\, TheatreWorks (Little Shop of Horrors)\, CenterRep (Red Bike).\n\nRinde Eckert – Tenor\npiano\, organ\, slide guitar\, percussion\, vocals\nShow More\nRinde is a writer\, composer\, librettist\, musician\, performer and director. His opera / new music theater productions have toured throughout America and to major European and Asian theater festivals. With a virtuosic command of gesture\, language\, and song\, this total theater artist moves beyond the boundaries of what a ‘play\,’ a ‘dance piece\,’ an ‘opera\,’ or ‘a musical’ might be in the service of grappling with complex issues. \nWriting and directing credits include The Schick Machine\, a solo theater work for percussionist Steven Schick composed/produced by Paul Dresher. As a composer\, Eckert composed dance scores for choreographers Sarah Shelton Mann and Margaret Jenkins\, including the evening-length Woman\, Window\, and Square for The Margaret Jenkins Dance Company. \nEckert’s work has been produced in New York by the Foundry Theatre\, Culture Project\, Theater for a New Audience\, and the New York Theatre Workshop. American Repertory Theatre in Cambridge\, Center Stage in Baltimore\, Cleveland’s Dobama Theatre Company\, REDCAT in Los Angeles at the Roy& Edna Disney/CalArts Theater\, and Berkeley Repertory Theater have also produced his work. In 2012\, he was named an inaugural Doris Duke Artist. He was honored to receive the 2009 Alpert Award in the Arts for Theatre\, a 2007 Guggenheim Fellowship\, and The American Academy of Arts and Letters 2005 Marc Blitzstein Award. In 2007\, Rinde Eckert was the finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Drama.\n\nAmi Nashimoto – Soprano\ncello\, ukulele\, erhu\, percussion\, vocals\nShow MoreAmi Nashimoto (she/they) is a cellist\, composer\, arranger\, teacher\, multi-instrumentalist and San Francisco native. They’ve been a prominent member of the Bay Area musical theater scene since 2010 and have played in such original productions as Larry the Musical\, Coming Soon\, The Beat Goes On\, and with companies including Shotgun Players\, 42nd Street Moon\, SF Playhouse\, and Transcendence Theatre Company. Ami also performs classical repertoire with Peninsula Symphony and Golden Gate Symphony\, as well as pop arrangements with groups including Eclecta Quartet\, Vybe Society\, and Lucky Devils Band. Ami is excited to bring her many musical talents to the stage for Ghost Quartet.\n\nVeronica Renner – Alto\naccordion\, autoharp\, percussion\, vocals\nShow MoreVeronica is a multi-hyphenate creative. She received her BA in Theatre with Honors in Acting from the University of California\, Irvine. She continues her education by pursuing an MA in Drama Therapy from the California Institute of Integral Studies. She is excited to return to Malloy after performing as Sonya in Natasha\, Pierre\, and the Great Comet of 1812 (Shotgun Players). Her favorite roles include Sarah in Company\, Leonide in Triumph of Love\, and Li’l Bit in How I Learned to Drive. She would be a skeleton if she were to be any kind of dead guy. Love to Aaron and Nomu. veronicarenner.com\n\nMonica Rose Slater – Soprano\nglockenspiel\, accordion\, harp\, percussion\, vocals\nShow MoreMonica Rose Slater is a Brazilian-American singer-actor-educator. Since her cross-country move from Virginia to San Francisco in 2021\, Monica has performed with Word for Word (Who’s-Dead McCarthy\, readings of Paradise and Annunciation)\, Cinnabar Theater (Oklahoma!\, The Sound of Music)\, 42nd Street Moon (She Loves Me\, Falsettos)\, Lamplighters Music Theatre (The Mystery of Edwin Drood\, Iolanthe)\, Berkeley Playhouse (Cinderella)\, Pocket Opera (Traviata)\, and Foothills Music Theater (Violet). \nMonica has an MM from San Francisco Conservatory\, where she studied opera\, and a BM from James Madison University\, where she studied music and writing. \nAlongside her theatrical career\, Monica has a private voice studio and works with the non-profit Music Education for Everyone. In her free time\, you’ll find her rollerblading\, painting impressionistic landscapes\, and writing creative non-fiction. She sends out hearty\, loving thank-yous to her parents\, Vovó e Vovô\, Tia Liane\, and Glenny\, for their incessant support. \nGet in touch on IG @monicaroseslater and www.monicaroseslater.com! \n\n\nMichael Perez – Baritone\npercussion\nShow MoreMichael Perez\, an actor and musician from Houston\, TX\, is thrilled to be making his Oakland Theater project musical debut in Ghost Quartet. Perez studied Acting at The Academy of Art University\, and previous theater work includes American Idiot (42nd St Moon)\, The Music Man (Queensbury Theater)\, What in Tarnation? (Exit Theater)\, Hair (AAU School of Acting)\, and The Barbary Coast Revue: Season 3. Perez is ecstatic to be a new addition to the OTP family. This show is dedicated to his loving family and his late little brother Matthew.\n  \nLicensing\nGhost Quartet is presented by special arrangement with United Talent Agency. Originally developed and arranged by Ghost Quartet (Brent Arnold\, Brittain Ashford\, Gelsey Bell\, Dave Malloy)\, Annie Tippe\, and Christopher Bowser. \nInstitutional Support\nGhost Quartet performances\, presented as an integral offering of New Performance Traditions’ San Francisco season\, are made possible through the generous support of the San Francisco Grants for the Arts\, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation\, and the Bernard Osher Foundation. \n  URL:https://dresherensemble.org/event/ghost-quartet/2024-12-05/ LOCATION:ODC B.Way Theater\, 3153 17th Street\, San Francisco\, CA ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://dresherensemble.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Ghost-Quartet-for-NPT-SF.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241124T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241124T213000 DTSTAMP:20260430T222122 CREATED:20241023T174730Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241026T171225Z UID:10000025-1732476600-1732483800@dresherensemble.org SUMMARY:Ghost Quartet DESCRIPTION:Dave Malloy music\, lyrics\, and text – William Thomas Hodgson director \nRinde Eckert TENOR piano – organ – slide guitar – percussion\nMonica Rose Slater SOPRANO glockenspiel – accordion – harp – percussion\nAmi Nashimoto SOPRANO cello – ukulele – erhu – percussion\nVeronica Renner ALTO accordion – autoharp – percussion\nMichael Perez BARITONE percussion \nDave Malloy’s quirky and wondrous ghost story musical is as life-affirming as it is astounding. The piece is author-described as “a song cycle about love\, death\, and whiskey” in which “a camera breaks and four friends drink in four interwoven narratives spanning seven centuries.” \nAudiences won’t want to miss this stunning musical from the creator whose work has recently delighted Bay Area audiences at Berkeley Rep (Octet) and Shotgun Players (Natasha\, Pierre\, and the Great Comet of 1812). Ghost Quartet is considered Malloy’s most enchanting work. \nIn partnership with Oakland Theater Project\, this production will be performed at 7:30 PM [Thursday|Friday|Saturday] and 2:00 PM on Sunday. \nOakland from November 1 to 24\nOakland Theater Project\n1501 Martin Luther King Jr. Way – Oakland \nSan Francisco from December 5 to 8\nODC B. Way Theater\n3153 17th Street – San Francisco \nInformation and tickets\noaklandtheaterproject.org/ghost\nodc.dance/ghost-quartet \nTickets $60 ● $35 ● PWYC $20 ● $10 \nA co-production between New Performance Traditions—an initiative of the Paul Dresher Ensemble—and Oakland Theater Project. The performances in San Francisco are supported in part by Grants for the Arts\, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation\, and the Bernard Osher Foundation \n\nDave Malloy – music\, lyrics\, and text\nShow More\nHe has written thirteen musicals\, including Octet\, a chamber choir musical about internet addiction; Natasha\, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812\, an electropop opera based on a slice of Tolstoy’s War & Peace (12 Tony nominations\, including Best Musical\, Score\, Book\, and Orchestrations); Ghost Quartet\, a song cycle about love\, death\, and whiskey; Preludes\, a musical fantasia set in the hypnotized mind of Sergei Rachmaninoff; Little Bunny Foo Foo\, a forest entertainment for small people; Three Pianos\, a drunken romp through Schubert’s “Winterreise”. \nHe has won two Obie Awards\, a Smithsonian Ingenuity Award\, a Theater World Award\, the Richard Rodgers Award\, an ASCAP New Horizons Award\, and a Jonathan Larson Grant. He has been a MacDowell fellow and Composer-in-Residence at Ars Nova and the Signature Theatre.\n\nWilliam Thomas Hodgson – Director\nShow MoreWILLIAM THOMAS HODGSON (Director) has made theater with Berkeley Playhouse since 2010. William is an actor\, director\, and educator based in Oakland\, CA. He received his MFA from UC San Diego and is the Co-Artistic Director of the Oakland Theater Project. Other directing credits include Ragtime\, Fun Home (Berkeley Playhouse)\, Red Red Red (Oakland Theater Project)\, and Passing Strange (Shotgun Players). Acting credits include Every Brilliant Thing (Center REP)\, An Octoroon (Mixed Blood Theatre)\, I Am My Own Wife (Oakland Theater Project)\, Cyrano (Aurora Theatre Company)\, Shrek The Musical (Sierra Repertory Theatre)\, Mrs. Christie (TheatreWorks Silicon Valley)\, It Can’t Happen Here (Berkeley Repertory Theatre)\, The Hunchback of Notre Dame (La Jolla Playhouse)\, As a movement director\, William has worked with Oregon Shakespeare Festival (Tempest)\, TheatreWorks (Little Shop of Horrors)\, CenterRep (Red Bike).\n\nRinde Eckert – Tenor\npiano\, organ\, slide guitar\, percussion\, vocals\nShow More\nRinde is a writer\, composer\, librettist\, musician\, performer and director. His opera / new music theater productions have toured throughout America and to major European and Asian theater festivals. With a virtuosic command of gesture\, language\, and song\, this total theater artist moves beyond the boundaries of what a ‘play\,’ a ‘dance piece\,’ an ‘opera\,’ or ‘a musical’ might be in the service of grappling with complex issues. \nWriting and directing credits include The Schick Machine\, a solo theater work for percussionist Steven Schick composed/produced by Paul Dresher. As a composer\, Eckert composed dance scores for choreographers Sarah Shelton Mann and Margaret Jenkins\, including the evening-length Woman\, Window\, and Square for The Margaret Jenkins Dance Company. \nEckert’s work has been produced in New York by the Foundry Theatre\, Culture Project\, Theater for a New Audience\, and the New York Theatre Workshop. American Repertory Theatre in Cambridge\, Center Stage in Baltimore\, Cleveland’s Dobama Theatre Company\, REDCAT in Los Angeles at the Roy& Edna Disney/CalArts Theater\, and Berkeley Repertory Theater have also produced his work. In 2012\, he was named an inaugural Doris Duke Artist. He was honored to receive the 2009 Alpert Award in the Arts for Theatre\, a 2007 Guggenheim Fellowship\, and The American Academy of Arts and Letters 2005 Marc Blitzstein Award. In 2007\, Rinde Eckert was the finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Drama.\n\nAmi Nashimoto – Soprano\ncello\, ukulele\, erhu\, percussion\, vocals\nShow MoreAmi Nashimoto (she/they) is a cellist\, composer\, arranger\, teacher\, multi-instrumentalist and San Francisco native. They’ve been a prominent member of the Bay Area musical theater scene since 2010 and have played in such original productions as Larry the Musical\, Coming Soon\, The Beat Goes On\, and with companies including Shotgun Players\, 42nd Street Moon\, SF Playhouse\, and Transcendence Theatre Company. Ami also performs classical repertoire with Peninsula Symphony and Golden Gate Symphony\, as well as pop arrangements with groups including Eclecta Quartet\, Vybe Society\, and Lucky Devils Band. Ami is excited to bring her many musical talents to the stage for Ghost Quartet.\n\nVeronica Renner – Alto\naccordion\, autoharp\, percussion\, vocals\nShow MoreVeronica is a multi-hyphenate creative. She received her BA in Theatre with Honors in Acting from the University of California\, Irvine. She continues her education by pursuing an MA in Drama Therapy from the California Institute of Integral Studies. She is excited to return to Malloy after performing as Sonya in Natasha\, Pierre\, and the Great Comet of 1812 (Shotgun Players). Her favorite roles include Sarah in Company\, Leonide in Triumph of Love\, and Li’l Bit in How I Learned to Drive. She would be a skeleton if she were to be any kind of dead guy. Love to Aaron and Nomu. veronicarenner.com\n\nMonica Rose Slater – Soprano\nglockenspiel\, accordion\, harp\, percussion\, vocals\nShow MoreMonica Rose Slater is a Brazilian-American singer-actor-educator. Since her cross-country move from Virginia to San Francisco in 2021\, Monica has performed with Word for Word (Who’s-Dead McCarthy\, readings of Paradise and Annunciation)\, Cinnabar Theater (Oklahoma!\, The Sound of Music)\, 42nd Street Moon (She Loves Me\, Falsettos)\, Lamplighters Music Theatre (The Mystery of Edwin Drood\, Iolanthe)\, Berkeley Playhouse (Cinderella)\, Pocket Opera (Traviata)\, and Foothills Music Theater (Violet). \nMonica has an MM from San Francisco Conservatory\, where she studied opera\, and a BM from James Madison University\, where she studied music and writing. \nAlongside her theatrical career\, Monica has a private voice studio and works with the non-profit Music Education for Everyone. In her free time\, you’ll find her rollerblading\, painting impressionistic landscapes\, and writing creative non-fiction. She sends out hearty\, loving thank-yous to her parents\, Vovó e Vovô\, Tia Liane\, and Glenny\, for their incessant support. \nGet in touch on IG @monicaroseslater and www.monicaroseslater.com! \n\n\nMichael Perez – Baritone\npercussion\nShow MoreMichael Perez\, an actor and musician from Houston\, TX\, is thrilled to be making his Oakland Theater project musical debut in Ghost Quartet. Perez studied Acting at The Academy of Art University\, and previous theater work includes American Idiot (42nd St Moon)\, The Music Man (Queensbury Theater)\, What in Tarnation? (Exit Theater)\, Hair (AAU School of Acting)\, and The Barbary Coast Revue: Season 3. Perez is ecstatic to be a new addition to the OTP family. This show is dedicated to his loving family and his late little brother Matthew.\n  \n  URL:https://dresherensemble.org/event/ghost-quartet-2/2024-11-24/ LOCATION:Oakland Theater Project\, 1501 Martin Luther King Jr. Way\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://dresherensemble.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Ghost-Quartet-for-NPT-OAKLAND.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR