BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Paul Dresher Ensemble - ECPv6.16.2//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Paul Dresher Ensemble 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 END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251214T071500 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251214T213000 DTSTAMP:20260530T171830 CREATED:20251118T213107Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251118T213145Z UID:10000088-1765696500-1765747800@dresherensemble.org SUMMARY:West Oakland Sound Series: Benefit Fest DESCRIPTION:END OF YEAR SERIES BENEFIT SHOW! (INGALLS + SFSOUND + OAK RDCT ORCH + OTHERS) \nMore information soon URL:https://dresherensemble.org/event/west-oakland-sound-series-benefit-fest/ LOCATION:Dresher Ensemble Studio\, 2201 Poplar Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://dresherensemble.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Screenshot-2025-11-18-at-1.30.39-PM.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251207T191500 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251207T213000 DTSTAMP:20260530T171830 CREATED:20251118T212346Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251118T212514Z UID:10000087-1765134900-1765143000@dresherensemble.org SUMMARY:HUMMINGBIRD [Evelyn Davis + Phillip Greenlief + Jordan Glenn]YON SIL DESCRIPTION:HUMMINGBIRD: PHILLIP GREENLIEF\, EVELYN DAVIS and JORDAN GLENN make sputtering buzzes with tail feathers in meadows and open forests. Their perches tend to willows and alder from Mexico to 5\,000 year old pine forests. They add beauty by attracting audiences to hover\, increasing metabolic rates by quoting the odysseys of Pauline Oliveros and Tony Williams. Their survival depends on chasing red tailed press releases with the eloquence of epic poetry found primarily in the early work of The Slits\, and other renegade protagonists associated with the essence of iridescence; where the glowing\, intensifying\, changing colors of their sonic palette is but one brilliant example of their off-the-charts biology. \nYON SIL is visiting in Berkeley from the UK\, where he regularly performs in London’s vibrant experimental scene with artists such as Steve Noble\, John Edwards\, and Charles Hayward. Yon’s bass clarinet solos – often performed in one uninterrupted circular-breathed flow – weave multilayered sound/note textures through refractions of noise and melody\, and stem from an intensely corporeal and visceral relationship to his instrument\, partly informed by his experience as a member of Ana Maria Avram and Iancu Dumitrescu’s Hyperion Ensemble\, whose radical\, noise-adjacent improvisational interpretation of spectral music has deeply affected him. Yon has performed with Birgit Uhler\, Angharad Davies\, Ashely Paul\, Toshimaru Nakamura\, Abstract Concrete\, John Butcher etc.\, and appears on Creative Sources\,  Editions Modern\, Aural Terrains\, Confront Recordings\, Chocolate Monk\, Hideous Replica etc. URL:https://dresherensemble.org/event/hummingbird-evelyn-davis-phillip-greenlief-jordan-glennyon-sil/ LOCATION:Dresher Ensemble Studio\, 2201 Poplar Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://dresherensemble.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Screenshot-2025-11-18-at-1.18.43-PM.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251116T191500 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251116T213000 DTSTAMP:20260530T171830 CREATED:20251023T180952Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251029T165745Z UID:10000085-1763320500-1763328600@dresherensemble.org SUMMARY:Rainwater-Shim DuoAgnes Szelag + Cheryl Leonard + Gregory Scharpen DESCRIPTION:The Rainwater-Shim Duo (pianist Anne Rainwater and flutist Meerenai Shim) performs duos and solos\, including Pencilled Wings for flute\, piano\, and electronic playback by Emma O’Halloran\, Greener Grass by Caroline Ansink\, 90+ for piano by Elliott Carter\, and Miniatures Book 4: Preset Etudes for flute and electronics by Brent Miller.\n\nThomas Carnacki\, in the performance arena\, has numbered as many as seven individuals\, and as few as zero. Primary aesthetic concerns tend to revolve around uneasy textures\, nuance\, organicity\, and peculiarity. Repeat offenders down the years have included the late Jim Kaiser\, Gregory Hagan\, Jesse Burson\, and Sheila Bosco; this evening’s incarnation consists of Cheryl E. Leonard and Gregory Scharpen alongside Agnes Szelag. Carnacki music has accompanied dance pieces\, films\, plays\, and outdoor installation spectacles across the continent and internationally. The most recent recorded documents to have been released into the world are the sibling albums Cadavre Isolé and Rencontre Fortuite\, both derived from a formal exercise of inspired happenstance in the middle of lockdown. URL:https://dresherensemble.org/event/meerenai-shim-anne-rainwateragnes-szelag-cheryl-leonard-gregory-sharpen/ LOCATION:Dresher Ensemble Studio\, 2201 Poplar Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://dresherensemble.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/MEERENAI-BY-BECKY-YEE-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251106T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251106T213000 DTSTAMP:20260530T171830 CREATED:20251023T181904Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251024T200925Z UID:10000086-1762455600-1762464600@dresherensemble.org SUMMARY:QueenBee Records 2-day microFEST DESCRIPTION:Second night of freewheeling improvised music and creative jazz from some of the scene’s most adventurous and exciting ensembles. Celebrating three new recordings out this fall on Berkeley’s Queen Bee Records — the 7th\, 8th and 9th! — in a series of 12 releases coming this year. \nBeth Schenck Quintet\nA wildly creative and original musical voice\, San Francisco saxophonist and composer Beth Schenck writes bracing music that blends lush harmonies with fierce propulsiveness and surprising rhythmic twists and turns. \nBeth Schenck\, alto saxophone and compositions\nCory Wright\, tenor saxophone and bass clarinet\nMatt Wrobel\, guitar\nLisa Mezzacappa\, acoustic bass\nJordan Glenn\, drums \nAstrolabe\nNathan Clevenger’s Astrolabe Ensemble is a large jazz and experimental music group based in Oakland.The band’s name originated from a specific musical suite that Clevenger wrote. \nKasey Knudsen – alto & tenor sax\nBeth Schenck – alto & soprano sax\nCory Wright – Bb & bass clarinet\, alto flute\nPolly Springhorn – C & bass flute\, piccolo\nDanny Lubin-Laden – trombone\nCrystal Pascucci-Clifford – cello\nJon Arkin – drum set\, percussion\nJason Levis – marimba\, percussion\nTim DeCillis – vibes\, percussion\nMark Pascucci-Clifford – vibes\, percussion\nNathan Clevenger – keyboards\, percussion\nLisa Mezzacappa – contrabass \nflatways\n(Sudhu Tewari\, Jordan Glenn\, Matt Robidoux) \nflatways is a rhythm band made up of no strings guitar (Sudhu Tewari)\, drum set (Jordan Glenn)\, and drum machines + live sampling (Matt Robidoux). Sudhu makes instruments for the band\, such as a one stringed electric bass (“slap thwacker”) that Sudhu and Matt both play. flatways is drum n bass\, with numerous rhythms meshing\, clashing\, and rubbing up against one another. \n  \n  \n  URL:https://dresherensemble.org/event/queen-bee-records-festival-day-two/ LOCATION:Dresher Ensemble Studio\, 2201 Poplar Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://dresherensemble.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Lisa-Queen-Bee-FEST.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251105T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251105T213000 DTSTAMP:20260530T171830 CREATED:20251023T174756Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251024T200732Z UID:10000084-1762369200-1762378200@dresherensemble.org SUMMARY:QueenBee Records 2-day microFEST DESCRIPTION:Two nights of freewheeling improvised music and creative jazz from some of the scene’s most adventurous and exciting ensembles\, celebrating three new recordings out this fall on Berkeley’s Queen Bee Records. \nThis first evening is devoted to the OAKLAND REDUCTIONIST ORCHESTRA‘S debut release\, west and east baying representing two sides of the ensemble’s output: a live concert recording documenting a performance at The Lab in San Francisco (West Bay) and an “only made in the studio” work recorded in a controlled environment in Berkeley (East Bay). A supergroup of Bay Area musicians with a predilection for lowercase\, fricative\, and reductionist improvisation that often sounds more electronic than acoustic\, the ensemble draws on a rich tradition of “American reductionist” music that blossomed in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Musicans: Tom Djll\, trumpet; Ron Heglin\, tuba; Monica Scott\, cello; Matt Ingalls\, clarinets; Lisa Mezzacappa\, bass; Kyle Bruckmann\, oboe\, english horn; Kevin Corcoran\, percussion; Kevin ck Lo\, violin/flute/piano; Kanoko Nishi-Smith\, koto; Joshua Marshall\, tenor saxophone; John Ingle\, saxophones; Jacob Felix Heule\, percussion; Diane Grubbe\, flutes; Danishta Rivero\, voice; Cody Putman\, bassoon; Chris Cooper\, guitar\, electronics; Cheryl Leonard\, natural-object instruments; Brendan Lai-Tong\, trombone. \nMany of the members studied at Mills College\, which has had an extraordinary and foundational influence on the Bay Area’s new music scene\, particularly in experimental\, electronic\, and improvised music\, and other forms of sound exploration. Before the orchestra’s performance\, the concert features two special guest sets by other Mills alumni: \nROCO CÓRDOVA (voice\, electronics) and THERESA WONG (cello\, voice) dialogue in a realm beyond language where timbre\, textures\, noise\, and melodies are shaped through the alchemy of improvisation. \nPresenting a rare solo electronics set\, KRISTIN MILTNER is a composer and immersive sound designer based in the Bay Area. She creates music with her custom software\, which she designed to scan sound files and live input\, enabling her to restructure a single sound into tessellating multidimensional sound fabrics instantly. She applies this method to a wide variety of sonic endeavors\, whether interactive and experiential sound design\, game sound design\, ensemble performance and improvisation\, or her solo work. She studied with Maggi Payne\, Chris Brown\, and Pauline Oliveros at Mills College. She released her debut solo album\, “Grains”\, in 2007 on Praemedia\, followed by “Music for Dreaming and Playing” on Asthmatic Kitty. She has designed soundscapes for many games\, and her endeavors at Spatial Inc. (Emeryville\, CA) have led to collaborations with artists and sound designers at Meow Wolf\, National Geographic\, and researchers at the Estuary and Ocean Science Center in Tiburon\, CA\, building elaborate real-world immersive experiences. URL:https://dresherensemble.org/event/queen-bee-records-festival-day-one/ LOCATION:Dresher Ensemble Studio\, 2201 Poplar Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://dresherensemble.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Lisa-Queen-Bee-FEST.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251102T191500 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251102T213000 DTSTAMP:20260530T171830 CREATED:20251023T173114Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251023T173140Z UID:10000083-1762110900-1762119000@dresherensemble.org SUMMARY:KRYS BOBROWSKI + KAREN STACKPOLEJAMES GOODE SUNG KIM DESCRIPTION:KRYS BOBROWSKI and KAREN STACKPOLE\, long-time collaborators in the improvising quartet Vorticella\, organically formed a duo combining Stackpole’s Gongs with Bobrowski’s Gliss Glass\, an invented instrument of her own design that consists of water-filled glass vessels mounted on telescoping stands that are interconnected with tubes and valves. By varying the height of the vessels and opening and closing the valves\, Bobrowski can dynamically alter the pitch of the sound by changing the level of the water as the instrument is played via friction\, mallets\, bare hands\, and splashes. The sounds are captured via piezo pickups and amplified. The Gliss Glass blends extremely well with the sound of the Gongs played by Stackpole\, who employs various techniques with friction mallets\, bows\, and other implements. Karen Stackpole and Krys Bobrowski create a deep sonic journey that unfurls into an engaging and transcendent soundtrack for the imagination. \nJAMES GOODE coaxes extraordinary sounds from everyday objects. Russian nested dolls are transformed into squealing narwhals; bird calls into growling lions; the voice box from a stuffed animal into a flock of hungry seagulls; and brief vocal sounds into the soundtrack for a comic and surreal conga line. Defying easy description or pigeonholing\, his music takes you to an unfamiliar place filled with luscious atonality and compelling polyrhythm. He navigates a course between austere minimalism on the one hand and pandemonium on the other. Goode has recorded and/or performed with Chris Cohen\, John Dieterich\, Thomas Dimuzio\, Shelley Hirsch\, Bill Horist\, John Ingle\, Cheryl Leonard\, Bär McKinnon\, Roger Powell\, Jesse Quattro\, Jake Rodriguez\, Greg Saunier\, David Slusser\, Ches Smith\, Trey Spruance\, Sudhu Tewari\, Gregg Turkington\, William Winant\, and many others. \nSUNG KIM presents four of his most recent iterations of musical instruments that he has been developing for the last 36 years. In the tradition of Korean sanjo\, he improvises with a collection of melodies that were developed in tandem with the instruments. A sculptor and self taught composer operating a design and build studio in Richmond under the name of Hare and Arrow Arts\, Kim writes: \n“With every instrument that I complete\, I feel as if my goal for the full ensemble that I have been searching for gets further away and I am realizing that I may never be finished. Please come and celebrate my unending toil.” URL:https://dresherensemble.org/event/krys-bobrowski-karen-stackpolebrjames-goode-sung-kim/ LOCATION:Dresher Ensemble Studio\, 2201 Poplar Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://dresherensemble.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/WOSS-November-5.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251026T191500 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251026T213000 DTSTAMP:20260530T171830 CREATED:20251007T213049Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251023T171753Z UID:10000082-1761506100-1761514200@dresherensemble.org SUMMARY:MATTHEW RYALS NUNNPHONICS(Sudhu Tewari\, David Michalak & Jordan Glenn) DESCRIPTION:MATTHEW RYALS is a NYC-based synthesist and composer-improviser. He has released three studio albums and a series of EPs on 3OP\, SØVN and dingn\dents\, and will release records on Infrequent Seams in Fall 2025 and Oxtail Recordings in 2026. \nMatthew performs internationally and will be featured on High Zero Festival and Ex Nihilo Festival. He has collaborated with Madison Greenstone\, Nava Dunkelman\, and Stephan Haluska. Matthew received a 2025 Art Omi: Music Residency\, 2025 Foundation of Contemporary Arts Grant\, a 2022-23 New Music USA Award\, and a 2021 IEA Electronic Media Residency. He also co-curates Artifact\, a Brooklyn-based experimental music series that was awarded a 2025 Brooklyn Arts Council grant. \nInstrument inventor SUDHU TEWARI\, filmmaker/improviser DAVID MICHALAK and percussionist JORDAN GLENN join forces in NUNNPHONICS: an improvised set featuring instruments built by the late\, great inventor\, TOM NUNN. \nNunn’s over 200 instruments include: The Skatchbox\, Skatchplatter\, T-rodimba\, Bug Belly\, Crustacean. Lukie Tubes\, The Crab\, Space plates and many others. All of Tom Nunn’s instruments are amplified using contact microphones and have sculptural qualities. URL:https://dresherensemble.org/event/matthew-ryals-nunnphonics/ LOCATION:Dresher Ensemble Studio\, 2201 Poplar Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://dresherensemble.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/image-768x576-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251019T191500 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251019T210000 DTSTAMP:20260530T171830 CREATED:20251007T211616Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251007T212106Z UID:10000081-1760901300-1760907600@dresherensemble.org SUMMARY:EUDIMORPHODON PHIL STONE MELTYKISS DESCRIPTION:MELTYKISS is a Brooklyn-based duo project of drummer Max Goldstein and vocalist Ariel Vera. Meltykiss focuses on guided improvisation based off a conceptual form created collaboratively. The sound of Meltykiss is influenced by the likes of Sun Ra\, Chris Corsano\, Marcela Lucatelli\, Zach Hill\, and more blending stylistic ideas based on free jazz and heavy idioms to create charged\, scribbly\, loop-based noise. \nPHIL STONE presents Another Day at the Entropy Mine for solo improviser in a one-node network. Using software processes and instruments (mostly) of his own design*\, Stone initiates and nudges cascades of probabilistic responses to the notes he plays on electric bass. In his work with the network band “The Hub”\, Stone often employed self-connected network processes during development and testing\, to simulate the group dynamic. He found interesting results from this ‘one-node network’ and began to think of it as a musical instrument in its own right\, worthy of its own body of technique and practice. \n(*) In addition to his own software voicing\, Stone employs the Free Open Source “Surge XT” software synthesizer\, to which he has contributed an OSC interface. \nEUDIMORPHODON\, is an early pterosaur AND a new duo with Dan Plonsey (saxophones) and Matthew Welch (bagpipes). Featuring compositions and improvisations by both for this unique combination of reeds\, Plonsey and Welch dig deep into their love for odd creaturesand characters to summon forth wild sonic beasts of imagination. URL:https://dresherensemble.org/event/eudimorphodon-phil-stone-meltykiss/ LOCATION:Dresher Ensemble Studio\, 2201 Poplar Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://dresherensemble.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/image-768x1151-2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251005T191500 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251005T211500 DTSTAMP:20260530T171830 CREATED:20250910T002850Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250910T002850Z UID:10000079-1759691700-1759698900@dresherensemble.org SUMMARY:sfSoundgroup performs Morton Feldman\, Sofia Gubaidulina\, Tom Johnson\, Peter Eötvös\, and Monica Scott DESCRIPTION:sfSOUNDGROUP presents a concert honoring recently departed composers. The first half features works by the Russian composer SOFIA GUBAIDULINA (1931 – 2025)\, known for her spiritual and dramatic works. The second half includes a circular breathing wind duo by the pioneering minimalist composer TOM JOHNSON (1939–2024)\, and a work for improvisers and tape by the celebrated composer and conductor PETER EÖTVÖS (1944–2024). \nThe evening will also include Instruments II by MORTON FELDMAN\, a prime example of his often overlooked output in the mid-70’s. sfSound’s own MONICA SCOTT rounds out the program with a duo for cello and piano. \nPROGRAM\nMORTON FELDMAN – “Instruments II” 1975\nchamber ensemble \nTOM JOHNSON – “Kientzy Loops” 2000\ncircular breathing wind duo \nPETER EÖTVÖS – “Music For New York” 1971\ntape playback with improvisers \nMONICA SCOTT – “more than nine minutes” 2016\ncello and piano \nSOFIA GUBAIDULINA – “Piano Sonata: III. Allegretto” 1965\npiano \nSOFIA GUBAIDULINA – “Dots\, Lines and Zigzag” 1976\nbass clarinet and piano \nSOFIA GUBAIDULINA – “Sounds of the Forest” 1978\nflute and piano \nSOFIA GUBAIDULINA – “In croce” 1979\ncello and organ \nMUSICIANS\nDiane Grubbe\, flute\nKyle Bruckmann\, oboe\nMatt Ingalls\, clarinet\nJohn Ingle\, saxophone/conductor\nBrendan Lai-Tong\, trombone\nHadley McCarroll\, piano/organ\nKjell Nordeson\, percussion\nMonica Scott. cello\nLisa Mezzacappa. bass URL:https://dresherensemble.org/event/sfsoundgroup-performs-morton-feldman-sofia-gubaidulina-tom-johnson-peter-eotvos-and-monica-scott/ LOCATION:Dresher Ensemble Studio\, 2201 Poplar Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://dresherensemble.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Screenshot-2025-09-09-at-5.26.41-PM.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250928T191500 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250928T211500 DTSTAMP:20260530T171830 CREATED:20250910T001617Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250910T001617Z UID:10000078-1759086900-1759094100@dresherensemble.org SUMMARY:VEN VOISEY THREE TRAPPED TIGERS DESCRIPTION:VEN VOISEY is a sculptor\, composer\, and designer who currently splits his time between Oakland\, CA and Wonder Valley (Twentynine Palms)\, CA. His work is informed by an attention to surroundings; he creates rituals\, tools and circumstances as a means of exploring the relationship between internal and external space; between the spiritual and physical. \nTHREE TRAPPED TIGERS Recorder Duo (David Barnett and Tom Bickley) present Pilgrim songs from the 14th c. Llibre Vermell de Montserrat\, selections from “Music for Every Occasion” by Alvin Curran\, a ballade by 14th c. Italian Francesco Landini\, a 13th c. aubade\, Bickley’s Hibernian Cities/Hebridean Islands for alto recorder and electronics\, and Medieval Nights for solo tenor recorder by Pete Rose. As the styles and periods juxtapose\, with improvisation as a through line\, the duo invites you to explore pre modern music for post modern ears and vice versa. URL:https://dresherensemble.org/event/ven-voisey-three-trapped-tigers/ LOCATION:Dresher Ensemble Studio\, 2201 Poplar Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://dresherensemble.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Screenshot-2025-09-09-at-5.11.46-PM.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250921T191500 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250921T211500 DTSTAMP:20260530T171830 CREATED:20250910T000226Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250910T000633Z UID:10000077-1758482100-1758489300@dresherensemble.org SUMMARY:Fred Lonberg-Holm + William Winant Kathryn Schulmeister + Nick Sanders DESCRIPTION:FRED LONBERG-HOLM is trying to make sense of this world while making sounds on the cello and just about anything else he can get his hands on. He performs a duo of improvised music with Grammy-nominated percussionist WILLIAM WINANT\, internationally regarded as a leading performer of avant-garde music. \nBassist KATHRYN SCHULMEISTER—praised for her “expressive and captivating performance” and a faculty member at the University of the Pacific—and jazz pianist NICK SANDERS—a Sunnyside Records recording artist celebrated for his inventive\, acrobatic style—draw on their eclectic musical backgrounds to perform original compositions and improvisations\, including previews from Schulmeister’s upcoming debut solo album Imagining Hands. URL:https://dresherensemble.org/event/fred-lonberg-holm-william-winant-kathryn-schulmeister-nick-sanders/ LOCATION:Dresher Ensemble Studio\, 2201 Poplar Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://dresherensemble.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Screenshot-2025-09-09-at-5.03.06-PM.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250914T071500 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250914T211500 DTSTAMP:20260530T171830 CREATED:20250909T235416Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250909T235416Z UID:10000076-1757834100-1757884500@dresherensemble.org SUMMARY:Sylvia MatheusMatthew Evan Taylor + Theresa Wong + Kjell Nordeson + Lisa Mezzacappa + Matt Ingall DESCRIPTION:SILVIA MATHEUS\, composer and sound artist\, presents Recycling — a solo performance with Kyma\, Eurorack\, and Buchla systems. Past works are dismantled and rebuilt live\, their fragments reshaped by algorithmic processes and hands-on control. The result is a constantly shifting sonic environment where memory and invention collide\, creating an experience that is irreproducible and shared in the moment with the audience. \nRecently relocated to the Bay Area to serve as Assistant Professor of Composition at the University of California\, Berkeley\, MATTHEW EVAN TAYLOR (winds) performs a solo work and group improvisations with local musicians THERESA WONG (cello)\, KJELL NORDESON (percussion)\, LISA MEZZACAPPA (bass)\, and MATT INGALLS (clarinet). URL:https://dresherensemble.org/event/sylvia-matheusmatthew-evan-taylor-theresa-wong-kjell-nordeson-lisa-mezzacappa-matt-ingall/ LOCATION:Dresher Ensemble Studio\, 2201 Poplar Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://dresherensemble.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Screenshot-2025-09-09-at-4.53.31-PM.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250824T191500 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250824T220000 DTSTAMP:20260530T171830 CREATED:20250806T182014Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250806T182014Z UID:10000069-1756062900-1756072800@dresherensemble.org SUMMARY:WEST OAKLAND TAPE MUSIC FESTIVAL DESCRIPTION:THE SAN FRANCISCO TAPE MUSIC COLLECTIVE presents their summer east bay festival of fixed media works projected live over a 16-channel Meyer Sound System. Featuring a wide range of works by international composers and collective members. URL:https://dresherensemble.org/event/west-oakland-tape-music-festival/ 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-11.19.42-AM.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250817T191500 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250817T213000 DTSTAMP:20260530T171830 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:20250727T191500 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250727T213000 DTSTAMP:20260530T171830 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:20260530T171830 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:20250511T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250511T213000 DTSTAMP:20260530T171830 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:20260530T171830 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:20250105T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250105T220000 DTSTAMP:20260530T171830 CREATED:20241214T212029Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241214T212732Z UID:10000050-1736103600-1736114400@dresherensemble.org SUMMARY:PHILIP GELBCHRIS BROWN & JOHANNA POETHIG DESCRIPTION:PHILIP GELB \nAfter a long absence from the music scene\, Philip Gelb has returned to performing\, marking his first ensemble performance since the Pauline Oliveros Memorial Festivals. During those festivals\, Gelb emerged from self-imposed retirement to pay tribute to his mentor and dear friend. Previously\, due to dental issues\, he was forced to give up playing the shakuhachi\, the instrument on which he gained international recognition for his innovative approach. However\, thanks to a generous gift from an old friend and former student\, he received a Buchla Music Easel and some Buchla Tiptop modules this past year. \nFor the first time in over a decade\, Gelb has formed a new ensemble featuring three major players from the Bay Area music scene—Kanoko Nishi-Smith (koto)\, Kyle Bruckmann (oboe\, English horn)\, and Thomas Dimuzio (synthesizer\, sampler)—as well as Fred Lonberg-Holm (cello)\, a newcomer and returnee to the Bay Area music community. Notably\, this concert is not only Gelb’s first ensemble performance in many years (following a solo Buchla set last month) but also Lonberg-Holm’s first concert since relocating back to the Bay Area\, where he once lived as a student at Mills College in the 1980s. \n\nCHRIS BROWN & JOHANNA POETHIG\nChris Brown (composition\, virtual piano\, and interactive electronics) and Johanna Poethig (video) present RhythmiChrome (2023)\, a suite of seven scored and improvised pieces in just intonation. \nSynesthesia is a “perceptual phenomenon in which stimulation of one sensory or cognitive pathway leads to involuntary experiences in a second sensory or cognitive pathway.” While pitch and rhythm occupy different ranges of the vibrational scale\, they are inherently connected\, as both are defined by their number of vibrations or beats per second. \nIn his book New Musical Resources\, composer Henry Cowell theorized that using the same whole number (integer) ratios to associate pitch and rhythm can effectively compose relationships between rhythm and harmony. In the 1930s\, Cowell collaborated with inventor Leon Theremin to create the Rhythmicon\, an electric instrument that played rhythms proportional to the simplest pitch intervals in the harmonic series. \nFor RhythmiChrome\, Brown developed a Rhythmicon-inspired software that automatically generates rhythms congruent with the tuning of notes he plays on a MIDI keyboard. Playing chords of these intervals creates polyrhythms directly tied to the pitch relationships in the music. These polyrhythms\, in turn\, inspire improvisation by producing responses that transform both pitch and rhythm in a feedback-like process. \nThe notes in RhythmiChrome are derived from composer Harry Partch’s 41-tone tuning system\, which is based on the numbers 2\, 3\, 5\, 7\, 9\, and 11. This system enables a wide range of harmonies\, from deeply consonant to strikingly dissonant. Partch famously associated specific colors with each number in his system and painted the keys of his reed organ accordingly\, naming the instrument the “Chromelodeon.” \nBrown’s composition Occhio—a song cycle of seven pieces—uses various subsets or modes of Partch’s tuning\, each conveying a distinct mood and drawing from the poetry of Italian poet Erika Dagnino. The seven pieces in RhythmiChrome—Sguardo (The Gaze)\, Umidità (Humidity)\, Atmosferica (Atmospheres)\, Palpebre (Eyelids)\, Pianta (Plant)\, Pulsazioni (Pulsations)\, and Respiro (Breath)—are improvisations informed by this system and its poetic influences. \nAs a final layer in this synesthetic exploration\, Johanna Poethig has created vibrant video collages in response to the music and its themes. These visuals further inspire Brown’s improvisations\, completing the feedback loop between sound\, sight\, and concept. \n—C URL:https://dresherensemble.org/event/giacomo-fiore-robert-blatt-manfred-werder-kevin-corcoran-2/ LOCATION:Dresher Ensemble Studio\, 2201 Poplar Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://dresherensemble.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/rhythmiChrome.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241208T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241208T220000 DTSTAMP:20260530T171831 CREATED:20241130T234415Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241203T183833Z UID:10000048-1733684400-1733695200@dresherensemble.org SUMMARY:GIACOMO FIORE ROBERT BLATT + MANFRED WERDER + KEVIN CORCORAN DESCRIPTION:GIACOMO FIORE presents Lost Horse Wash Drone – a series of works composed after one week in residence at the Lou Harrison House in Joshua Tree\, California\, contemplating matters of tuning\, improvisation\, and our environment. The music is built on small just intonation modes\, played on fretless electric and refretted resophonic guitar with live electronic manipulation\, and accompanied field recordings from day-long hikes into the desert\, in an attempt to bring environmental and improvised sound together.\nPhoto by Dominic Guzzo \nIn a performance including 35 mm slides\, analog tape\, field recording\, found documents\, text\, typewriter\, and voice\, ROBERT BLATT\, KEVIN CORCORAN\, and MANFRED WERDER collectively realize an assemblage of their work engaging the concept of history through its intersections with art\, land\, and politics. \nROBERT BLATT is a composer\, artist\, performer\, and writer. His practice explores expanded situations that reevaluate sound and listening through environment\, community\, and language. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. \nKEVIN CORCORAN works with sound in contexts of music\, art\, communication\, and place\, with recent projects focused on field recordings expanded across media. He lives in San Francisco while often in transit tracing places of interest and inquiry. \nMANFRED WERDER is wandering through the abundance in which he traces all possible enunciation regarding the world. His recent works [ the inscription of the sun ] and [ the music of history ] continue the practice of reflection and inscription of both found materials through the sun and typewriter and the public space through dérive. Lives in situ. \nManfred Werder’s presence has been made possible in part by the Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia. URL:https://dresherensemble.org/event/giacomo-fiore-robert-blatt-manfred-werder-kevin-corcoran/ LOCATION:Dresher Ensemble Studio\, 2201 Poplar Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://dresherensemble.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/gf_By-Lenny-gonzalez.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241201T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241201T220000 DTSTAMP:20260530T171831 CREATED:20241130T232425Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241201T000816Z UID:10000047-1733079600-1733090400@dresherensemble.org SUMMARY:THEA FARHADIAN + CHRIS BROWNEUPHOTIC DESCRIPTION:CHRIS BROWN (piano/electronics) and THEA FARHADIAN (violin/electronics) come together for their first time improvised duo performance. \nTHEA FARHADIAN is a performer/composer based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Her work extends across a wide range of disciplines\, including solo violin and interactive electronics\, acoustic improvisation\, solo laptop\, radio art\, and scoring experimental video. Her solo pieces for violin and electronics combine a classical music background with extended technique\, digital processing\, and extensive improvisation. \nCHRIS BROWN\, composer\, pianist\, and electronic musician\, makes music with self-designed sonic systems\, including acoustic and electroacoustic instruments\, interactive software\, computer networks\, microtonal tunings\, and improvisation. His compositions are designs for performances in which people bring to life the musical structures embedded in scores\, instruments\, and machines. URL:https://dresherensemble.org/event/euphoticthea-farhadian-chris-brown/ LOCATION:Dresher Ensemble Studio\, 2201 Poplar Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://dresherensemble.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/December-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241124T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241124T220000 DTSTAMP:20260530T171831 CREATED:20241031T182447Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241031T182447Z UID:10000046-1732474800-1732485600@dresherensemble.org SUMMARY:EDA ER + DANNIEL RIBEIRO DAN PLONSEY GROUP DESCRIPTION:EDA ER and DANNIEL RIBEIRO debut their dynamic duo\, blending vocals\, electronics\, electric guitar\, and video. Their work incorporates transducers and extended techniques within a structured improvisation setting\, highlighting their shared exploration of sound\, collaboration\, and multimedia expression. \nEda Er is a composer\, multimedia artist\, and vocalist based in the Bay Area. Her work integrates electronic music\, classical composition\, installation art\, and theater\, often using storytelling to explore themes of belonging\, memory\, and generational trauma. Eda’s practice bridges new media\, improvisation\, and sensors\, with a focus on the interaction between sound\, visuals\, and space. She frequently collaborates with renowned ensembles and artists and is known for her interdisciplinary approach\, combining performance art with cutting-edge technology to create immersive experiences. \nDanniel Ribeiro is a Brazilian composer based in the Bay Area. His work explores instrumental music through project-specific techniques\, preparations\, sculptural objects\, amplification\, and transduced electronics. Focusing primarily on the guitar\, he expands its expressive range and investigates the instrument’s evolving stylistic devices. His performances span spontaneous composition\, recorded and transformed performances\, collaborative projects\, and the exploration of augmented instrument capabilities. Danniel has studied composition in Brazil\, Canada\, France\, and the USA\, and has participated in various international festivals as a resident composer. \nDAN PLONSEY GROUP plays music. URL:https://dresherensemble.org/event/eda-er-danniel-ribeiro-dan-plonsey-group/ LOCATION:Dresher Ensemble Studio\, 2201 Poplar Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://dresherensemble.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/EdaDanniel.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241117T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241117T220000 DTSTAMP:20260530T171831 CREATED:20241031T182007Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241031T182215Z UID:10000045-1731870000-1731880800@dresherensemble.org SUMMARY:JON ARKIN + BEN GOLDBERG BRUCKMANN + GLENN + JESSEN + MEZZACAPPA + RIVERO DESCRIPTION:As a duo\, JON ARKIN (drums\, live processing) and BEN GOLDBERG (clarinet) bring together an unprecedented diversity of organic and synthetic elements\, forming a truly unique musical amalgam. Arkin’s self-designed hybrid electro-acoustic setup acts as both a support and foil to Goldberg’s singular improvisational voice\, within the contexts of traditional composition\, spontaneous composition\, and algorithmic indeterminacy. \nThe evening also includes an improvisaiton by the super-group KYLE BRUCKMANN (oboe/electronics) + JORDAN GLENN (percussion) + DANA JESSEN (bassoon) + LISA MEZZACAPPA (bass) + DANISHTA RIVERO (voice/electronics). In this yet-to-be-cleverly-named electroacoustic quintet\, the double reed faction of Splinter Reeds fills in a juicy slice of their Venn diagram overlap with Oakland’s tireless Creative Music scene. Thorny compositions by Jessen and Bruckmann frame and catalyze jittery collective improvisations. Mazes will be precariously navigated and harmonic partials will be shamelessly excited. URL:https://dresherensemble.org/event/jon-arkin-ben-goldberg-bruckmann-glenn-jessen-mezzacappa-rivero/ LOCATION:Dresher Ensemble Studio\, 2201 Poplar Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://dresherensemble.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/KyleSuperGroup.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241110T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241110T220000 DTSTAMP:20260530T171831 CREATED:20241016T192606Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241031T182713Z UID:10000008-1731265200-1731276000@dresherensemble.org SUMMARY:THE STINSON TRIOMITCH STAHLMANN DESCRIPTION:THE STINSON TRIO is the restless electric improvising union of drummer TIM BULKLEY\, guitarist DAVID DVORIN\, and reeds player RANDY MCKEAN. Using drum and cymbal\, amps and effects\, high and low saxes/clarinets\, they fashion instant jigsaw superstructures from composite layers of sound and rhythm. The Stinson project came about after trombonist and fellow Flounder band member Cliff Childers’ unexpected death in 2023\, which had a profound impact on the remaining members Bulkley\, Dvorin\, and McKean. Cancelling all upcoming engagements\, they entered a period of soul-searching and reflection\, ultimately spending a long weekend playing and recording in a cabin located in Marin County’s seaside community of Stinson Beach. The result is their collection Stinson\, a creative meditation on folding grief into the joy of communion and connection. They create a world of eclectic improvisation\, spontaneous composition\, and thoughtful rumination\, one in which clinks and clanks become swirls and sustenance\, thud and bluster become howl and lament. Through the act of making music\, the three reaffirm their collective bond\, which shines and fuels their debut release. Stinson will be released by Cure-All Records in November 2024. \nMITCH STAHLMANN does play around. His often frenetic music embraces chaos\, pulling radical joy out of the magician’s hat. In his solo practice\, Mitch primarily works with complex MIDI systems controlled by his adaptation of Michel Waisvisz’s crackle box circuit design. Additionally\, the flute is used as a vehicle for melodic and spiritual incantation through this fabric of noise. For this set at the West Oakland Sound Series\, Mitch will be pulling both material from his debut solo album\, Into the Wish\, as well as new musical material. As a collaborator\, Mitch’s sound can also be heard in projects such as RISA and Signal Quest. URL:https://dresherensemble.org/event/the-stinson-trio-mitch-stahlmann/ LOCATION:Dresher Ensemble Studio\, 2201 Poplar Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://dresherensemble.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Stinson.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241103T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241103T220000 DTSTAMP:20260530T171831 CREATED:20241016T191549Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241031T183443Z UID:10000007-1730660400-1730671200@dresherensemble.org SUMMARY:RIC LOUCHARD (with Lisa Mezzacappa + Jordan Glenn + Joshua Marshall) BJLL DINGALLS (Tom Djll + Bill Hsu + Matt Ingalls) DESCRIPTION:RIC LOUCHARD is a Bay Area composer\, pianist\, improviser\, writer and story teller. His stories strive to find the universal in the very personal. His music is emotive and\, well\, romantic\, or at least on the Dionysian side of the fence. It tends towards chromaticism\, atonality or quirky tonality. Motivic with sometimes complex rhythms. His musical roots are European classical tradition\, improvisation\, and all the music we’ve all been hearing the last 70 years. Ric is delighted – really delighted – to be playing with LISA MEZZACAPPA\, bass\, JORDAN GLENN\, drums\, and JOSHUA MARSHALL\, saxophones. Ric played these pieces with this same quartet 5 years ago and has always wanted to revisit the music\, make some revisions\, and play and record them again with these fantastic musicians. He is thrilled it is happening. \nIn the blur between acoustic and amplified\, synthetic and analog\, algorhythm and improvisation\, clarity is forged anew only if you look ahead. Swinging serious sonic sledgehammers for a threefold lifetime now\, BJLL DINGALLS [TOM DJLL (trumpet & electronics) + BILL HSU (electronics) + MATT INGALLS (clarinet & electronics)] lay the railroad into terra incognita. URL:https://dresherensemble.org/event/ric-louchard-group-bjll-dingalls/ LOCATION:Dresher Ensemble Studio\, 2201 Poplar Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://dresherensemble.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/RicBouchard-and-DJLL.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241027T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241027T220000 DTSTAMP:20260530T171831 CREATED:20241016T182818Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241017T231314Z UID:10000003-1730055600-1730066400@dresherensemble.org SUMMARY:MEERANAI SHIM + DIANE GRUBBE THE HOLY MARTINS (KASEY KNUDSEN + LORIN BENEDICT + ERIC VOGLER) DESCRIPTION:Bay Area flutists DIANE GRUBBE and MEERANAI SHIM perform solo and duo works by Robert Dick\, Mario Davidovsky\, Dai Fujikura\, Alyssa Aska\, and The Honourable Elizabeth A. Baker. \nTHE HOLY MARTINS is KASEY KNUDSEN (alto saxophone)\, LORIN BENEDICT (voice)\, and ERIC VOGLER (guitar). They have been playing in this configuration for over 15 years\, during which time the group has explored a broad range of composed music (written by them and by others)\, improvised game pieces\, and collective free improvisation. The nucleus of their approach is rooted in the jazz idiom\, writ large\, but the conspicuous absence of a “rhythm section” pushes the team in directions bordering on the altogether unfamiliar. \nPart of the WEST OAKLAND SOUND SERIES collection URL:https://dresherensemble.org/event/meeranai-shim-diane-grubbe-the-holy-martins/ LOCATION:Dresher Ensemble Studio\, 2201 Poplar Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://dresherensemble.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/shim_and_grubbe.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241020T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241020T220000 DTSTAMP:20260530T171831 CREATED:20241011T221937Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241018T002421Z UID:10000002-1729450800-1729461600@dresherensemble.org SUMMARY:SILVIA MATHEUS with RIC LOUCHARD LISA MEZZACAPPA: MUSIC FOR MORE THAN A FEW OF US DESCRIPTION:SILVIA MATHEUS (computer and electronic music composer\, sound artist\, and improviser) teams up with RIC LOUCHARD (pianist\, composer\, and improviser) to create The VisitoR\, a performance where electronics and acoustics meet and interact. \nLISA MEZZACAPPA: MUSIC FOR MORE THAN A FEW OF US \nBassist and composer LISA MEZZACAPPA presents a set of new and newly-arranged works for improvising large ensemble\, featuring members of sfSound\, the oakland reductionist orchestra\, and special guests. \nSarah Grace Graves\, voice\nHallie Smith\, violin\nDiane Grubbe\, flutes\nTom Dambly\, trumpet\nMatt Ingalls\, clarinets\nJoshua Marshall\, tenor saxophone\nRon Heglin\, trombone\nRob Ewing\, trombone\nMonica Scott\, cello\nKathryn Schulmeister\, double bass\nLisa Mezzacappa\, double bass\nBrett Carson\, piano\nChris Cooper\, electronics\nKjell Nordeson\, drums URL:https://dresherensemble.org/event/silvia-matheus-lisa-mezzacappa-music-for-more-than-a-few-of-us/ LOCATION:Dresher Ensemble Studio\, 2201 Poplar Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://dresherensemble.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/silva-matheus.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241011T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241011T223000 DTSTAMP:20260530T171831 CREATED:20241009T212719Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241011T222358Z UID:10000001-1728673200-1728685800@dresherensemble.org SUMMARY:JOANA HOLANDA + FÁBIO PRESGRAVE / KANOKO NISHI-SMITH + AINE NAKAMURA DESCRIPTION:Recognized as one the foremost Brazilian musicians of their generation\, FÁBIO PRESGRAVE (cello) and JOANA HOLANDA have been performing versatile and captivating programs with a wide range of aesthetic affiliations. Both musicians are faculty members at Federal University of Natal (UFRN) in Brazil. \nThe duo performs Brazillian-born\, Oakland composer BRUNO RUVIARIO’S Beatriz Suite(2024)\, a 13-movement work written for the duo. Using one the country’s most beloved songs\, Beatriz written by Edu Lobo and Chico Buarque in 1983 for the ballet O Grande Circo Místico (The Great Mystical Circus) as source material\, the work rips apart the original song\, expanding its imagery and emotional landscapes\, cleanly quoting the song as well as transforming it beyond recognition. In addition\, themes from other composers find their way into the work. The duo will also present PAULO CÉSAR VITOR’S short arrangemnt of Beatriz. The concert concludes with Portuguese-born composer JOÃO PEDRO OLIVEIRA’S Enigma (2018)\, a work confronting crossroads\, indecisions and moments of stagnation. To surpass these moments where the creative process seems to “freeze\,” Olivera adds new material based on intuition and chance without logical or rational explanation. It is this mystery\, which is part of composing\, that often revives creative life and makes new ideas flourish. \nThe concert begins with a debut duo performance by AINE NAKAMURA and KANOKO NISHI-SMITH. The two artists recently met in the Bay Area\, and quickly found a shared mission in channeling\, processing and ultimately accepting the complexity and contradictions observed in human nature: the urge to expose and to disguise\, to construct and deconstruct\, to abandon and to protect…seeking and reaching\, through sounding and moving\, beyond language and meanings\, and the physical boundaries of objects and skin\, breaking\, and then mending them. \nPurchase Tickets URL:https://dresherensemble.org/event/joana-holanda-fabio-presgrave-kanoko-nishi-smith-aine-nakamura/ LOCATION:Dresher Ensemble Studio\, 2201 Poplar Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://dresherensemble.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/jolanda.jpeg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR