Welcome to the Paul Dresher Ensemble
The Sky Is A Suitcase (from Seattle) Mike Gebhart - drums Carmen Rothwell - bass Levi Gillis - tenor sax Ray Larsen - trumpet The Sky is a Suitcase is dedicated to improvisation. Their songs are personal – about dreams, places, people and memories. These memories manifest their mood in the melodies and rhythms the […]
We warmly invite you to this benefit concert in support of the Maple Quartet. As they begin an exciting new chapter of advanced study and national recognition, we are delighted to be part of their musical journey. Based in four different cities, these remarkable young musicians are counting on your generosity to give them the […]
Ustad Kamal Sabri is an internationally acclaimed Sarangi maestro, representing the seventh generation of the illustrious Moradabad Gharana. Son of the legendary Ustad Sabri Khan, Kamal Sabri began his musical journey at the age of five under his father's guidance and quickly emerged as a child prodigy. Over the years, he has both preserved and […]
Kole Galbraith Seattle-based sound artist and enrolled member of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, Kole Galbraith creates immersive works combining field recordings, found objects, electronics, and acoustic instruments. His music draws on Indigenous experience, Salish folklore, and environmental themes to explore our connection to the natural world. Eric Theise Composer and sound artist […]
ROVA SAXOPHONE QUARTET presents two sets of original compositions. First, commissioned works and recent Rova compositions for the quartet, including Music for Mouths by MIYA MASAOKA, The Knot Gallery by JOHN BUTCHER, I, Norton by GINO ROBAIR and pieces by quartet members. In the second half, Rova joins by KAREN STACKPOLE (Gongwoman) for a set of Rova […]
Enchanting Hindustani classical evening with vocalist Sohini Mojumdar, sarodist Sougata Roy Chowdhury, tabla & harmonium accompaniment: Gaurav Kale (tabla) & Rajdeep Singh (harmonium). Sougata Roy Chowdhury is a distinguished sarod player from India, known for his expressive artistry, deep grounding in the Hindustani classical tradition, and performances that have moved audiences across the US and […]
PROGRAM Erik Satie - CINEMA (1926) with René Clair’s silent Dada short film, Entr’acte (1924) Larry Polansky - The World’s Longest Melody (1993) Larry Polansky - Approaching the Azimuth... (1998) Larry Polansky - freeHorn (2004) Tom Dambly - For Trumpet and Electronics (2026) Matt Ingalls - Fences (2001/2026) MUSICIANS Diane Grubbe, flute Matt Ingalls, clarinet […]
Members of the QT Viet Collective present Ordinary People, an audio-visual story layered with live narration, instrumentation, voices from Việt Nam, animation, photography and song. In a world that distances us from our truest selves, this performance invites us to reflect on our present moment and the deep desire to live fully. Moving across time […]
Members of the QT Viet Collective present Ordinary People, an audio-visual story layered with live narration, instrumentation, voices from Việt Nam, animation, photography and song. In a world that distances us from our truest selves, this performance invites us to reflect on our present moment and the deep desire to live fully. Moving across time […]
ANTIMATTER (xopher Davidson, analog / digital electronics) and JACOB FELIX HEULE (percussion): Wave Function Collapse, resting upon the threshold between a state of limitless potentials and one of decoherence-that which cannot be measured, quantified, simulated or collected as data. Forever drifting over time, a spectral bass-relief sculpted by entropy. MEERENAI SHIM and DIANE GRUBBE team […]
NEIL ROLNICK performs So Many Me's, with choreographer and dancer ALEX OLIVA (and her 8 foot ladder). measuring ... selling ... falling apart ... acting out ... surrender ... Neil also performs the score to Barbara Hammer's 1990 experimental film Sanctus, featuring a host of x-ray skeletons playing trumpets, drinking, shaking hands, shaving, putting on lipstick, all […]
MICHAEL J. SCHUMACHER (New York) presents various “immersive/dispersive” fixed media works, composed for his portable 8 channel system and adapted for Dresher Studio's multi-channel Meyer sound system. Utilizing a radically inclusive palette of sounds, the pieces wrap the audience in webs of potential associations, making listening as vital to the creation of meaning as the […]