Welcome to the Paul Dresher Ensemble
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. Beth Schenck Quintet A wildly creative and original […]
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. This 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 […]
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 […]
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. Matthew performs internationally and will be featured on High Zero Festival and Ex Nihilo Festival. He […]
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 […]
Kathakali Mini Festival – October 15, 16 & 17 Experience 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 […]
Kathakali Mini Festival – October 15, 16 & 17 Experience 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 […]
Kathakali Mini Festival – October 15, 16 & 17 Experience 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. THREE […]
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. Bassist KATHRYN SCHULMEISTER—praised for her “expressive and […]