Paul Dresher Ensemble > Electro-Acoustic Band


	Friday, March 31, 2006 at 8 p.m. Saturday, April 1, 2006 at 8 p.m. Project Artaud Theater 450 Florida St. at Mariposa San Francisco Tickets: $12 - $22 advance tickets available through City Box Office THE ELECTRO-ACOUSTIC BAND in Performance with tenor John Duykers … interpreting the provocative ideas and edgy sounds of today’s most innovative and irreverent composers … World Premiere Commissions for the Electro-Acoustic Band by: Roger Reynolds Submerged Memories (2006), based upon the writings of German author W.G. Sebald, narrated by John Duykers Mark Applebaum Martian Anthropology 789 (2006) Dan Becker Through a Window (2006) and Excerpts from The Tyrant - Paul Dresher’s new solo chamber opera featuring tenor John Duykers Hailed by The Seattle Times as “A tour de force – a gripping music theater piece that is witty, poignant and wonderfully effective.” Box Office: City Box Office, 180 Redwood St. 415/392-4400 or www.cityboxoffice.com Critical Comments for Paul Dresher and the Electro-Acoustic Band "Paul Dresher is a remarkable musician and thinker... he is out there serving as both a lightning rod and seismograph for his colleagues ... Dresher’s own Concerto for Violin and Electro-Acoustic Band.... is a serious and ambitious contribution to the concerto repertory..." —Tim Page, The Washington Post "... industrial strength music-making.... exciting stuff.... mines Dresher’s gift for lengthy unwinding melodies of unabashed sensuality." —Allan Ulrich, San Francisco Examiner "...The ensemble’s performance, as ever, was a marvel of rhythmic and harmonic precision...." —Joshua Kosman, San Francisco Chronicle "...A stunning acoustical spectrum of sounds" —Kathleen Husler, American Theater Magazine "... tantalizing, strikingly original and immensely satisfying ... taken together, the pieces gave an exciting glimpse into the lively state of new American music." —Octavio Roca, San Francisco Chronicle