Welcome to the Paul Dresher Ensemble

  • Ghost Quartet

    Ghost Quartet

    ODC B.Way Theater 3153 17th Street, San Francisco, CA

    Rinde Eckert TENOR - Monica Rose Slater SOPRANO - Ami Nashimoto SOPRANO - Veronica Renner ALTO - Michael Perez BARITONE performing on piano, organ, slide guitar, glockenspiel, accordion, harp, cello, ukulele, erhu, autoharp and many percussion.

  • Ghost Quartet

    Ghost Quartet

    ODC B.Way Theater 3153 17th Street, San Francisco, CA

    Rinde Eckert TENOR - Monica Rose Slater SOPRANO - Ami Nashimoto SOPRANO - Veronica Renner ALTO - Michael Perez BARITONE performing on piano, organ, slide guitar, glockenspiel, accordion, harp, cello, ukulele, erhu, autoharp and many percussion.

  • GIACOMO FIORE
    ROBERT BLATT + MANFRED WERDER + KEVIN CORCORAN

    Dresher Ensemble Studio 2201 Poplar Street, Oakland, CA, United States

    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 […]

    $10 – $25
  • John Sanborn | Thematic Pairs [video art Futurespective]

    Dresher Ensemble Studio 2201 Poplar Street, Oakland, CA, United States

    An evening of award-winning media art created by John Sanborn Media art created by John Sanborn, featuring four pairs of works, one from the 1980s and one from recent times. As the world has changed, the artist’s passions have not. During the two years of organizing a retrospective of my work at ZKM—Zentrum für Kunst […]

    $10 – $23.18
  • PHILIP GELB
    CHRIS BROWN & JOHANNA POETHIG

    Dresher Ensemble Studio 2201 Poplar Street, Oakland, CA, United States

    PHILIP GELB After 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 […]

    $10 – $25
  • Indonesia & India in California Festival

    Crowden Music Center 1475 Rose St, Berkeley, United States

    Celebrating 50 Years of
Cultural Bridges The 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, […]

    23.50$
  • The Wheel – Margaret Jenkins Dance Company

    Z Space 450 Florida, San Francisco, United States

    Dive into an immersive experience of time, cycles, and renewal with MJDC’s The Wheel, which features live music by Paul Dresher and Joel Davel, text by poet Michael Palmer, and choreography by Margaret Jenkins. A visceral fusion of motion, sound, and story. Enter an exploratory voyage of movement, memory, and visual transformation as we investigate […]

  • Double CD Release Show: “Cracking the Surface” & “Jongleurs”

    Dresher Ensemble Studio 2201 Poplar Street, Oakland, CA, United States

    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.​ Chris Brown & Ben Davis: Celebrating the release of "Jongleurs," this duo explores free improvisation with influences from classical […]

  • Roar Shack LIVE!
    post:ballet x The Living Earth Show

    Roar Shack 34 7th Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    A genre-defying collaboration of fierce movement and experimental sound, Roar Shack LIVE! is where post:ballet meets The Living Earth Show. Directed by Robert Dekkers, the show turns performance into a conversation—alive, raw, and surprising. Come witness the edge of contemporary dance and music. With performances by Moscylene ParkeHarrison, Riley Nicholson, Doug Machiz, Producer Dennis (Dennis […]

    Donation
  • Adam Lion (solo vibraphone)
    sfSoundGroup performs Lucier and Erickson

    Dresher Ensemble Studio 2201 Poplar Street, Oakland, CA, United States

    Adam Lion (Solo Vibraphone)  sfSoundGroup performs Lucier and Erickson Adam Lion: Los Angeles-based percussionist presents his new vibraphone album "When a Line Bends," a study on acoustic phenomena and the possibilities of sound.​ sfSoundGroup: Performing Alvin Lucier's "Two Circles" (2012) and Robert Erickson's "Pacific Sirens" (1969), featuring performers Sam Weiser (violin), Monica Scott (cello), Kjell […]

  • Ninaad

    Dresher Ensemble Studio 2201 Poplar Street, Oakland, CA, United States

    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. The dancers will perform a mix of […]

  • Tastes Like Bitterness, Moves Like Love

    Tastes Like Bitterness, Moves Like Love

    Dresher Ensemble Studio 2201 Poplar Street, Oakland, CA, United States

    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. Join us for an exclusive performance of dNaga Dance Co., providing a unique pairing of dance, bites, […]

    $35