ODC Theater Presents Paul Dresher Ensemble's Electro-Acoustic Band
Organization:
ODC Theater
Category:
Concert
Geographical Area:
San Francisco
Start
Date:
11/12/2010
End Date:
11/13/2010
Start Time:
8:00 PM
End Time:
9:30 PM
Event
Info:
Nov. 12-13, 8pm
Much admired and sought after Bay Area composer and Guggenheim Fellow Paul Dresher brings the Paul Dresher Ensemble's Electro-Acoustic Band to ODC with a program of world premieres of works commissioned from some of today's most innovative composers working to challenge boundaries between musical styles. These include major new works from Bay Area composer and Switchboard Music Festival Founder Ryan Brown Texas-based composer Bruce Pennycook, whose new work, For Z, is a loving homage to jazz composer/pianist Joe Zawinul and his ground-breaking group Weather Report, and the world premiere of a new work for Dresher's new invention: the Hurdy Grande, a giant motorized hurdy gurdy.
Musicians: Paul Dresher - electric guitar, bass and invented instruments Karen Bentley Pollick - violin Joel Davel - electronic mallet percussion Gene Reffkin - electronic drum set Marja Mutru - piano/keyboards Jeff Anderle - clarinet/bass clarinet Gred Kuhn - sound engineer They will also be joined by the fabulous Bay Area guitarist John Schott on For Z.
Program: For Z - Bruce Pennycook - World Premiere , for full ensemble & guest artist guitarist John Schott
Gangbusters - Ryan Brown - World Premiere, for full ensemble & guest artist guitarist John Schott
Chromatic Quadrachord - (2001) Paul Dresher, for quadrachord, clarinet, violin, piano, and marimba
Glimpsed From Afar - Paul Dresher (2006), for two invented instruments, the Quadrachord and Marimba Lumina, performed by Dresher and Ensemble percussionist Joel Davel.
World premiere of new work the Hurdy Grande - Paul Dresher, performed by Dresher and Ensemble percussionist Joel Davel.
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