ODC Performance : Paul Dresher Ensemble

ODC Theater Presents
Paul Dresher Ensemble's Electro-Acoustic Band
Worth the Wait
Nov. 12-13, 8pm

The Paul Dresher Ensemble's Electro-Acoustic Band brings two evenings of "tantalizing, strikingly original" music (San Francisco Chronicle) to the new ODC Theater. The evening features world premieres commissioned from some of today's most innovative composers and invented instruments, such as the Hurdy Grande, the Quadrachord, the Marimba Lumina, that will challenge boundaries and delight the senses.

The program includes 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.

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.

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.

TICKETS
$18
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