The Paul Dresher Ensemble Production of Schick Machine

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The Paul Dresher Ensemble Production of Schick Machine

Mondavi Center Presenting Program


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[Paul Dresher has] an omnivorous sensibility that combines rock'n'roll, minimalism, Indian music and ambient sounds into a pungent and wonderfully elusive hybrid.

—San Francisco Chronicle

Paul Dresher makes music in an astounding variety of ways: he composes and performs experimental opera and music theater, chamber and orchestral music, and instrumental electro-acoustic music. He also creates and performs on newly invented musical instruments and collaborates with renowned artists like Rinde Eckert and Matt Heckert.

In this new solo music theater work, percussionist Steven Schick will perform on a stage whose every object and surface is sonically active. As the work unfolds, two distinct personalities emerge—Schick, the individual, and the sound machines that are seemingly controlled by an unseen power. Schick explores the relationship of man vs. machine, using both traditional percussion and new large-scale instruments that Dresher will invent and build specifically for this composition.

  • Paul Dresher – Composer, Instrument Inventor and Builder, Artistic Director
  • Steven Schick – Performer/Percussionist
  • Rinde Eckert – Director/Writer
  • Matt Heckert – Mechanical Sound Artist
  • Daniel Schmidt – Instrument Inventor & Builder
  • Tom Ontiveros – Lighting & Production Design
  • Gregory Kuhn – Sound Design & Engineering

 

Event Info

When >

Thu • Nov 12, 2009 • 8:00 PM
Fri • Nov 13, 2009 • 8:00 PM
Sat • Nov 14, 2009 • 8:00 PM

Seating >

Vanderhoef Studio Theatre

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