Calendar of Events
05 Jan 2025 w/ Tom Dimuzio, Phil Gelb, Fred Lonberg-Holm & Kanoko Nishi-Smith | West Oakland Sound Series | Dresher Ensemble Studio, 2201 Poplar, Oakland | 7PM
24 Jan 2025 ON&ON&ON& (w/ Brett Carson, Jordan Glenn & Lisa Mezzacappa) | Medicine for Nightmares, 3036 24th St, SF | 7PM
28 Jan 2025 Guest artist recital: Strider (Joanna Mattrey & Steven Long) | quartet w/ Kathryn Schulmeister | Recital Hall, University of the Pacific, Stockton CA | 7:30PM
01 Feb 2025 San Francisco Contemporary Music Players | Hume Concert Hall, SFCM, 50 Oak St. SF | 8PM
11-14 Feb 2025 Splinter Reeds | UCSD residency, including Karola Obermüller premiere | San Diego CA
16 Feb 2025 Stockton Symphony | Atherton Auditorium, 5151 Pacific Ave, Stockton, CA | 2:30PM
16 Feb 2025 Oakland Reductionist Orchestra | w/ Mundanas (John McCowen & Madison Greenstone) | The Lab, 2948 16th St. SF | 8PM
21 Feb 2025 Guest artist recital: Theresa Wong | trio w/ Kathryn Schulmeister | Recital Hall, University of the Pacific, Stockton CA | 7:30PM
09 Mar 2025 ON&ON&ON& (w/ Brett Carson, Jordan Glenn & Lisa Mezzacappa) | SIMM Series, presented by Outsound | Musicians’ Union Hall, 116 9th St. SF | 7:30PM
16 Mar 2025 Stockton Symphony | Hutchins Street Square, Lodi, CA | 2:30PM
18 Mar 2025 Faculty recital: Brittany Trotter | performance of Adolphus Hailstork, w/ Nicolasa Kuster | Recital Hall, University of the Pacific, Stockton CA | 7:30PM
27 Mar 2025 KraPow 5 | Wyldflower Arts, Oakland, CA
12 Apr 2025 San Francisco Contemporary Music Players | works by Mika Pelo, Magnus Lindberg, Jesper Nordin & Kaija Saariaho | Taube Atrium Theater, Veterans Building, 401 Van Ness Ave | SF, CA | 7:30PM
15-18 Apr 2025 Splinter Reeds | Stucky Ensemble-in-Residence, Cornell University | Ithaca, NY
04 May 2025 Splinter Reeds | Long Play Festival | Brooklyn, NY
10 May 2025 San Francisco Contemporary Music Players | works by Tania Leon, Miguel Chiaqui et al | Brava Theater, SF, CA
23 May 2025 Tales End (w/ Larry Ochs, Darren Johnston, Lisa Mezzacappa & Kjell Nordeson) | Medicine for Nightmares | SF, CA
07 Jun 2025 Recital w/ Nicolasa Kuster (bassoon) & Anne Rainwater (piano) | works by Johanny Navarro, Alice Samter, Francis Poulenc & Jenni Brandon | Chamber Musicians of Northern California @ College of Marin | Kentfield, CA
08 Jun 2025 Oakland Reductionist Orchestra | West Oakland Sound Series | Dresher Ensemble Studio, 2201 Poplar | Oakland, CA
19 Jun 2025 Lisa Mezzacappa’s 5(ish), performing othrwrldly | The Lab | SF, CA
20 Jun 2025 Lisa Mezzacappa’s 5(ish), performing othrwrldly | Palo Alto, CA
06 Jul 2025 KraPow 5 | West Oakland Sound Series | Dresher Ensemble Studio, 2201 Poplar | Oakland, CA
08 Jul 2025 Screening of Gut Instinct, w/ live solo electro-acoustic performance | Shapeshifters Cinema, Oakland, CA
13 Jul 2025 Lisa Mezzacappa’s 5(ish), performing othrwrldly | West Oakland Sound Series | Dresher Ensemble Studio, 2201 Poplar | Oakland, CA
18 Jul 2025 Lisa Mezzacappa’s 5(ish), performing Cosmicomics | Bird & Beckett, SF, CA
22 Jul 2025 Quartet w/ Sky Macklay, Sam Pluta & John Dierker | Red Room, Baltimore, MD
23 Jul 2025 Duo w/ Christopher Burns | Ambient Open Mic, Philadelphia, PA
25-26 Jul 2025 Lisa Mezzacappa’s 5(ish), performing othrwrldly and Cosmicomics | The Stone | New York
03 Aug 2025 Trio w/ Nikita Manin (cl) & Ben Davis (vc) | West Oakland Sound Series | Dresher Ensemble Studio, 2201 Poplar | Oakland, CA
10 Aug 2025 Wendy Ried’s Ambient Bird | Shorebird Park, Berkeley, CA
15 Aug 2025 Splinter Reeds w/ Jean Carla Rodea | premiere of Brume | Paul Dresher Studio, Oakland CA
16 Aug 2025 Splinter Reeds | Trinidad Bay Art and Music Festival | Trinidad, CA
19 Aug 2025 Splinter Reeds | Southern Exposure New Music Series | Columbia, SC
20 Aug 2025 Splinter Reeds | UNSCA | Winston-Salem, NC
28 Aug 2025 Faculty Recital w/ Nicolasa Kuster (bassoon) & Anne Rainwater (piano) | works by Johanny Navarro & Jenni Brandon | University of the Pacific, Stockton, CA
11 Sept 2025 JETZTAHORA (w/ Alexandra Buschman-Roman & Danishta Rivero) | Peacock Lounge, SF, CA
13 Sept 2025 Solo @ Noise Pancakes | Center for New Music, SF, CA
25 Sept 2025 w/ Haruka Fujii (Harry Bertoia sculptures, percussion), Jaron Lanier (woodwinds) & Kanoko Nish-Smith (koto) | Hosfelt Gallery, SF, CA
26 Sept 2025 Lisa Mezzacappa’s 5(ish), performing othrwrldly | Bird & Beckett, SF, CA
01 Oct 2025 Faculty Recital w/ Kathryn Schulmeister (contrabass) | solo works by Marco-Adrián Ramos and Chen Yi, and duo works by Anthony Braxton, Valerie Coleman, Andrew Conklin and Ryan Krause | University of the Pacific, Stockton, CA
05 Oct 2025 sfSound | works by Feldman, Erickson et al | West Oakland Sound Series | Dresher Ensemble Studio, 2201 Poplar | Oakland, CA
15 Oct 2025 Faculty Composition Recital | premiere of color x theory x practice (2025), a collaborative audiovisual work w/ Christopher Burns | University of the Pacific, Stockton, CA
16 Oct 2025 Pamela Z’s Simultaneous | Other Minds 29 | Brava Theater, SF, CA
17 Oct 2025 Premiere of chamber works by François Rose and Eric Ulman | Stanford, CA
05 Nov 2025 Oakland Reductionist Orchestra | release party for Lisa Mezzacappa’s Queen Bee Records | West Oakland Sound Series | Dresher Ensemble Studio, 2201 Poplar | Oakland, CA
17-21 Nov 2025 Splinter Reeds | Stucky Ensemble-in-Residence, including premiere of Migrations by Hugo Morales Murguia and Viet Cuong’s new arrangement of Second Nature for reed quintet and concert band | Cornell University | Ithaca, NY
23 Nov 2025 Ball State University Oboe Marathon 2025 | Muncie, IN
14 Dec 2025 sfSound | works by Matt Ingalls | West Oakland Sound Series | Dresher Ensemble Studio, 2201 Poplar | Oakland, CA