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New Performance Traditions & Paul Dresher Ensemble Present The Final 4 Performances Of SCHICK MACHINE

Experience the legendary music theater production 'Schick Machine' at Z Space from December 15-17. Directed by Rinde Eckert and featuring virtuoso Steven Schick, with music by Paul Dresher.

SCHICK MACHINE Comes to Z Space in December

New Performance Traditions | Paul Dresher Ensemble present the music theater production Schick Machine December 15-17 on Z Space's Steindler Stage, 450 Florida St. in San Francisco. Learn more about the show and find out how to get tickets here!

San Francisco Conservatory of Music to Honor San Francisco Symphony Executive Director Brent Assink, 4/18

The San Francisco Conservatory of Music (SFCM) will honor San Francisco Symphony Executive Director Brent Assink at its Spring 2017 Gala, taking place Tuesday, April 18. Serving as the symphony's executive director since 1999 and previously as general manager from 1990-1994, Assink is regarded as one of America's leading arts administrators.

ANNA AND THE ANNADROIDS to Return to Columbus This Spring

CAPA presents Anna and The Annadroids: Faux(pas)bia at the Riffe Center's Studio One (77 S. High St.) on Thursday, March 30, at 8pm; Friday, March 31, at 8pm; and Saturday, April 1, at 8pm.

The Paul Dresher Ensemble Presents SCHICK MACHINE

The Paul Dresher Ensemble Presents the music theater production Schick Machine September 23-25 on San Francisco's Z Space Main Stage prior to tour. Directed by Rinde Eckert virtuoso percussionist Steven Schick inhabits a fantastical stage filled with huge invented instruments and sound sculptures - including the Hurdy Grande, the Tumbler, the Field of Flowers and the Peacock (a deconstructed pipe organ). After the performance, the audience is invited onstage to engage and explore a kind of audio "maker" sound and visual domain. The production was described at its debut as 'fresh and surprising...often mind-blowing' LA Times