photo credit: Isabel Fajardo

May 24-26 2024

Joeyfest:
Works by Joey Crane presented by the 113 Composers Collective. AZ performs “YOM” (solo), “Love Letters” (duet with Noah Ophoven-Baldwin), and “Learning the Trick” (trio version with Nina Dante and Kyle Hutchins), as well as a “wordkugel”.

19 May 2024

AZ sings Villa Lobos’ “Choros No. 10” with Border CrosSing and the Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra @ Augustana Lutheran Church, Minneapolis

12 May 2024

AZ sings Villa Lobos’ “Choros No. 10” with Border CrosSing and the Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra @ Central Lutheran Church, Minneapolis

11 May 2024

Sick Eagle album release show with ahem (also releasing an album) and Good Doom @ Zhora Darling

21 March 2024

Minneapolis: Short Americans at Resource with Kenan Serenbetz

20 March 2024

Iowa City IA: Short Americans at Close House/PS1 with Christine Burke Ensemble

19 March 2024

Chicago IL: Short Americans at Resonance Arts with Bill Harris and Norman Long

18 March 2024

Ypsilanti MI: Short Americans at Ziggy’s with MC5 and ICP

17 March 2024

Cleveland OH: Short Americans at Waterloo Arts with Mouse Vision and Tom Orange

16 March 2024

Pittsburgh PA: Short Americans at Scoot’s Garage with JARK and Namay/Weidenhof Duo

15 March 2024

Buffalo NY: Short Americans at BOX Gallery with Regional Headbutting Techniques and JPA Falzone

13 and 14 March 2024

Adam sings the role of Cupid and as a Tenor in the Chorus - Tiffany Skidmore’s chamber opera “The Golden Ass” presented by the Center for 21st Century Music in Buffalo NY. SUNY Buffalo - Lippes Concert Hall

8 February 2024

Wheel Eternal and Adam Zahller + Scott L Miller at Resource. Adam and Scott premiere “The Vision of the Making of This Piece” by AZ

11 January 2024

Sick Eagle at White Squirrel with Ruben and Unattractive Giant Monster

29 November 2023

Realtree at Icehouse. Adam sings Tenor and plays guitar in the role of Jeanne D’Arc in Noah Ophoven Baldwin’s “I Take Forever to Smile” based on writings by Saint Therese de Lisieux

26 August 2023

Sick Eagle at Mortimers with Sparrowhawk

13 July 2023

Clown Band at Resource with Yvonne Bordowitz

1 June 2023

Short Americans with Manfred Werder at Resource

21 April 2023

Adam Zahller conducts Tiffany Skidmore’s “Drombokken” and George Crumb’s “Quest” with the 113 Composers Collective at Studio Z

17 April 2023

Guitar Duo with Luke Martin at Icehouse. Supporing Davu Seru’s AACM Fundraiser

10 April 2023

Realtree Double Quintet at Icehouse. The piece has something to do with Simone Weil

17 February 2023

Open Short Americans rehearsal at Resource

21 January 2023

Realtree at Drone Not Drones

13 January 2023

Sick Eagle with Trumpet Band at Terminal Bar

15 October 2022

Realtree at a house show of some kind

13 October 2022

Premiere of AZ’s “The Perpetual Ravine” with Michelle Kinney and Joey Crane at Eagles 34

10 August 2022

Pieces by Max Wanderman, AZ duo with Noah Ophoven Baldwin

21 May 2022

Adam Zahller / Kresten Osgood / Trever Hagen @ Pink Slip Gallery MPLS

16 May 2022

Lip Gym / Jose Fernando Solares / Synthetic Anchors @ Mirrorlab MPLS

8 April 2022

Realtree / Free Music @ Mirrorlab — release show for “Shake the Hourglass About”

17 Feb 2022

Mr Zipp / Soubrette / Controversial New Skinny Pill / Adam Zahller’s Wheel Eternal at Mortimer’s MPLS

12 July 2021

Backyard improvising show featuring TJ Borden, Luke Martin, Marina Kifferstein, Jeffery Kyle Hutchins, Noah Ophoven-Baldwin, Cole Pulice, Carley Olson-Kokal, Joey Crane, Lynn Avery, and other friends

8 - 10 July 2021

113 Collective’s Twin Cities New Music Festival. AZ performs Dieter Schnebel’s “Maulwerk” (US premiere), Mauricio Kagel’s “Zwei Akte” (US Premiere), Alfred Jimenez’ “dear Ape,” Bethany Younge’s “I’ll Bleed Your Lines” (world premiere), and Steven Katsuo Takasugi’s “Sideshow”

Star Tribune Promo Review

6 March 2020

Adam Zahller’s Sick Eagle @ Eagles Club MPLS with Pit Stop and Daisy Chains

21-23 February 2020

Tiffany Skidmore’s “The Golden Ass,” an opera presented by the 113 Collective. Nautilus Theater, St. Paul MN. AZ (tenor) as Cupid.

See writeup in the Star Tribune!

16 February 2020

Open rehearsal/ workshop for Tiffany Skidmore’s “The Golden Ass”

14 February 2020

Workshop at Planet Homeschool as part of Tiffany Skidmore’s “The Golden Ass”. Working with high-school students on contemporary vocal techniques and composition.

16 January 2020

Preview performance of Tiffany Skidmore’s “The Golden Ass,” AZ tenor

28 December 2019

Tarek Abdelqader’s Atomic Goathead 2 (AZ, guitar and vocals) at Our Own Festival, Studio Z, St. Paul

13 December 2019

Realtree at Eagle’s Club, MPLS

15 October 2019

Acute Trio performs “Ceaseless Wonder” at Studio Z, St. Paul

13 October 2019

Interactive activity at Minnesota Orchestra’s family concert “Mozart the Adventurer” with American Composers Forum.

24 September 2019

Bill Brovold’s Little Larval w/ Jay Kreimer at Khyber Pass Cafe, St. Paul

21 September 2019

Bill Brovold’s Little Larval at the Lincoln Calling Festival, Lincoln NE. Show at Tugboat Gallery with Mighty Vitamins, Amanda Deboer Bartlett, Dereck Higgins, and Thollem Mcdonas

1 August 2019

AZ solo set at Khyber Pass Cafe

8 July 2019

AZ performs with Judy Jackson on her portrait concert at the Icehouse, MPLS

1 July 2019

AZ Portrait Concert at Icehouse

Premieres of HTHT, What Comes To Meet One Tree, Dyscosmesthesia/Cosmopoeiophobia; performance of The Mat-Maker (Mvt 1); featuring Will Lang, Carley Olson-Kokal, Noah Ophoven-Baldwin, Jake Baldwin, Elektra Wrenholt, Cole Pulice Joey Crane, Michelle Kinney, Patrick Marschke, and AZ

28 June 2019

Lip Gym opens for Will Lang @ Compassionate Ocean Zen Center, MPLS

17-19 May 2019

Zeitgeist premieres “Twitgod’s Timebortion” @ Studio Z in St Paul under the auspices of the 113 Collective

Thursday, 2 May 2019

Realtree @ Khyber Pass Cafe, St. Paul

Sunday, 7 April 2019

Zeitgeist Ensemble performs works by Pauline Oliveros. AZ electric guitar/vocals on “Six for New Time”

Thursday, 4 April 2019

Zeitgeist Ensemble performs Pauline Oliveros vocal works. AZ Tenor "on “Sound Patterns and Tropes” and wineglass on “Spiral Mandala”

8-10 March 2019

Sister Species in LaCrosse and Milwaukee

6 March 2019

Realtree w/ JOBS and Jessica Pavone @ Moon Palace

23-24 February 2019

TAK ensemble premieres AZ’s “Three Pieces”. 7:30 pm Studio Z, St. Paul

15 January 2019

Celebrating Henry: A Threadgill Festival. AZ playing guitar in a group w/ NOB, Carley Olson, Cole Pulice, and Joe Strachan. Curated by Michelle Kinney. Loads of other killer musicians. (Zooid and Harriet Tubman play the following night!) Walker Art Center, MPLS.

1-2 February 2019

Sister Species in Iowa City and Des Moines

29 November 2018

Sister Species Album Release at Cedar Cultural Center w/ Lena Elizabeth

16 November 2018

Michelle Kinney’s What We Have Here at Jazz Central

8 November 2018

Lip Gym and Jay Kreimer at Khyber Pass

2-3 November 2018

Strains premieres “Monument to the Bravery of Chelsea Manning” at Studio Z and Antonello Hall

21 October 2018

113 Presents: Helmut Lachenmann's "Consolation II" (AZ sings).

27 September 2018

Improvising at Khyber Pass w/ NOB, Joey Crane, Maja Radovanlija, Paul Metzger, et al.

21 September 2018

Lip Gym at Lincoln Calling Festival, Lincoln NE w/ Jay Kreimer and Bryan Day

14-28 July 2018

Jeffery Kyle Hutchins performs "Timebot Twitgod" at the Darmstadt Summer Courses (Germany)

19 July 2018

Michelle Kinney's What We Have Here (Kinney, Ophoven-Baldwin, O'Keefe, Harada, Schutte, Zahller) @ Studio Z

7 July 2018

AZ, Joey Crane, & Maja Radovanlija @ Eat My Words

16 June 2018

GUITARband @ Nomad

12 June 2018

AZ w/ Scott Miller, Ben Klein, Troy Rogers & Onyx Ashanti @ Feel Field

1 & 2 June 2018

"Face Wails in Mouth" redux. AZ with Jeffrey Kyle Hutchins (voices) perform the music of Crane, Cassidy, Czernowin, Schwitters, Steen-Anderson. Tilsner Bldg and Studio Z, St. Paul MN.

26 May 2018

Z solo set and Ivan Cunningham Group @ Black Walnut Festival

11 May 2018

Poulson/Zahller & Debths at Compassionate Ocean Zen Center

27 April 2018

Realtree @ Feel Field

27-29 April 2018

"Sketch Mythology" redux at Dreamland Arts, St. Paul. AZ and Carley Olson are the pit orchestra for dance meets nude figure modeling.

17 April 2018

Debths at Icehouse

2 March 2018

Jeffrey Kyle Hutchins premieres "Timebot Twitgod" at 113 Collective's Solos and Duos concert. Studio Z, St. Paul.

31 January 2018

Horns of Revelation at Kitty Cat Klub, Minneapolis. AZ on recorders and krummhorn.

26 and 27 January 2018

GUITARband and Six Families play Drone Not Drones festival at the Cedar Cultural Center, Minneapolis.

13 May 2017

113 Presents choral works by Lachenmann, Crane, Skidmore, and Musikantow @ Grace University Lutheran Church, 7pm (AZ Tenor, w/ Gregorian Singers)

7 May 2017

113 Presents choral works by Lachenmann, Crane, Skidmore, and Musikantow @ Lakewood Cemetery Chapel 4pm (AZ Tenor, w/ Gregorian Singers)

22 April 2017

AZ reads original writings, Hespera Series, MPLS

20 April 2017

AZ with Scott Miller, SEAMUS Conference final party, St. Cloud, MN

6 April 2017

AZ and Toby Ramaswamy with Merce Cunningham Dance Company @ Walker Art Center, MPLS

30 March 2017

Realtree (M. Kinney: Cello, P. Marshke: Drums, Carley: Bass Clr, AZ: elec. guit.) @ Khyber Pass Cafe, St. Paul

1 March 2017

Beginnermind (Noah O-B: cornet, Ben O-B: drums, Adam Linz: bass, AZ: elec. guit). @ Kitty Kat Club, MPLS

24 February 2017

Six Families @ Drone not Drones, Cedar Cultural Center, MPLS

21 January 2017

Guitarband @ Yeah Maybe, MPLS

16 January 2017

Knitxing @ Kitty Kat Club, MPLS

12 january 2017

Bêtes Blanches @ Tatterwood Gallery, MPLS

29 December 2016

AZ: Electronics and found objects, Joey Crane: Cello, Maja Radovanlija: Guitar, Elaine Evans: Signal Generators @ Khyber Pass Cafe, St. Paul

28 December 2016

Knitxing @ Kitty Kat Club, MPLS

14 December 2016

AZ Solo set at Hespera Reading Series

30 November 2016

Six Families Outreach @ Kitty Kat Club (AZ vocals)

9 November 2016

Punk Ass Classical VIII. Trio set with Patrick Marshke (drums/electronics) & Noah Ophoven-Baldwin (cornet). AZ on bass recorder and electric guitar.

4 November 2016

Ars Electroacoustica: AZ (recorders) w/ Ted Moore & Scott Miller (computers), opening for Peter Evans and Sam Pluta (NYC). @ Reverie Cafe, Minneapolis. 

29 October 2016

Knitxing @ Seward Cafe

20 October 2016

Knitxing @ Khyber Pass Cafe

14 October 2016

Duo with Maja Radovanlija (guitar), Six Families "Solos" @ Omega House, MPLS. AZ spoken word/voice. 

24 September 2016

Knitxing at the Six Families Science Fair @ Dead Media, MPLS

2 September 2016

"There's Always an Apex Predator" show opening, Tugboat Gallery, Lincoln NE. Works by Jay Kreimer and Wendy Weiss. Sound design by AZ, Jay Kreimer, and the Mighty Vitamins. On view until Sept. 29th.

11 August 2016

AZ (bass recorder, electronics) opens for Le Percheron (Linz, Ophoven-Baldwin, Schwartzberg) at Khyber Pass Cafe, Saint Paul MN

July 15 2016

AZ in workshop with reConvert Project, Sirga Festival, Flix, Catalonia, Spain

June 19 2016

AZ and Tara Loeper Perform pscroll (for Mom) at First Christian Church, Omaha NE

May 21 2016:

William Lang premieres The Mat Maker (mvt. 1), (Con)temporary (In)sights, Spectrum NYC

May 21 2016:

"Face Wails in Mouth": AZ performs Joey Crane's YOM (wp), Aaron Cassidy's I, Purples, spat blood, laugh of beautiful lips..., and Simon-Steen Andersen's Difficulties Putting It Into Practice (w/ Jeffrey Kyle Hutchins),  Gamut Gallery, Minneapolis

May 7 & 8 2016:

Six Families & DaNCEBUMS present: WOW. Original Dance and Music. AZ on electric guitar.                     Bryant Lake Bowl, MPLS

April 26 2016:

Loadbang performs Ledascape, Delaware County Community College, Media PA

April 3 2016:

Duo Gelland premieres Folgian, Grace University Lutheran Church, Minneapolis MN

March 20 2016:

AZ performs w/ Ars Electroacoustica, @ Honey, Northeast MPLS

March 5 2016:

AZ solo performance w/ Fisk|Flora|Heavy Metal|Moore|Strains, 7:30 PM @ SPACE, 550 Vandalia #306, St. Paul

February 16 2016: 

Loadbang performs Ledascape, Miller Theater, Columbia University, NYC

February 8 2016:

6 Families premieres Rillwands, 10 PM @ Icehouse, MPLS

January 21 2016:

Andy Kozar premieres Rahab's Herbarium, Spectrum, NYC

January 16 2016:

AZ performs with Ars Electroacoustica (Dan Lippel, Scott Miller, Ted Moore), MPLS

January 10 2016:

Mark Robson performs Chymicall, Mixed Field Arts Ybor, Tampa FL

January 8 2016:

Loadbang performs Ledascape, Williams College, Williamstown MA

November 21 2015:

Duet with Noah Ophoven-Baldwin, Public Functionary, Minneapolis

September 6 2015:

Loadbang performs Ledascape, Peabody Institute, Baltimore MD

August 15 2015:

Duo Gelland performs Difficult Ferns, Kalv Festival, Sweden

July 24 2015:

Artemis and 6 Families premiere La Carne Ayre (verse I) and Piss Lasso at Jazz Central Studios, Minneapolis

[AZ on Electric Bass and Recorders]

May 11 2015:

Loadbang premieres new work Ledascape, Opera America Center, NYC

May 8 2015:

Mark Robson performs Chymicall, Boston Court, Pasadena CA

February 22 2015:

"Zahllerfest" second performance. 5:30 PM @ Open Eye Figure Theater, 512 E 24th St., MPLS

February 21 2015:

6 Families present "Zahllerfest". Premieres of Daimoniogrammes, Umbra II, and Further Incidents. 8:30 PM @ Open Eye Figure Theater, 512 E 24th St., Minneapolis MN