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”
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