ArtistInfo

Paul Dresher

g, eg, *1951 US
Musician / Composer of Classical, Electronic and Jazz
A.k.a. Paul Joseph Dresher

Paul Joseph Dresher (born January 8, 1951 in Los Angeles) is an American composer. Dresher received his B.A. in music from the University of California, Berkeley and his M.A. in composition from the University of California, San Diego, where he studied with Robert Erickson, Roger Reynolds, Pauline Oliveros, and Bernard Rands.He also studied Ghanaian drumming with C. K. and Kobla Ladzekpo, Hindustani classical music with Nikhil Banerjee, and Balinese and Javanese music.Dresher served on the Board of Directors for the American Music Center from 1994 through 2000.

Instruments

• Guitar
• Electric guitar
• Keyboards

Genres

• Classical
• Electronic
• Jazz
• Spoken Word

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