Drew Ceccato: Shows

2012

10/10/2012 - w/ Karl Berger & Ingrid Sertso @ Conrad Prebys Music Center @7pm (San Diego, CA)

5/17/2012 - w/ Nicole Mitchell @ Conrad Prebys Music Center @ 7pm (San Diego, CA)

2011

10/16/2011 - w/ Brains CD RELEASE PARTY @ Musicians Union Hall @ 8pm (San Francisco, CA)

8/19/2011 - w/ Matt Hettich @ C.O.R.E Suspension Group 9:30pm (Oakland, CA)

8/4/2011 - w/ Jacob Zimmerman, Joe Moffet and Kim Cass @ Art Gallery 8pm (Oakland, CA)

7/6/2011 - w/ Brains CD RELEASE PARTY @ Subterranean Arthouse 8:30pm (Berkeley, CA)

5/20/2011 - w/ Lawson Ensemble @ The Totally Intense Fractal Mindgaze Hut 8pm (Oakland, CA)

5/19/2011 - w/ Brian Pear @ The Luggage Store 8pm (San Francisco, CA)

5/10/2011 - w/ Brains @ Mills College 8pm (Oakland, CA)

5/5/2011 - w/ William Ryan Fritch and Sean Price @ Mills College 8pm (Oakland, CA)

5/4/2011 - World Premier of 'Contrabass Clarinet Concerto' composed by Dan Steffey @ Mills College 8pm (Oakland, CA)

4/23/2011 - Recital @ Mills College w/ Alex Christie 8pm (Oakland, CA)

4/22/2011 - w/ Brian Pear @ UCSD for CEMEC 8pm (San Diego, CA)

4/16/2011 - w/ Brian Pear @ CalArts for CEMEC 8pm (Los Angeles, CA)

3/26/2011 - w/ Brian Pear @ Firehouse North 9pm (Berkeley, CA)

3/21/2011 - w/ Joe Manis and Jordan Glenn @ The Mindgaze Hut 9pm (Oakland, CA)

3/19/2011 - w/ Dave Flaherty @ Douglas St. Gallery 830pm (Brooklyn, NY)

3/17/2011 - w/ Archer Spade @ The Rotunda for "The Music of Roscoe Mitchell" 8pm (Philadelphia, PA)

3/10/2011 - Solo and duo w/ Michael Walker @ Signal Flow Music Festival 8pm (Oakland, CA)

1/20/2011 - Solo @ The Luggage Store 8pm (San Francisco, CA)

Bio

Woodwindist Drew Ceccato has been heralded as a powerful and provocative improviser and performer whose playing embodies a strong sense of the avant-garde jazz and contemporary classical musical traditions. His playing focuses on the spontaneous creation and consistent development of musical energy within composed and improvisational music. He has played with artists including Roscoe Mitchell, James Fei, Henry Grimes, Fred Frith, Karl Berger, Nicole Mitchell and Mark Dresser.

In addition to acoustic music, Ceccato is also an experienced electronic musician focusing on the processing of digital signals in order to achieve a sound quality that is heavily influenced by hard science fiction. He has participated in the CEMEC electronic music festival and Signal Flow music festival in addition to regularly playing in different cities around the United States.

Drew Ceccato holds a B.M in saxophone performance from New England Conservatory of Music ('07) and a M.F.A in performance and literature with a specialization in improvisation from Mills College ('11) where he was awarded the Margaret Lyon Prize for outstanding music student. Currently, Ceccato lives in San Diego, CA where he is pursuing a Ph.D in integrative studies at the University of California, San Diego.

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