From July 14th to 19th Mark Dresser will be teaching his unique techniqes at JIMS. JIMS is a high-level  summer academy with focus on avantgarde and new music. www.jims.at
Dresser took part in the Los Angeles avant-garde jazz scene of the early 70’s.  He has composed chamber music, music for silent film, and solo music. In 2003 he was nominated for the Grammy and today he’s is a lecturer at the faculty of University of California, San Diego. A chapter on his extended techniques for contrabass, “A Personal Pedogogy”, appears in the book ARCANA.