Shows of the Past

January 28th, 2012 - Sweat Lodge (laptop, clarinet, voice), Exapno, Brooklyn, NY
January 27th, 2012 - PPL's Nature Fetish (clarinet, banjo, cracklebox, voice) as part of Art is Not a Part Symposiun, University Settlement, NY, NY
January 21st, 2012 - improv duo with Jason Anastasoff (clarinet, beard), Home Audio, Brooklyn, NY
January 19th, 2012 - Endurance Excercises from TIME (clarinet) with thingNY & PPL for the launch of The Compendium, Vaudeville Park, Brooklyn, NY
January 16th, 2012 - Aaron Siegel's Brother Brother (speaking role), Experiments in Opera @ Le Poisson Rouge, NY, NY
January 15th, 2012 - This Ambitious Orchestra (clarinet), Oh! You Pretty Things @ Le Poisson Rouge, NY, NY
December 17th, 2011 - Sweat Lodge (guitar, clarinet, voice), Exapno, Brooklyn, NY
December 4th, 2011 - Varispeed presents Perfect Lives Manhattan: Just the Highlights at Performers Forum (voice, guitar), Exapno, Brooklyn, NY
November 19th-21st, 2011 - Robert Ashley'sThat Morning Thing(voice, movement) as part of Performa '11, The Kitchen, NY, NY
November 14th, 2011 - Gamelan Kusuma Lars (suling, voice) plays in "What Makes It Great" as part of the White Light Festival, Walter Reade Theater, NY, NY
November 12th, 2011 - A presentation of WHY LIE? as part of Panoply Performance Lab's Conference of Work: Operations and Participation, Grace Exhibition Space, Brooklyn, NY
November 6th, 2011 - Perfect Lives Manhattan by Robert Ashley, performed by Varispeed (voice, guitar) as part of Performa '11, locations around lower Manhattan, NY, NY
November 3rd & 5th, 2011 - Trio I from White on White (clarinet) and World War III: Just the Highlights (voice/microphone) [world premiere] by Robert Ashley, Incubator Arts at St Marks Church on the Bowery, NY, NY
October 8th, 2011- Sweat Lodge presents Ashram Couture: an evening of amateur choral music, featuring my own Choral Piece (May 2007) and me on vocals for three other pieces, Exapno, Brooklyn, NY
October 6th, 2011 - Why Lie? (clarinet, guitar, voice) plays a benefit for Solace Intl, Brooklyn, NY
September 8-10th, 2011 - Institute_Institut (clarinet, guitar, voice), the cell, NY, NY
August 18th, 2011 - Sweat Lodge (guitar, clarinet, Max/MSP), Exapno, Brooklyn, NY
August 12th, 2011 - Why Lie?, Papacookie, NY, NY
July 13th, 2011 - Instistute_Institut, Act I, Bob the Pavilion, Columbia University, NY, NY
July 1st, 2011 - Why Lie? (the band, rechristened duo of Aliza Simons & Dave Ruder), The Living Room, NY, NY
June 29th, 2011 - Flowering Inconsistencies #12 @ Northeast Kingdom, Brooklyn, NY
June 23rd - 26th, 2011 - This Ambitious Orchestra w/ Lady Circus in This Ambitious Show, House of Yes, Brooklyn, NY
June 21st, 2011 - WHY LIE? performance #3 as part of Make Music NY, Sara Roosevelt Park, NY, NY
June 11th, 2011 - WHY LIE? performance #2 as part of FIGMENT Fest NYC, Governor's Island, NY
June 10th, 2011 - Sweat Lodge (guitar, vox, Max/MSP), iBeam, Brooklyn, NY
June 7th, 2011 - a realization of Perfect Lives with Gelsey Bell, Brian McCorckle, Paul Pinto, DR, and Aliza Simons (special guests Bob Ashley & Mimi Johnson), around Greenpoint & Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY
May 29th, 2011 - This Ambitious Orchestra at Oh! You Pretty Things, (Le) Poisson Rouge, NY, NY
May 26th, 2011 - Aliza Simons & Dave Ruder (guitar, vox, electronics) at Flowering Inconsistencies #11, Northeast Kingdom, Brooklyn, NY
May 22nd, 2011 - Jason Anastasoff's Full Body (clarinet), ABC No Rio, NY, NY
May 22nd, 2011 - WHY LIE? performance #1, Prospect Park, Brooklyn, NY
May 16th, 2011 - Jocelyn Bonadio & Sean Ormiston simultaneously premiere Suggestion #2a & Suggestion #1a (respectively), Whitman Hall, Brooklyn College, NY
May 4-7, 12-14 2011 - TIME: A complete explanation in 3 parts (clarinet), by thingNY & PPL. I played clarinet, sung, danced, acted, endured, etc. Brick Theater, Brooklyn, NY
May 2nd, 2011 - Brooklyn Electronic Ensemble, aka BEE (Max/MSP), including the premiere of DR's piece DDE 1954, Studio 312, Brooklyn College, NY
April 23rd, 2011 - Gamelan Kusuma Laras (suling, bonang panerus, saron), Hartwick College, Oneonta, NY
April 20th, 2011 - small group gamelan performance for Consulate's batik competition (suling, gong), Indonesian Consulate, NY, NY
April 15th, 2011 - Jessie Nelson & Kewulay Kamara's collaborative thesis (guitar), Poet's House, NY, NY
April 15th, 2011 - TIME: A Complete Explanation in 3 Parts preview performance(clarinet, vox), Dixon Place, NY, NY
April 14th, 2011 - DR solo (guitar, clarinet, vox, Max/MSP) at Flowering Inconsistencies #ten, Northeast Kingdom, Brooklyn, NY
March 27th, 2011 - Brooklyn Electronic Ensemble aka BEE (Max/MSP), West End Building, Brooklyn College, NY
March 13th, 2011 - Anthony Scuderi's Silhouette Suite (clarinet), Barrow St Theater, NY, NY
March 10th, 2011 - Why Lie? #42, aka "Uncle Shecky" (Max/MSP, guitar) premiered as part of the IEAMF Emerging Composers' Concert, Studio 312, Brooklyn College, NY
March 6th, 2011 - DR reads short fiction, SITE Festival, Northeast Kingdom, Brooklyn, NY
March 5th, 2011 - DR solo (guitar & vox), a set by Duke Holliday (guitar & vox), SITE Festival, Northeast Kingdom, Brooklyn, NY
February 27th, 2011 - BACK Duo perform BACK and AGAIN, Death by Audio, Brooklyn, NY
February 17th, 2011 - MAPS Project (clarinet) and It's Been So Long! (Max/MSP) @Flowering Inconsistencies IX, Northeast Kingdom, Brooklyn, NY
January 16th, 2011 - MAPS Project, University of the Streets, NY, NY
January 6th, 2011 - clarinet in James Tenney's Harmonium #2 at Farewell Levenson Concert, Levenson Hall, Brooklyn College, NY
December 20th, 2010 - Aliza Simons & Dave Ruder (guitar, clarinet, vox) at the Sun Skeleton benefit, Jalopy Theater, Brooklyn, NY
December 16th, 2010 - gabra (voice & talking) performed at Flowering Inconsistencies #8, a repeat performance of BACK as well, Northeast Kingdom, Brooklyn, NY
December 13th, 2010 - Joe White's SHARK (Max/MSP) and my own BACK performed by Cory & Amirtha, Levenson Hall, Brooklyn College, NY
December 12th, 2010 - Gamelan Kusuma Laras (suling, bonang panerus, voice), Indonesian Consulate, NY, NY
December 11th, 2010 - Gamelan Kusuma Laras, Indonesian Consulate, NY, NY
December 4th, 2010 - MAPS project, Surreal Estate, Brooklyn, NY
November 30th, 2010 - Cyborg Band of Greater Brooklyn (Max/MSP), Levenson Hall, Brooklyn College, NY
November 29th, 2010 - ConTempo ensemble (clarinet, guitar), including the premiere of my These Perceiving Guts, Levenson Hall, Brooklyn College, NY
November 18th, 2010 - Anthony Scuderi's Silhouette Suite, Levenson Hall, Brooklyn College, NY
November 15th, 2010 - ConTempo ensemble (clarinet, voice), Levenson Hall, Brooklyn College, NY
October 28th, 2010 - j david tapper performed as part of the IEAMF (me on Max/MSP), Levenson Hall, Brooklyn College, NY
October 20th, 2010 - Joe White & Dave Ruder (guitar, vox, Max/MSP), Flowering Inconsistencies VII, Northeast Kingdom, Brooklyn, NY
September 11th, 2010 - Bill Baird's Silence! (clarinet) at Issue Project Room, Brooklyn, NY
August 26th, 2010 - DR & Aliza Simons duo (guitar, vox, clarinet, Max/MSP), Flowering Inconsistencies VI, Northeast Kingdom, Brooklyn, NY
August 22nd, 2010 - Amirtha Kidambi & Cory Bracken perform "BACK" for mezzo-soprano and vibraphone, Zebulon, Brooklyn, NY
July 22nd, 2010 - Dave Ruder solo (clarinet, vox, guitar), as well as some works in progress featuring David Whitwell on trombone, Flowering Inconsistencies V, Northeast Kingdom, Brooklyn, NY
June 29th, 2010 - suling for a wayang with Pak Sri Joko Raharjo's anak-anak gamelan group, at a Catholic Church in Klaten, Indonesia
June 21th, 2010 - suling as part of a lecture/performance by Pak Sri Joko Raharjo at UNNES, Semarang, Indonesia
June 14th, 2010 - demung in a performance of some Nardo Sabdho material with Pak Darsono's group, a stage across from Mankunegaran on Jalan Ngarsiporo, Solo, Indonesia
June 9th, 2010 - gerong with Manunggal Rasa (a bunch of gamelan ringers), UNS, Solo, Indonesia
May 17th, 2010 - Anthony Scuderi's Silhouette Suite, Levenson Hall, Brooklyn College, NY
May 16th, 2010 - Gamelan Kusuma Laras (suling, voice), Indonesian Consulate, NY, NY
May 15th, 2010 - Gamelan Kusuma Laras, Indonesian Consulate, NY, NY
May 13th, 2010 - MDM (clarinet, voice, cracklebox), Luca Lounge, NY, NY
May 12th, 2010 - performance on Max/MSP to go with Ben Simington's tales of truth and electricity, Levenson Hall, Brooklyn College, NY
May 10th, 2010 - "To Play a Born Gendhing" performed as a duet; DR plays clarinet in piece by R. Driscoll, Levenson Hall, Brooklyn College, NY
May 2nd, 2010 - clarinet in Jay Vilnai's "They Flee", CUNY New Music Fest., Baruch College, NY, NY
April 27th, 2010 - clarinet in Brooklyn College Jazz Ensemble, Levenson Hall, Brooklyn College, NY
April 25th, 2010 - clarinet & guitar in White Elephant's premiere concert (pieces by me and Rebekah Driscoll), Flushnik, Brooklyn, NY
April 5th, 2010 - clarinet & voice in my pieces "gabra for Dave Ruder" and "seder", Comformer-Perposers Series, University of the Streets, NY, NY
March 26th, 2010 - clarinet in "Spring Migration (Frühjahrszug)" by Franke/Neumann/Ruder/Schmidt/Weinheimer, part of the NYCEMF 2010, Elebash Hall, CUNY Graduate Center, NY, NY
March 19th, 2010 - Sterling Basement (electronics, clarinet), "Songs of the Gowanus", Cabinet Magazine Space, Brooklyn, NY
March 17th, 2010 - Dave Ruder solo (guitar, vox), Northeast Kingdom, Brooklyn, NY
March 2nd, 2010 - "Untuned for 10 guitars", performed with nine other guitarists, Levenson Hall, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY
February 17th, 2010 - "Flowering Reintroductions", performed by Daniel Neumann, Shawn Onsgard, and myself (laptop, suling/melodica, suling/clarinet/voice, resp.), Northeast Kingdom, Brooklyn, NY
January 13th, 2010 - Dave Ruder solo in round robin performances with Jack Reilly, Lydia Bell, and James Yeh, Northeast Kingdom, Brooklyn, NY
January 8th, 2010 - with the Invisible Circle choir, Shea Stadium, Brooklyn, NY
December 21st, 2009 - Dave Ruder solo, as well as a trio with Ann Adachi and Nick Lesley, Matchless, Brooklyn, NY
December 16th, 2009 - Dave Ruder solo, featuring Cory Bracken, Northeast Kingdom, Brooklyn, NY
December 12th, 2009 - kempul, saron, and singing with Gamelan Kusuma Laras, Bruno Walter Theater at the NYC Performing Arts Library, NY, NY
December 7th, 2009 - clarinet in Abe Morrison's "With Reverence & Dread", Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY
December 2nd, 2009 - with the Invisible Circle choir, Death by Audio, Brooklyn, NY
November 30th, 2009 - bass clarinet in my piece "Wild Smitty, Part 2", Brooklyn College
November 10th, 2009 - composer & conductor of "Piece Considering Electronic Means and Opposable Thumbs", Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY
November 8th, 2009 - carpentry activities in Douglas Henderson's piece for 100 Carpenters, The Boiler, Brooklyn, NY
October 14th, 2009 - with the Invisible Circle choir, Death by Audio, Brooklyn, NY
September 16th, 2009 - with the Invisible Circle choir, Death by Audio (in a maze), Brooklyn, NY
September 12th, 2009 - various clarineting at Michael Pestel's Ponder2, Middletown, CT
August 17th, 2009 - Dave Ruder solo, Taaffe Lofts, Brooklyn, NY
August 11th, 2009 - Dave Ruder solo (guitar, vox), Northeast Kingdom, Brooklyn, NY
August 3rd, 2009 - Dave Ruder's "And It's Surely to Their Debit" (clarinetist perfomer), The Tank, NY, NY
June 27th, 2009 - Dave Ruder solo, Goodbye Blue Monday, Brooklyn, NY
June 26th, 2009 - Eidolon (clarinet), Ontological Hysteric @ St Mark's Church, NY, NY
June 21st, 2009 - audience conductor in Aaron Siegel's "science is only a sometimes friend", Central Park East Meadow, NY, NY
June 19th, 2009 - clarinet in a piece by Maria Mykolenko, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
June 5th, 2009 - Eidolon, Lutheran Church of the Messiah, Brooklyn
May 31st, 2009 - Eidolon's three hour spectacular in a bank vault, 14 Wall St, NY, NY
May 20th, 2009 - Annie Rudnik's Just Great (clarinet) at Movement Research thing at DTW, NY, NY
May 14th, 2009 - Abby Levine's 88-89-90 (clarinet) with Move the House, 89th and CPW, NY, NY
May 10th, 2009 - Syrinx Ensemble (clarinets & whistles), Central Park Zoo, NY, NY
May 9th, 2009 - Syrinx Ensemble, Central Park Zoo, NY, NY
May 3rd, 2009 - Dave Ruder solo, is Great party at my apartment (Taaffe Lofts), Brooklyn
May 1st, 2009 - Eidolon, Lutheran Church of the Messiah, Brooklyn
April 21st, 2009 - played clarinet on WESU-FM Middletown, improvising on "the feeling of the idea of silk scarves in the air", Middletown, CT
April 10th, 2009 - Eidolon (clarinets), Lutheran Church of the Messiah, Brooklyn
March 6th, 2009 - folds ensemble (clarinet, bowed music stand), Issue Project Room, Brooklyn
March 3rd, 2009 - Eidolon playing Matt Marble's frond, Fine Hall, Princeton, NJ
February 6th, 2009 - Eidolon (clarinet & guitar), Lutheran Church of the Messiah, Brooklyn
January 31st, 2009 - Eidolon (aka Ensemble One, we changed our name, I played clarinet and guitar), Hunter College/Times Sq. Gallery, New York
December 5th, 2008 - Ensemble One, Lutheran Church of the Messiah, Brooklyn
November 15th, 2008 - folds ensemble, St Mark's Church, New York
November 7th, 2008 - Ensemble One, Lutheran Church of the Messiah, Brooklyn
October 3rd, 2008 - Ensemble One, Lutheran Church of the Messiah, Brooklyn
September 27th, 2008 - Trouble, Fishypond Tacos Art Opening, Bushwick, Brooklyn
September 5th, 2008 - Ensemble One, Lutheran Church of the Messiah, Brooklyn
August 18th, 2008 - Trouble, Supreme Trading, Brooklyn
August 8th, 2008 - Forkestra/Devin's crew (clarinets, guitar), Popeye's Pub, Cortland Manor, NY
August 1st, 2008 - Ensemble One, Lutheran Church of the Messiah, Brooklyn
July 3rd, 2008 - Ensemble One, Lutheran Church of the Messiah, Brooklyn
June 13th, 2008 - clarinet in The Raw and the Cooked, the Tank, New York
June 6th, 2008 - Ensemble One, Lutheran Church of the Messiah, Brooklyn
June 1st, 2008 - with expanded Syrinx Ensemble + Anthony Braxton (clarinets, whistles), National Aviary wetlands area, Pittsburgh, PA
May 2nd, 2008 - Ensemble One, Lutheran Church of the Messiah, Brooklyn
April 4th, 2008 - Ensemble One, Lutheran Church of the Messiah, Brooklyn
March 8th, 2008 - Young Vandals (guitar), Never Ending Books, New Haven, CT
March 7th, 2008 - Ensemble One, Issue Project Room, Brooklyn
March 1st, 2008 - Musical accompaniment to Lydia Bell's choreography + solo set of vegetable pieces (clarinet/guitar/vox) at Triskelion Arts, Williamsburg, Brooklyn
February 9th, 2008 - Ensemble One (aka Large Ensemble), The Schoolhouse, Brooklyn
December 2nd, 2007 - accompaniment of Sarah Young and Leah Siepel's dancing efforts (E flat and B flat clarinets), Arts in Bushwick-related loft, Brooklyn
November 26th, 2007 - Large Ensemble (clarinet/bass clarinet), Knitting Factory Old Office, NYC
July 15th, 2007 - with Isto (clarinet), Bowery Poetry Club, New York
June 3rd, 2007 - Sqwawktet (clarinets & whistles) with birds at Prospect Park Zoo aviary, Brooklyn
June 2nd, 2007 - Sqwawktet with birds at Prospect Park Zoo aviary, Brooklyn
May15th, 2007 - Trouble, Goodbye Blue Monday, Brooklyn
December 11th, 2006 – Assembly with Chris Peck and Aaron Siegel (percussion and voice), Roulette, New York
August 12th, 2006 – The Monster Project (clarinet), Tonic, New York
July 26th, 2006 – The Monster Project, Bowery Poetry Club, New York
May 6th, 2006 – The Monster Project, Galapagos Art Space, Brooklyn
April 29th, 2006 – Corinna Hiller & dancers accompanist with Loren Dempster (clarinet), Brooklyn Botanical Gardens
February 18th, 2006 – Anne Rhodes plays “On Methods of Expediting Ingestion”, Memorial Chapel, Middletown, CT (I was in the audience, but it was great)
February 1st, 2006 – The Monster Project, Galapagos Art Space, Brooklyn
December 9th, 2005 – Anthony Braxton alumni ensemble (clarinet), Crowell Hall, Middletown
November 2nd, 2005 – The Monster Project, Knitting Factory Tap Bar, New York
May 8th, 2005 – performed in Dave Kadden’s recital (saxonet), Buttonwood Tree, Middletown
April 27th, 2005 – Anthony Braxton’s large ensemble (clarinet), Crowell Hall, Middletown
April 19th, 2005 – performed in Philip Schulze’s Quartet for Winds with Video (clarinet), Memorial Chapel, Middletown
April 15th, 2005 – performed in “God Vs. the Management, Round 2” by MGMT (vox), Memorial Chapel, Middletown
April 1st, 2005 – This Poodlefu Revelry, a thesis recital by Dave Ruder (recording available upon request - 9 original compositions for various ensembles) (guitar, clarinet, & vox), Crowell Concert Hall, Middletown
March 2005 – conducted Aaron Siegel’s “The Time It Takes” with Wesleyan Orchestra (workshop), Crowell Hall, Middletown
February 27th, 2005 – conducted “Knee Play 1” from Einstein on the Beach, Anna Zayaruzny’s recital, Crowell Hall, Middletown
February 19th, 2005 – Cage’s Concert for Piano and Orchestra (clarinets) in Walter Frank’s recital, Crowell Hall, Middletown
February 11th, 2005 – Wesleyan Creative Orchestra led by Bill Dixon (clarinet), Crowell Hall, Middletown
January 29th, 2005 – performed in Shallow Water by Aaron Siegel (bowls), Zelnick Pavilion, Middletown
December 10th, 2004 – Anthony Braxton’s large ensemble, Crowell Hall, Middletown
December 2nd, 2004 – worked visual projections for Carl Testa’s quintet, Wesleyan MPR, Middletown
November, 2004 – Band for “The Terrible Parable of Leni Riefenstahl” (clarinet), CFA Theater, Middletown
April 28th, 2004 – Anthony Braxton’s small ensemble (clarinet in an electronically backed sextet), Crowell Hall, Middletown
April 25th, 2004 – Anthony Braxton’s large ensemble (clarinet), Crowell Hall, Middletown
April 23rd, 2004 – performed with Wesleyan Advanced Gamelan Ensemble (gong, kempyang, kethuk, kempul), Yale University, New Haven
April 22nd, 2004 – performed “On Methods of Expediting Ingestion: Eggplant” and in Steve Reich’s Octet (guitar, page turning), Student Composition Concert, Crowell Hall, Middletown
April 2nd, 2004 – performed in Aaron Paige’s recital (guitar), World Music Hall, Middletown
February 29th, 2004 – string quartet “Sweep Quarter Trap 1” performed at Music for Leap Years (conductor), Memorial Chapel, Middletown
May 9th, 2003 – Invisible Quartet performed, World Music Hall (also played melodica in another piece), Middletown
March 15th, 2003 – performed Mark Nelson’s Pin (guitar), College Music Society conference, Brunswick, Maine