The Philip Glass Ensemble is:

Philip Glass – Composer & Keyboards
Kurt Munkacsi – Sound Design (member since 1970)
Michael Riesman – Music Director & Keyboards (member since 1974)
Jon Gibson – Woodwinds (member since 1969)
Dan Dryden – Live Sound Mix (member since 1983)
Lisa Bielawa – Vocals & Keyboards (member since 1992)
Andrew Sterman – Woodwinds (member since 1992)
Stephen Erb – Live Sound Mix (member since 2004)
Mick Rossi – Percussion & Keyboards (member since 2004)
David Crowell – Woodwinds (member since 2007)

Established by composer Philip Glass, the first performance by the Philip Glass Ensemble was held in May 1969 at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, City. Embraced first by the visual art community working in SoHo in the early 1970′s, the early concerts performed by the Philip Glass Ensemble were considered visual as well as musical events and were often performed in art galleries, artist lofts, and museum spaces rather than traditional performing art centers.

Since that time, the members of the PGE are recognized as the premiere performers of Philip Glass’ compositions and continue to be an inspiration for new work. Over the past 30 years, the group has performed on four continents in some of the world’s most prestigious music festivals and concert venues. They have been featured in Philip Glass’ opera Einstein on the Beach as well as the music theater projects Hydrogen Jukebox; 1000 Airplanes on the Roof; The Photographer; La Belle et la Bête; and Monsters of Grace.

For more information on the Ensemble, please visit the Pomegranate Arts site.

2011 Festival Schedule for the Philip Glass Ensemble:

Dracula performance takes place at:
Henry Miller Memorial Library
Highway One
Big Sur, CA 93920

Retrospective performances take place at:
Hidden Valley Music Seminars
88 West Carmel Valley Road
Carmel Valley, CA 93924