Trepanning Trio is an acoustic instrumental ensemble which makes oddly beautiful music using classical, traditional and handmade instruments (i.e., viola da gamba, guzheng, pan lids screwed onto sticks and played with violin bows, etc). Contrary to its name, Trepanning Trio performs with a rotating lineup of as many as fourteen musicians. They have shared the stage with members of the Cleveland Orchestra and the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, MorrisonDance, and performed with free improvisation luminaries like Eugene Chadbourne, Tatsuya Nakatani, Michel Doneda, Mars Williams and Paal Nilssen-Love.