| Los Angeles | Sept. 4 | Carole Kim (live video), Jesse Gilbert (designer/programmer), Anne LeBaron (harp), Eve Luckring (video) and Michael Dessen (trombone/electronics) | Folly Bowl, Altadena |
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| Lisbon | Aug. 6 | Michael Dessen Trio with Christopher Tordini and Dan Weiss | Recording album for Clean Feed |
| Lisbon | Aug. 5 | Michael Dessen Trio with Christopher Tordini and Dan Weiss | CCB Quadrante |
| Brooklyn, NY | June 23 | Michael Dessen Trio with Christopher Tordini and Dan Weiss (8:00 set) | Barbes |
| New York, NY and San Diego, CA | June 13 | Telematic concert with (in NY) Oliver Lake, Amir El-Safar, Min Xiao-Fen, Gerry Hemingway, Sarah Weaver and (in CA) Mark Dresser, Alex Cline, Hafez Modirzadeh, and Michael Dessen | Roullette @ NYU, Calit2 UCSD |
| San Diego and Irvine, CA | May 12 | Jazz TeleMotions: A Networked Trio Concert by Mark Dresser, Myra Melford, and Michael Dessen with scenic designer Victoria Petrovich and intermedia artist John Crawford | UCSD/UCI |
| Irvine, CA | May 8 | Trombone performer on Darryl Taylor's iSing recital | Smith Hall, UCI |
| San Diego, CA | April 27 | Mark Dresser, Steve Schick and Michael Dessen | The Loft |
| Amherst, MA and Irvine, CA | April 25 | Telematic concert by Jason Robinson and Michael Dessen. Audience at Buckley Hall, Amherst College, Amherst, MA | Faultlines Festival |
| Irvine, CA | April 12 | Kei Akagi, Darek Oles and Michael Dessen | Irvine Valley College |
| New York, NY | March 27 | Cosmologic (10pm set) | The Stone |
| New York, NY | March 26 | with the Jackson Moore ensemble | McCarren Hall, Brooklyn |
| Somerville, MA | March 25 | Cosmologic | Johnny D's |
| Amherst, MA | March 24 | Cosmologic | Unitarian Universalist Society |
| Amherst, MA | March 24 | Workshop with Cosmologic | Amherst College |
| Radio (online) | March 24 | 11am radio interview with Cosmologic | WMUA |
| Fullerton, CA | March 13 | Presentation on Composer-Performer Symposium | CSU New Music Festival |
| San Diego, CA | Feb. 14 | Solo digibone set | Other Ideas @ Kava Gallery |
| Irvine, CA | Jan. 23 | Kei Akagi, Darek Oles and Michael Dessen | Smith Hall |
| Irvine, CA | Jan. 22 | Kei Akagi, Darek Oles and Michael Dessen | Smith Hall |
| Santa Ana, CA | Jan. 17 | Cosmologic | OC Creative Music Collective series |
| Irvine, CA | Jan. 14 | Presentation on telematic performance by Christopher Dobrian and Michael Dessen | ICIT Thesis Colloquium |
| San Diego, CA | Jan. 12 | Telematic performance by Shahrokh Yadegari, Michael Dessen, Alicia Peterson Baskel and Rebecca Salzer (part of the Crossing Boundaries concert) | Calit2 Theatre |
| Los Angeles, CA | Jan. 3 | Cosmologic | Open Gate Series |