Musician
Big piano... Little bass
Here are some of the places I’ve been fortunate enough to play… and some of the people I’ve been fortunate to play and record with.
And at the bottom of the page are a few of my compositions.
Performance Schedule
12/27/24: Santa Cruz contra
Rhythm Raptors w/ Andy Shore calling
12/28/24: Palo Alto contra
Rhythm Raptors w/ Kelsey Hartman calling
12/29/24: Sebastopol ECD
Rhythm Raptors w/ Alan Winston calling
12/29/24: Petaluma contra
Rhythm Raptors w/ Andy Shore calling
12/31/24: Sacramento contra
Rhythm Raptors w/ Dane Wallinga calling
1/26/25: Santa Barbara contra
Chopped Liver w/ Chris Page calling
2/15/25: Winter Dreams Ball rehearsal
Paté de Faux Gras w/ Brad Foster calling
2/16/25: Santa Barbara contra
Stepwise (with Jeffrey Spero plus Christa Burch) w/ Lindsay Verbil calling
2/21-23/25: Fiddling Frog (Pasadena, CA)
Syncopaths (also River Road)
w/ Lindsey Miller Dono and Susan Petrick calling
3/1/25: Culver City contra
Anvil Sky w/ Lindsay Verbil calling
3/2/25: Celtic Tea Social
Audrey Jaber, Laura Osborn, Jeffrey Spero w/ Reneé Camus calling
3/9/25: Culver City ECD
Linda Kodeira and Jeffrey Spero w/ Chris Page calling
3/16/25: Santa Barbara contra
Fiddle Tunas w/ Jeffrey Spero calling
3/30/25: Santa Barbara ECD
Green Willow w/ Lindsay Verbil calling
3/30/25: Santa Barbara contra
Anvil Sky w/ Lindsay Verbil calling
4/12/25: San Luis Obispo contra
Michael Mendelson, Mike Mullins, Tom Wolverton, Jeffrey Spero w/ Jacqui Grennan calling
4/20/25: Santa Barbara contra
Anvil Sky w/ Lindsay Verbil calling
4/23/26: Anaheim contra
Laura Osborn and Jeffrey Spero w/ Lindsay Verbil calling
5/2 – 5/3: Dancing Fish (Melrose, FL)
Lift Ticket w/ Angela DeCarlis calling
5/10/25: San Diego May Faire Ball
Olivia Breidenthal, Liam Lewis, and Jeffrey Spero w/ Chris Page calling
5/18/25: Topanga Banjo and Fiddle Festival
Anvil Sky w/ Jeremy Korr calling
5/23 – 26/25: FolkMADness (Socorro, NM)
Ryan McKasson, Jeffrey Spero, and Ness Smith-Savadoff
(also Larry Unger, Eric Boodman, and Emily Troll)
w/ Gaye Fifer and Alex Deis-Lauby calling
Bands
Partial list – click on photo for full screen image.
Bozzy MaCoo
- Audrey Jaber – fiddle
- Jeffrey Spero – piano
- Sam Bartlett – mandolin
Double Trouble
- Jeffrey Spero – piano
- Rodney Miller – fiddle
Force For Nature
- Ashley Hoyer – mandolin
- Audrey Jaber – fiddle
- Jeffrey Spero – piano
Joyance
- Audrey Jaber – fiddle
- Christa Burch – bodhran, vocals
- Jeffrey Spero – piano
Lift Ticket
- Jeffrey Spero – piano
- Rex Blazer – fiddle
- TJ Crow – mandolin
Offbeats
- Ashley Hoyer – mandolin
- Ben Schreiber – fiddle
- Jeffrey Spero – piano
Rhythm Raptors
- Jeffrey Spero – piano
- Mark (Pokey) Hellenberg – percussion
- Ralph Gordon – bass
- Rodney Miller – fiddle
- TJ Crow – mandolin
- Ashley Hoyer – mandolin
- Christa Burch – bodhran, vocals
- Jeffrey Spero – piano, bass
- Ryan McKasson – fiddle, viola
Recordings
- Michael Mendelson and Friends: A Fiddler’s Notebook (1998)
- Laura Light and Friends: No Gravity (2001)
- Syncopaths: Rough Around The Edges (2005)
- Michael Mendelson and Friends: Fiddle Pieces (2009)
- David Brewer and Rebecca Lomnicky: Inspired (2010)
- Syncopaths: Five Gears (2010)
- Syncopaths: Be Like The Sea (2023)
Festivals and concerts
Partial listing
- 12 Hour Twirl (CA): Syncopaths
- Atlanta Dance Weekend (GA): King Kontra
- Atlanta Dance Weekend (GA): Syncopaths
- BACDS American Week (CA): Syncopaths
- BACDS Family Week (CA): Staff musician
- Balance the Bay (CA): Syncopaths
- Bear Hug (MT): Lift Ticket
- Burning Man (NV): Syncopaths
- Butterfly Whirl (GA): Syncopaths
- Cabin Fever (TN): Rhythm Raptors
- Cabin Fever (TN): Syncopaths
- Camp Damp (AK): Offbeats
- Cascade Contra (OR): Bozzy MaCoo
- Cascade Contra (OR): Syncopaths
- Catalina Contradance Weekend (CA): Offbeats
- Chehalis (BC-Canada): Syncopaths
- Coffee Gallery Backstage (CA): Syncopaths
- Contra Carnivale (CA): Rhythm Raptors
- Contra Carnivale (CA): Syncopaths
- CDH (winter) (WV): Lift Ticket
- CTMS Summer Solstice (CA): Chopped Liver
- CTMS Summer Solstice (CA): Syncopaths
- Dance Camp North (AK): Syncopaths
- Dance Trance (KY): Syncopaths
- Dancing Bears (AK): Rhythm Raptors
- Dancing Fish (FL): Syncopaths
- Dancing Fool (WA): Rhythm Raptors
- Dancing With The GODS (FL): Syncopaths
- Dandelion Romp (OH): Syncopaths
- Fall Frolick (CA): Staff musician
- Fiddling Frog (CA): Rhythm Raptors
- Fire Ant Frolic (TX): Syncopaths
- Flamingo Fling (OK): Syncopaths
- FolkMADness (NM): Syncopaths
- Grand Annex (CA): Syncopaths
- Harvest Moon (CA): Chopped Liver
- Lady of the Lake Family Week (ID): JRK
- Lady of the Lake June Week (ID): Force For Nature
- Lady of the Lake June Week (ID): Rhythm Raptors
- Lady of the Lake Fall Weekend (ID): Syncopaths
- Lake Eden Arts Festival (NC): Syncopaths
- Lake Eden Arts Festival (NC): Lift Ticket
- Lake Eden Arts Festival (NC): Rhythm Raptors
- McCabe’s (CA): Richard Greene
- Millpond Music Festival (CA): Syncopaths
- Northwest Passage (OR): Syncopaths
- No Snow Ball (CA): Offbeats
- Once In A Blue Moon (AL): Syncopaths
- Orange Blossom Special (FL): Lift Ticket
- Palmetto Bug Stomp (SC): Syncopaths
- Pigtown Fling (OH): Syncopaths
- Pilgrim’s Progression (KS): Syncopaths
- Pinewoods American Music and Dance Week (MA): Syncopaths
- Pinewoods English Week (MA): Staff musician
- Raindance (OR): Lift Ticket
- Snowball (FL): Rhythm Raptors
- Snowball (FL): Syncopaths
- Spring Breakdown (MO): Syncopaths
- Summer Soirée (NC): Syncopaths
- Supersonic (WA): Syncopaths
- Trillium Twirl (MI): Syncopaths
- Wasatch Wiggle (UT): Offbeats
- When In Doubt, Swing (TX): Syncopaths