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

7/6/24: Pasadena Folk Music Society concert
Syncopaths 

7/7/24: Santa Barbara ECD
Syncopaths w/ Frannie Marr calling

7/7/24: Santa Barbara contra
Syncopaths w/ Christine Merryman calling

7/14/24: Culver City ECD
Green Willow w/ Lindsay Verbil calling

8/4/24: Santa Barbara contra
TBA w/ Jeffrey Spero calling

9/1/24: Santa Barbara contra
Chopped Liver w/ Lindsay Verbil calling

9/8/24: Culver City ECD
Green Willow w/ Jacqui Grennan calling

9/19/24: Lake City (WA) contra
Ryan McKasson, Vienna Scheyer, Dave Bartley, and Jeffrey Spero w/Will Mentor calling

9/20-22/24: Chehalis (Mission, BC, Canada)
Syncopaths (also Countercurrent) w/ Will Mentor and Koren Wake calling

9/29/24: Culver City ECD
Linda Kodeira and Jeffrey Spero w/ James Hutson and Renée Camus calling

10/12/24: Escondido contra
Audrey Jaber and Jeffrey Spero w/ Frannie Marr calling

11/2/24: S. Pasadena contra
Anvil Sky w/ Frannie Marr calling

11/3/24: Santa Barbara contra
Whole Hog w/ Jeffrey Spero calling

11/10/24: Culver City ECD
Green Willow w/ James Hutson calling

11/16/24: S. Pasadena contra
Contra Capers w/ Jeffrey Spero calling

11/23/24: Anaheim contra
Olivia Breidenthal, Liam Lewis, Christa Burch, and Jeffrey Spero w/ Frannie Marr calling

12/1/24: Santa Barbara contra
Chopped Liver Trio w/ Lindsay Verbil calling

12/15/24: Santa Barbara ECD
Green Willow w/ TBA calling

12/15/24: Santa Barbara contra
Anvil Sky w/ Frannie Marr calling

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

12/29/24: Sacramento contra
Rhythm Raptors w/ Dane Wallinga calling

2/21-23/25: Fiddling Frog (Pasadena, CA)
Syncopaths (also River Road) w/ Lindsey Miller Dono and Susan Petrick 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

Syncopaths

  • 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

Compositions

Click on composition for full screen image.