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

3/21/26: Culver City contra
Eric Boodman (MA) and Jeffrey Spero w/ Jeremy Korr calling

3/27-29/26: Epicenter (Mill Valley, CA)
Syncopaths and Notorious w/ Gaye Fifer and Liz Nelson calling

4/4/26: Culver City contra
Whole Hog w/ Jeffrey Spero calling

4/19/26: Santa Barbara ECD
Paté de Faux Gras w/ Lindsay Verbil calling

4/19/26: Santa Barbara contra
Chopped Liver w/ Lindsay Verbil calling

4/25/26: NAMBA concert (Ventura, CA)
Syncopaths

5/1 – 5/2/26: Dancing Fish (Melrose, FL)
Lift Ticket w/ TBA calling

5/16/26: Culver City contra
Ben, Louisa and Jeffrey w/ Andy Shore calling

5/17/26: Topanga Folk Festival (Calabasas, CA)
Green Willow w/ James Hutson calling

5/23/26: Anaheim contra
Kira Ott and Jeffrey Spero w/ TBA calling

5/3o/26: Pasadena contra
Double Trouble w/ Jacqui Grennan calling

5/31/26: Santa Barbara ECD
Double Trouble w/ Jacqui Grennan calling

5/31/26: Santa Barbara contra
Double Trouble w/ Jacqui Grennan calling

6/21-27/26: BACDS Family Week
M’Gilvry Allen, Jeffrey Spero and others w/ Lindsay Verbil, Doe Taryn and others calling

6/28-7/3/26: BACDS American Week
Syncopaths and Lissa Schneckenburger Band w/ Jacqui Grennan and Michael Karcher calling

8/28-9/4/26: Valley of the Moon (Boulder Creek, CA)
Double Trouble w/Susan Michaels calling (also Hanneke Cassel, Colin Cotter, Laura Cortese, Natalie Haas, Ryan McKasson, Laura Risk, and others)

9/5/26: Culver City contra
Sonoma Crossing w/ TBA calling

9/6/26: Santa Barbara contra
Sonoma Crossing w/ TBA calling

11/20-22/26: Fleur de Lis Fling (Louisville, KY)
Rhythm Raptors and Baba Yaga’s Stew w/ Darlene Underwood and Rick Mohr 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
  • Almost Heaven (WV): Syncopaths
  • Atlanta Dance Weekend (GA): King Kontra, 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): Lift Ticket, Syncopaths
  • Butterfly Whirl (GA): Syncopaths
  • Cabin Fever (TN): Rhythm Raptors, Syncopaths
  • Camp Damp (AK): Offbeats
  • Cascade Contra (OR): Bozzy MaCoo, Syncopaths
  • Catalina Contradance Weekend (CA): Offbeats
  • Chehalis (BC-Canada): Syncopaths
  • Coffee Gallery Backstage (CA): Syncopaths
  • Contra Carnivale (CA): Rhythm Raptors, Syncopaths
  • CDH (winter) (WV): Lift Ticket
  • CTMS Summer Solstice (CA): Chopped Liver, Syncopaths
  • Dance Camp North (AK): Syncopaths
  • Dance in the Desert (AZ): Sonoma Crossing
  • Dance Trance (KY): Syncopaths
  • Dancing Bears (AK): Rhythm Raptors
  • Dancing Fish (FL): Syncopaths, Lift Ticket
  • Dancing Fool (WA): Rhythm Raptors
  • Dancing With The GODS (FL): Syncopaths
  • Dandelion Romp (OH): Syncopaths
  • Epicenter (CA): Syncopaths
  • Fall Frolick (CA): Staff musician
  • Fiddling Frog (CA): JAX, Rhythm Raptors, Syncopaths
  • Fire Ant Frolic (TX): Syncopaths
  • Flamingo Fling (OK): Syncopaths
  • Fleur de Lis Fling (KY): Rhythm Raptors
  • FolkMADness (NM): Syncopaths
  • Grand Annex (CA): Syncopaths
  • Harvest Moon (CA): Chopped Liver, Syncopaths
  • Lady of the Lake Family Week (ID): JRK
  • Lady of the Lake June Week (ID): Force For Nature, Rhythm Raptors
  • Lady of the Lake Fall Weekend (ID): Syncopaths
  • Lake Eden Arts Festival (NC): Syncopaths, Lift Ticket, Rhythm Raptors
  • Living Tradition (CA): Joyance
  • May Madness (AZ): JAX
  • 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
  • Pasadena Folk Music Society (CA): Syncopaths
  • Pigtown Fling (OH): Syncopaths
  • Pilgrim’s Progression (KS): Syncopaths
  • Pinewoods American Music and Dance Week (MA): Syncopaths
  • Pinewoods English Week (MA): Staff musician
  • Playford to the Present (CA): Force for Nature, Syncopaths
  • Raindance (OR): Lift Ticket
  • Snowball (FL): Rhythm Raptors, Syncopaths
  • Spring Breakdown (MO): Syncopaths
  • Squirrel Moon (WI): Lift Ticket
  • Summer Soirée (NC): Syncopaths
  • Supersonic (WA): Syncopaths
  • Trillium Twirl (MI): Syncopaths
  • Valley of the Moon (CA): Double Trouble
  • Wasatch Wiggle (UT): Offbeats
  • When In Doubt, Swing (TX): Syncopaths
  • Winter Frolic (AZ): Joyance

Compositions

Click on composition for full screen image.