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

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

4/26/25: Anaheim contra
Laura Osborn, Lindsay Verbil, and Jeffrey Spero w/ Frannie Marr calling

4/27/25: Culver City ECD
Green Willow w/ Frannie Marr 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

5/17/25: Culver City contra
Frank Hoppe, Laura Osborn, and Chip Prince w/ Jeffrey Spero 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

6/1/25: ECD Styling Workshop and Dance Party
Green Willow w/ Bruce Hamilton calling

6/14/25: San Luis Obispo callers workshop and contra
Teasel w/ Jeffrey Spero calling

6/15/25: Santa Barbara contra
Corwin and Grace w/ Jeffrey Spero calling

6/22-28/25: BACDS Family Week
M’Gilvry Allen, Jeffrey Spero and others w/ Alex Cumming, Lindsay Verbil, Doe Taryn and others calling

6/22-28/25: BACDS American Week
Syncopaths Trio (also Lissa and Friends) w/ Jacqui Grennan and Cis Hinkle 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
  • Fiddling Frog (CA): Syncopaths
  • 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
  • Living Tradition (CA): Joyance
  • 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
  • Playford to the Present (CA): Syncopaths
  • 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
  • Winter Frolic (AZ): Joyance

Compositions

Click on composition for full screen image.