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 with.

And at the bottom of the page are a few of my compositions.

Performance Schedule

8/27/23: Santa Barbara contra
Chopped Liver w/ Jacqui Grennan calling

9/2/23: S. Pasadena contra
Kira Ott and Jeffrey Spero w/ Chris Page calling

9/9/23: San Luis Obispo contra
Frank Hoppe and Jeffrey Spero w/ Jean Gorrindo calling

9/10/23: Santa Barbara contra
Frank Hoppe, Mike Mullins and Jeffrey Spero w/ Frannie Marr calling

9/17/23: Culver City ECD
Green Willow w/ Chris Page calling

9/29/23 – 10/1/23: Cascade Contra (Eugene, OR)
Bozzy MaCoo (also Dam Beavers) w/ Michael Karcher and Susan Petrick calling

10/6/23: LA Playford to the Present Review
Audrey Jaber, Anna Patton and Jeffrey Spero w/ Alan Winston calling

10/7/23: LA Playford to the Present Ball
Audrey Jaber, Anna Patton and Jeffrey Spero w/ Alan Winston calling

10/8/23: HTDS workshop
Audrey Jaber, Anna Patton and Jeffrey Spero w/ Alan Winston calling

10/29/23: Santa Barbara contra
Chopped Liver w/ TBA calling

11/5/23: Santa Barbara contra
Anvil Sky w/ TBA calling

11/11/23: S. Pasadena contra
Kira Ott and Jeffrey Spero w/ Chris Page calling

11/12/23: Culver City ECD
Green Willow w/ Caller TBA

11/17-19/23: Catalina Dance Weekend
Offbeats (also Nova) w/ Will Mentor and Terry Doyle calling

12/2/23: S. Pasadena contra
Anvil Sky w/ Jeremy Korr calling

12/3/23: Santa Barbara contra
Stepwise and Jeffrey Spero w/ TBA calling

12/9/23: San Pedro contra
Kira Ott and Jeffrey Spero w/ Jeremy Korr calling

12/17/23: Santa Barbara contra
Audrey Jaber and Jeffrey Spero w/ Frannie Marr calling

12/26/23: Boxing Day contra (Pasadena)
Kira Ott and Jeffrey Spero w/ Jacqui Grennan calling

12/30/23: NYEE contra (Pasadena)
Double Trouble w/ Jacqui Grennan and Jeremy Korr calling

12/31/23: NYE contra (San Diego)
Double Trouble w/ Jacqui Grennan calling

1/12-14/24: Contra Carnivale (San Luis Obispo)
Syncopaths (also Elixir and Eloise & Co.) w/ Nils Fredland, Cis Hinkle and Susan Petrick calling)

Bands

Partial list

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

Studio/Live Recordings

 

 

 

  • David Brewer and Rebecca Lomnicky: Inspired (2010)
  • Laura Light and Friends: No Gravity (2001)
  • Michael Mendelson and Friends: A Fiddler’s Notebook (1998)
  • Michael Mendelson and Friends: Fiddle Pieces (2009)
  • Syncopaths: Rough Around The Edges (2005)
  • Syncopaths: Five Gears (2010)
  • Syncopaths: Be Like The Sea (2023)

Concerts /Festivals

Partial listing

  • Atlanta Dance Weekend: King Kontra
  • Atlanta Dance Weekend: Syncopaths
  • BACDS American Week: Syncopaths
  • BACDS Family Week: Staff musician
  • Balance the Bay: Syncopaths
  • Bear Hug: Lift Ticket
  • Butterfly Whirl: Syncopaths
  • Cabin Fever: Syncopaths
  • Cascade Contra: Syncopaths
  • Camp Damp: Offbeats
  • Coffee Gallery Backstage: Syncopaths
  • Contra Carnivale : Syncopaths
  • CDH (winter): Lift Ticket
  • CTMS Summer Solstice: Chopped Liver
  • CTMS Summer Solstice: Syncopaths
  • Dance Trance: Syncopaths
  • Dancing Bears: Rhythm Raptors
  • Dancing Fish: Syncopaths
  • Dandelion Romp: Syncopaths
  • Fiddling Frog: Rhythm Raptors
  • Fire Ant Frolic: Syncopaths
  • FolkMADness: Syncopaths
  • Grand Annex: Syncopaths
  • Harvest Moon: Chopped Liver
  • Lady of the Lake June Week: Force For Nature
  • Lady of the Lake June Week: Rhythm Raptors
  • Lake Eden Arts Festival: Syncopaths
  • Lake Eden Arts Festival: Lift Ticket
  • Lake Eden Arts Festival: Rhythm Raptors
  • McCabe’s: Richard Greene
  • Millpond Music Festival: Syncopaths
  • Pigtown Fling: Syncopaths
  • Pinewoods American Music and Dance Week: Syncopaths
  • Pinewoods English Week: Staff musician
  • Snowball: Rhythm Raptors
  • Snowball: Syncopaths
  • Summer Soirée: Syncopaths
  • Trillium Twirl: Syncopaths
  • Wasatch Wiggle: Offbeats
  • When In Doubt, Swing: Syncopaths

Compositions