Jeremy Bleich incorporates a wide palette of culture, ancient and modern instruments, traditions and forms
as well as electronic manipulation into the creative process of composing, performing and recording music.
His approach to the electric bass and the oud have earned him a reputation internationally as an innovator,
and his compositions have been featured in a large range of genres and venues.
Jeremy is focused on producing music that captures the essence and meaning behind the process of
creating it. He resides in Santa Fe, New Mexico where he is involved with presenting new music, as well as
composing and teaching. He holds a degree in music composition from Cleveland State University.

Jeremy is a member of the critically acclaimed group birth and has performed and/or recorded with
Coung Vu (Pat Metheny Group), microtonalist and creative improviser Joe Maneri, Chris Jonas, Josh Smith, Carmen Castaldi (Joe Lovano), Joe Tomino (birth, dub trio, Matisyahu), Kevin McCarthy and Nashville songwriter Rick Elias (Ragamuffins).
He has played the oud in collaboration w/ Mustafa Stephan Dill (SAMA trio),
Andrew Stoltz (laptop musician/composer) in Eftah, and Zevk ensemble (traditional turkish sufi illahis).

He has recorded for MCA Records, Hopscotch Records, High Mayhem and INS labels.

Jeremy has taught music at the College of Santa Fe (2008-9), for Artworks (2008-present), Dragonfly school (2010), and develops Operettas for children as a composer in residence through The Santa Fe Opera (2007-present). He is also working with the poet laureate of Santa Fe Joan Logghe composing music for a childrens program entitled "Joan and the Giant Pencil" (2010-2011).

Jeremy composed and performed music for Wise Fool New Mexico's annual Circus Luminous at the
Lensic performing arts center, (2007-2009 + 2011) and composed music for Wise Fool's
"Coup de Circ: A Revolution in One Ring". which toured Canada in April 2009.

recent compositions include:

"even after all this time" - a piece for three womans voices (2010), a string quintet (2011) premiered by the Santa Fe String Quintet, works for orchestra, and a variety of compositions for various small ensembles.

 

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A partial list of performance venues include:

North America:
The Knitting Factory (NYC), Tonic (NYC),The Empty Bottle (Chicago), Wesleyan University,
The California Institute of the Arts (L.A.), Plan B (Santa Fe, NM).

Internationally:
Teatro Fondamenta Nuove (Venice, Italy), Cafe Damberd (Gent, Belgium),
Visiones Festival (Mexico City, Mexico).

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Jeremy's most recent project, collaborating with librettist, activist director Sarah Jane Moody is as composer and musical director for a rock opera based on the words of anarchist Emma Goldman. "Emma" is currently in the early stages of production and is supported by a generous grant from the California Foundation for Peace and Justice. The show will open in April 2012.

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please visit the events page to see what's next!

 


“Jeremy Bleich’s free-jazz shredding and spooky low-string grooves give weight
to this fearless bass/drums/sax trio’s stream of consciousness
explorations.” - Bass Player Magazine


 

on eftah: “eftah was the one work on the program that seemed to
fufill the NWEAMO mission of uniting the avant garde with popular music.
jeremy bleich nimbly performed a series of ralph-towner-esque licks on the
oud, which were processed and accompanied by stoltz’s laptop, at times
laying down a thick modal carpet of sustained tones, at others gentle
ripplings of processed notes….” – Christian Hertzog for sandiego.com


                                                                                                                                            


on birth: “awesome and magnificent“. – Wire (U.K.)



 

 

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