upcoming events:

Love and Emma Goldman: A Rock Opera

singer/librettist Sarah Jane Moody and myself have just won a grant to produce an opera about the life of anarchist emma goldman. very excited to represent the words and vision of this amazing woman in music. The Opera runs May 17th-20th at the Armory for the Arts in Santa Fe, NM.   

wikipedia has a page about her life with many links to other figures of the time. 
check it out: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emma_goldman

 

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House Concert V is looking for a house in July contact me if your interested in hosting. .. . see details below the white line.

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the grasshopper music house concert series:

on september 20th, 2009 at 8pm, i presented the first in a series of house concerts with new works by myself and local composers and improvisers. this series is presented in an effort to revive the art of chamber music in the "classical" tradition to its original form - allowing the listener to experience new music in the most intimate of settings, creating events in homes, art galleries and small theatres across Santa Fe.

these concerts include with the price of admission good food, tea and the unforgettable experience of hearing expressive and diverse musicians in the area performing new works for you at close range. past concerts have included works for string quintet, womans choir, guitar, GoGoSnapRadio (pop duo), prepared piano and "house" percussion.

if you are interested in hosting a house concert, please feel free to contact me.

look for the next installment of the series coming soon.


house concert I:

the first concert included the santa fe premiere of my guitar duet "lullaby for isaac" performed w/ guitar virtuoso joaquin gallegos and myself as well as recent pieces composed on piano and featuring santa fe college music professor deborah unger on piano and clarinet and drummer percussionist paul "feathericci" on a new piece for prepared piano and "house percussion".

house concert II:

this show included music from my brand new duo w/ Sarah Jane Moody called GoGo Snap Radio.
It will also feature some spontaneous compositions and improvisations from j bleich on various instruments.
for more info on GoGo Snap Radio, click on the flyer below.

  

house concert III:

this event included a trio for women's voices including meagan chandler, cecilia leitner and nicole jensen w/ text from 3 hafiz poems (14th century sufi poet/saint). this concert also featured the music of San Francisco singer/songwriter and good friend kevin McCarthy and singer Meagan Chandler's new songs.

 

house Concert IV:

this concert featured string quintets by Mozart and Bleich performed by the fabulous:

Santa Fe String Quintet
   featuring: carla kountoupes - violin, christine chen - violin, shanti randall - viola, gail robertson - viola,
   and chase morrison - cello.  

  
this event was promoted in part by Santa Fe Pulse.                       

 

 

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other recent events:

circus luminous 2011 nov 25, 26, 27.
im super excited about this years show filled with amazing and beautiful feats of acrobatics and ariel amazement!

I have once again taken up the honor of composing and directing the music for this years lumionus.
The band includes my old friend Scott Barkan from NYC on guitar and lapsteel, JQ Whitcomb on trumpet, Mark Weaver on tuba,
and the amazing Paul "Feathericci" on drums and elctronics....

you can also download the music from luminous 2009 at the beautiful INS site

 

GoGoSnapRadio oct. 3rd and 5th in two great events! details a links below:

A history of bees (presented by Megan Mahoney) and GoGoSnapRadio

Thursday, November 3 · 7:00pm - 10:00pm
Caldera Gallery
926 Baca St. #6
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=254067617978294

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High Mayhem Fall Series, Day 2: Imagining the Song
Saturday, November 5 at 7:00pm - November 6 at 1:00am
High Mayhem Studio
2811 Siler Lane
Santa Fe, NM
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=287440034601003

http://highmayhem.org/

Wind up Birds
... Thin Air Trio
DC Bond
GoGoSnap radio
the Grannia Griffith Story

 

I joined my good friend Kevin McCarthey for a few dates in Austin, Tx in June.
Joining us on guitar was my Eftah collaborator Andrew Stoltz.
See links below for details on the Friday and Saturday performances.

Kevin McCarthey with J.Bleich
Friday, June 10 · 8:00pm - 11:00pm @
Cherrywood Coffeehouse

Kevin McCarthey with J.Bleich and Andrew Stoltz
Saturday, June 11 · 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Flipnotics

House Concert (song series):

My good friend Kevin McCarthey is coming to Santa Fe to make beautiful music for you. With our friends Evarusnik and another SanFrancisco treat; The Kelly McFarling Trio Sat June 4th at 7pm >>>>>>>

CYO:

I have been commissioned to write four arrangements for the Contemporary Youth Orchestra and Jefferson Starship for a concert in Cleveland on June 5th at the former Nautica Stage in the flats. see links below for ticket

information and details about this amazing youth orchestra run by my good friend, Liza Grossman.

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=141923599212680

www.cyorchestra.org/

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2010

GoGoSnapRadio in Nashville and Cleveland!

Nashville,TN
Time: Saturday, December 18 · 7:00pm - 11:30pm
Location: Kristina Krug Photography
1015 W Kirkland #414
click here to view our facebook event and details.

Cleveland, OH
Time: Wed. December 22nd 8pm-11pm
Location: by invitation only - if your interested in coming to this event please contact me
and i will give you details, seats are limited and reserved on a first come first served basis.
there is no cover, dontations encouraged - but no one is turned away for lack of funds.

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Youre invited to a wonderful event of Sufi devotional music and storytelling:
Water is Life - fundraiser House Concert: a project to dig hundreds of wells in Kenya
Sunday, Nov. 7th 5pm
124 Alamo Drive
w/ Zevk Ensemble (benjamin and rabia van hattun voice/saz, rahmah luz - percussion, greggory gutin - percussion, jeremy bleich - oud)
$10 suggested donation for concert. $7.50 more to include a meal.
sponsored by Muslim Women's Coalition - a non-profit volunteer organization
100% proceeds donated to humanitarian projects.
for more information call 505.685.4533 or 505.685.4500
checkout our facebook page.

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GoGoSnapRadio at: An Evening of Circus Frivolity, Masquerade and Gourmet Delights…

Sat Oct.30 6-8pm

this is a frundraiser/dinner theatre event for wisefool's penasco theatre. there will be an after dinner dance party following the event.

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2009

*music for circus luminous and medjool's debut disk are available for digital download here. .. .
 I also have several coup de circ cd's available if your interested please contact me: jeremy@jeremybleich.com
 these recordings will also be available soon at the ins site for digital download.

the Cleveland Trio's debut cd is available. go here to order the disk from paypal. or email me
for more information.

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'The Cleveland Trio' cd release party!!
@The Lakewood Phoenix on July 25th
Josh Smith (sax) from SanFrancisco and I will be back in our hometown of Cleveland, Ohio this month, and along Carmen Castaldi (dr) are having our cd release party at the Lakewood Phoenix Cafe on Saturday, July 25th...

We recorded in Santa Fe, New Mexico a little while back, and are finally releasing it as our self titled debut cd.
'The Cleveland Trio' is a beautiful deocument of this group playing in it's most natural environement of free improvisation, and spontaneous composition, carefully mixed, mastered and presented with fantastic cover artwork by Ben Dewey, a great artist and fellow native Lakewoodite! The disks are printed on recycled chipboard 4 panel covers printed by stumptown printers using natural organic dye in portland oregon and have been carefully mixed by josh and mastered by jeremy. This cd represents the culmination of a 10 year long relationship of free exploration by 3 of cleveland's most celebrated improvisers.....


                                                  

       

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