 |  | Hidden Sky [play hifi lofi] [license] [download] |
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 | | Unspoken [play hifi lofi] [license] [download] |
"Ranging from solo electric cello through various trios, quartets, and larger ensembles, the performances hinge on slowly unfolding romantic melodies voiced with the dense, dark timbre of Sieber's masterfully wielded instrument.." —Strings
"If there is music in the next realm, some of it must sound like this."—LadySlipper Music
Jami's playing style grew out of her childhood classical
training and has expanded over the years to embrace jazz,
folk, rock, improvisational and avant garde music. She has
guest artist in a variety of musical settings that have
taken her to China, Russia, Croatia, Kosovo, Bosnia, Italy,
France and most recently to Thailand where while working on
a film score she had the most enriching experience of
improvising with the Elephant Orchestra outside of Lampang.
She has toured internationally with Rhiannon (jazz
vocalist), Jennifer Berezan (singer/songwriter), Ferron
(singer/songwriter), Kim Rosen (poet).
Sieber's music is an atmospheric invitation to another
world, a quality which lends itself to film (Climb Against
The Odds, public television airing 1999, Jews and Buddhism,
Chayes Productions 1998, Bond, Alice Ray director 1991);
theater (T.S. Crossing, Allegro Series 1989,); and dance
(Facing East Dance Collective, Berkeley, Ca 1998-99, Llory
Wilson's Tallulah Dance Co.,Seattle, Jacobs Pillow 1994,
Jeff Bickford, Seattle 1990).
Jami has released three independently produced recordings; "Hidden Sky" (2004), "Second Sight " (1998) and "lush mechanique" (1995). Each of these recordings is a sonic journey exploring the breadth and magic of the acoustic and electric cellos, with compositions that are engaging and full of lush imagery. Victory Music says, "...these musical paintings hang, framed in her own passion and dreams. If you've ever taken a journey of the soul, be it to another place or your own backyard, this music will play back every scene."
JAMI SIEBER
Performance Highlights
2004- Release of "Hidden Sky"- a recording inspired by Siebers' time with elephants in Thailand. Features the Thai Elephant Orchestra, Nancy Wilson (Heart), Rick Lazar (Loreena McKennet), Benjy Wertheimer (Deva Primal, Krishna Das) and others.
2002-2001- West coast touring with the improvisational performance group, Rhiannon and Bowl Full of Sound.
Winter 2002- Spent 2 months studying and working with the elephants, their mahouts (caretakers), and the culture and music of Thailand.
May 2002- Invited to Seoul, Korea to perform in a series of concerts with
Jennifer Berezan and Korean author, Huyng Kyung Chung. The tour was sponsored by The Feminist Artist Network of Seoul.
Sept. 2000- Performed a series of improvisational concerts with Rhiannon (jazz vocalist), and Ruth Zapora (movement theatre) in Bosnia, Croatia, and Kosova
Summer 2000- Performed as a guest in a commissioned debut performance in Chatillon sur Loire, France, with French composer Anthony Hequet.
1994-2002- Extensive U.S. and Canadian tours with artists: singer/songwriter Ferron, jazz vocalist/improvisational artist Rhiannon, and singer/songwriter Jennifer Berezan
1999- Commissioned to write the music score for the documentary entitled "Jews and Buddhism"; a film which won one of the Best Documentary Awards of 1999 (Academy Awards)
1998- Release of independently produced recording "Second Sight".
1998- "Tell It By Heart" - a piece commissioned and composed for the award winning film "Climb Against the Odds", released nationwide on PBS and in film festivals around the country.
1998- Featured performer at the New Directions Cello Festival in
Storrs, Ct.
1996- invited to perform as a guest at a commissioned work debut performance at The Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Italy
1994- Release of debut solo recording "Lush Mechanique".
1990-1994- Jami's band Rumors of the Big Wave has two songs featured in ABC's primetime special on AIDS awareness -"IN A NEW LIGHT".
Commissioned composer and collaborator with choreographers Llory Wilson and Tallulah Dance Company and Jeff Bickford Dance Company. Tours of the U.S., former Soviet Union and China, with Rumors of the Big Wave.
Every so often a musician emerges who manages to speak to
the spirit by way of their instrument. Electric cellist
and vocalist Jami Sieber reaches inside the soul with
compositions that are contemporary, timeless, lush, and
powerfully evocative. Her style of performance has been
recognized internationally. She is a celebrated pioneer of
her instrument and received the Northwest Area Music
Association (NAMA) Award for Best Rock Instrumentalist, no
easy feat for a cellist.
1999- Collaborated with choreographer Sue Li-Jue and Facing East
Dance and Music.
