Electric & Acoustic Cellist, Vocalist and Composer
"Jami Sieber plays music on electric
and acoustic cello with a passion that
translates into soul-baring poetry."
--Conscious Choice Magazine
Every so often a musician emerges who manages to speak to the spirit by way of their instrument.
Electric cellist, vocalist and composer, 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.
Sieber'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 worked 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 Thai Elephant Orchestra outside of Lampang.
Sieber's music is an atmospheric invitation to another world, a quality which lends itself to film, theater, and dance.
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,
DANCE Facing East Dance Collective, Berkeley, 1998-99; Llory Wilson's Tallulah Dance Co., Seattle, Jacobs Pillow, 1994; Jeff Bickford, Seattle, 1990.
Sieber has released three independently produced recordings, "Hidden Sky" (2004), "Second Sight" (1998) and "Lush Mechanique" (1994).
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'S NEWEST RECORDING " Only Breath" with Kim Rosen
IS NOW AVAILABLE,September 2007
"Only Breath" A revolutionary meeting
between poetry and music that joins the poems of Neruda, Rumi, Rilke, Tsvetaeva and others–spoken by Kim Rosen–with music that moves from vibrant stillness to irresistable worldbeat rhythms.
Be sure to check out Jami's Performance & Tour Schedule for dates and locations of the "Only Breath" CD release shows. Jami Sieber Tour Schedule
Hidden Sky music video produced by artist and film maker, Galen Garwood.
The footage was filmed in Northern Thailand at the Thai Elephant Conservation Center where I had the experience of playing music for elephants and with the Thai Elephant Orchestra. These remarkable beings have changed my life. --- Jami Sieber
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Hi Jami, Thanks for the connection! Love your emotional feeling in your playing. You and your instrument - wow what a brilliant combination! Kindly regards, Kaj
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So pleased to meet you! Thanks for including me in your circle of friends. Your music cuts straight to the heart. Very moving and inspiring. Blessings and Peace! Kathy
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Jamie, Since seeing you in Woodstock I have been eriting to tell others of your amazing talent (some friends, some professional). Thank for the Add and have fun on the tour! Anais