Berklee College of Music, Boston, MA, 1973–1975
Studied composing and arranging
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2007, November | Toured Europe with Is What , featuring ,Oliver Lake ,Napoleon Madox . |
2007, May | Toured Europe with The Fonda Stevens Group . |
20007, January | Toured Europe with The Fab Trio, featuring Billy Bang, Barry Altschul . |
2006, October | Toured Europe with Is What , featuring Napoleon Madox . |
2006, June | Perfomed at the Balzano Jazz Festival Balazno Italy,The Natt Jazz Festival Bergan Norway , with Conferance Call. |
2006, January ,Febuary | Toured Europe with Conference Call, . |
2005, October | Toured Europe with The Fonda Stevens Group. |
2005, March | Toured Europe with Conference Call, . |
2004, October | Toured USA with Conference Call, . |
2004, April | Toured Europe with The Fonda Stevens Group. |
2003, December | Toured Europe with The Fonda Stevens Group. |
2003, November | Toured USA and Canada with Conference Call |
2003, March | Toured Europe with Conference Call,. |
2002 October | Toured Europe with The Fonda Stevens Group. |
2002, September | Toured USA and Canada with Conference Call, featuring George Schuller, and Gebhard Ullmann. |
2001, May | Toured Europe with Conference Call, featuring , and Gebhard Ullmann. |
2001, Febuary | Toured Europe with The Fonda Stevens Group. |
2000, April | Toured Europe with Conference Call, featuring Matt Wilson, and Gebhard Ullmann. |
2000, Oct-Nov | Toured Europe with The Fonda Stevens Group, performances in Holland, Belgium, Switzerland, France. |
2000, Nov | Performed at the Guimaraes Jazz Festival, Portugal with Joe Fonda and From The Source. |
2000, Nov | Performed at the Nuremburg Jazz Festival with percussionist Yogo Pausch. |
2001, March | Toured Europe with Conference Call, featuring Han Bennink on drums. Performances in Poland, Germany, Switzerland, Austria. |
2001, April | Toured Europe with The Fonda Stevens Group, performances in Germany, Holland, Austria. |
2001, June | Performed at The Vision Festival, New York, New York, with the Billy Bang Project. |
2001, June | Performed at The Vision Festival, Washington, DC, with the Billy Bang Trio. |
Co-Producer of the Summers End Music Festival in Middletown, CT. August 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001Present | |
2001, Aug | Performed with the tap divas, Lynn Dally, Brenda Bufalino at the New York City Tap Festival in the new Duke Theatre, NYC, NY. |
1999, Oct+Nov | Toured Europe with the Fonda Stevens Group performances in Holland, France, Germany, Belgium, Austria, Switzerland. |
1999, Oct | Performed at Prague International Jazz Festival, with the Fonda/Stevens Group |
1999, Aug | Toured Austria in Duo with tap dancer, Brenda Bufalino. |
1999, March 9 | Performed with tap dancer/choreographer Brenda Bufalino and Company at Town Hall, NYC, NY. |
1998, April | Toured Europe with the Fonda/Stevens Group performances in Germany, Belgium, Austria, Switzerland. |
Toured Portugal with Carlo Morena, Jeff Hershfield. March & April 1998 | |
1998, Apr+May | Toured Europe with the Fonda Stevens Group performances in Holland, France, Germany, Belgium, Austria, Switzerland. |
1997, July | Performed at the North Sea Jazz Festival in Holland with the Anthony Braxton Tentet. |
1997, April | Toured Europe with the Joe Fonda/Michael Jeffry Stevens Group. Performances in Austria, Germany, Holland, France and Belgium. |
1995, Oct | Bassist with the Anthony Braxton Septet. Group performed at the Istanbul Jazz Festival in Turkey. |
1994…present | Bassist for Tri-Centric Orchestra. Directed by Anthony Braxton. |
1994, Sep+Oct | Bassist with the Anthony Braxton Sextet. Group toured Europe. |
1991, Apr+May | Bassist with the Michael Rabinowitz Quartet. Group toured Spain. |
1990…present | Bassist for the American Tap Dance Orchestra. Directed by Brenda Buffalino. |
1990, Apr+May | Bassist with the Greg Lions Quartet. Group toured Spain. |
1982, April | Bassist, Actor for Fred Ho's Jazz and Peking Opera. Premiere performance at Brooklyn Academy of Music. |
1982…present | Founding Member and President of Kaleidoscope Arts. Musical Director of Kaleidoscope's interdisciplinary performing ensemble. |
1980…1988 | Member of the Creative Musicians Improvisers Forum 19801988 and Orchestra. Directed by Leo Smith. |
1975…present | Organizer and Producer of the Joe Fonda Ensemble. Ensemble has performed throughout the United States. Composer and ensemble have received many grants from Meet the Composer Foundation. Recordings and reviews available. |
1982…1985 | Musician and Dancer with the renowned Sonomama Dance Company. |
1984–1985 | Program Coordinator, The Russell Library, Middletown, Connecticut. Organized a series of Meet the Composer concerts. |
1979…1981 | Music Instructor - Hartford Artists Collective. Artistic Director: Jackie Mc Clean. Private instruction in bass; eveloped and directed a Youth Ensemble; class and private instruction in Music Theory. |
1978–1979 | Program Coordinator, Springfield Library and Museum Association. With grants from the Massachusetts Council on the Arts and Springfield Library and Museum Association, set up series of Music and Dance Performances. |
Composer, Music Director for the play "Lenny Bruce," presented by the City Studio Theatre in Northampton, Massachusetts under the direction of Mark Cuddy. |