Resumé

  • 2007 general contract with Norsk Musikforlag, Oslo, Norway, for the publication of the collected works of Julie Spencer and Gernot Blume
  • 2007 foundation of world music ensemble Asavari, with Enkhjargal Dandarvaanchig and Jamal Samavati
  • 2006 beginning of the collaboration with the management agency Kulturpuls, Chris Blomen-Pfaff
  • 2006 further CD productions: ‘Colors of the Soul,’ ‘Out of the Stillness’
  • 2006 invitation to Crossdrumming Festival, Warsaw, Poland
  • 2004 concert tour to Japan, on invitation of the Japan Percussion Society
  • 2004 beginning of the collaborations with Rector Records for the production of various CDs
  • 2003 relocation from the USA to Germany, freelance work
  • 2002 production of the concert ‘Soundings, - World Premieres of Compositions by Gernot Blume,’ Lewis & Clark College, Portland, USA
  • 2002 birth of daughter Amienne Monet
  • 2001 creative retreat for composition in Strasbourg, France
  • 2001 performance at the Princeton Marimba Festival, Princeton, USA
  • 2000 second CD Co-production: ‘Lost & Found’
  • 1999/2000 improvisational concerts, among others in Fresno, California; Austin, Texas; Appleton, Wisconsin; Portland, Oregon
  • 1999 birth of son Avi Béla
  • 1998 performance at the Berklee Mallet Keyboard Festival, Berklee College of Music, Boston
  • 1998 relocation to Portland, Oregon, Assistant professorship at Lewis & Clark College (Gernot) and freelance work with the Oregon Symphony Orchestra, Portland Opera, Ballet, New Music Ensembles (Julie)
  • 1995 first CD Co-production, ‘Changes Inside’
  • 1994-96 shared work with the Javanese gamelan ensemble of the University of Michigan
  • 1994 performance at the international convention of the Percussive Arts Society, Atlanta, GA. Live-Concert-Video production ‘Common Ground’ distributed by Bellwin, Warner Brothers
  • 1994 relocation from Los Angeles to Ann Arbor, Michigan. Doctorate in ethnomusicology (Gernot) and adjunct faculty position in percussion (Julie) at the University of Michigan
  • 1993 founding of the self-publishing company Spencer Blume Publishing, for the publication of the compositions and CDs of music by Gernot Blume & Julie Spencer
  • 1992 studio recordings in Hollywood, for Julie Spencer’s CD: ‘Ask’
  • 1992 studio recordings with ‘Colored Fish’ in Hayward, San Francisco
  • 1992 founding of the ensemble ‘Common Ground,’ at first with John Bergamo, later with Ruben Alvarez und Craig Williams; concerts in Los Angeles, Atlanta, Saint Louis, Chicago, among others
  • 1991 wedding in Indianapolis, Indiana
  • 1990-92 first studio recordings made together at the legendary Capitol Records Studios in Hollywood, for the production of the CDs: CalArts Jazz
  • 1990 founding of their world music ensemble ‘Colored Fish,’ with Pedro Eustache and Dan Morris; concerts in and around Los Angeles, among other locations at the Japan American Theatre, Anaheim Convention Center, CalArts Modular Theatre
  • 1988 first encounter of Julie Spencer and Gernot Blume at the California Institute of the Arts, Los Angeles, CA, USA shared studies in jazz, composition, improvisation, world music, Indian music, Indonesian gamelan orchestra, African drum ensembles