Volunteer Orientation and Artist Salon, hosted by the Family Art Program Featuring Jeremy Mintz

Singer Song Writer pursuing his Doctorate in Psychology at the California Institute of Integral Studies. Small discussion and Q&A on the Role of music as communal expression after performance.

Along with playing strings and providing back-up vocals for the contemporary Afro-Latino group – YeYe – Jeremy also performs a wide array of his own original music and unique covers. With a remarkable ability to absorb and incorporate music from seemingly any source, Jeremy uses his own voice to tell the story of the places he’s been and the people he’s known. Through his travels in Asia and the Americas, he has learned to play over a dozen instruments, which allows him to draw upon an impressively eclectic mix of influences. For this intimate evening, he will be taking the audience through a retrospective of his life through song. In doing so, Jeremy hopes to convey the richness of traditional song forms, presented with a modern sensibility. The evening will also shed light upon the ever-important role music has in bringing forth communal expression.

Instruments will include:

guitar, charango, sikus/zamponas (panpipes), bansuri (Indian flute),

Nepali Sarangi, and South Asian jaw harps