Jeremy Schonfeld

Biography

Jeremy Schonfeld attended the Berklee College of Music and participated in the BMI Lehman-Engel Musical Theater Workshop.

Work

Schonfeld starred and wrote the feature film “Clear Blue Tuesday,” which traces the journey of eleven artists in post 9/11 New York through a montage of songs and scenes.

In 2005, Schonfeld and bookwriter Craig Pospisil premiered the musical Drift at the 2005 New York Musical Theater Festival. In 2006, it was further developed and mounted again at the New York Musical Theater Festival.

Other theatrical projects included: Ministry of Progress at Jane Street Theater (composer/lyricist); Home at the Minetta Lane (book/music/lyrics); and Letters to Katrina and Letters to Baghdad (contributing songwriter/performer), both at the Winter Harbor Theatre Company (Portland ME). Jeremy is also a founding composer/lyricist for the A-Train Musicals.

As a solo performer, recent engagements included Joe’s Pub; Birdland; Ars Nova; BB King’s; Lincoln Center; Juilliard Opera Theater; Symphony Space; CBGBs; Southpaw (he is also the club’s only right-handed owner); The Zipper Theater (where he served as associate producer for the Unzipped Concert Series); and as an opener for James Taylor.

He served as the music director and special guest performer for The Broadway Dreams Foundation events around the country.

Along with partners Ryan Paternite and Jonelle Fenton, Jeremy signed a development deal with Glowcast Ventures to create a new reality television program based on Songwriting.

Albums

In 2000, Schonfeld independently released Blue Skies, consisting of songs written and composed by himself.

In May 2008, Schonfeld independently released 37 Notebooks, which featured the vocal talents of top Broadway performers.

The concept album of the musical Drift was released on Sh-K-Boom Records.