Jared Rosenbaum is a historian and art curator. He is also an eclectic instrumentalist and composer for guitar. In both lines of his work, he seeks to make material his sense for other times and places.

His compositions evoke imaginary maps in which the Danube flows to the Mississippi Delta, and where bouzouki players from the Greek underworld share a water pipe with a wary but adventurous Appalachian banjo picker. Even as folk traditions are driven into deep hidden places the world over, a moment exists when they can share drones, dances, and sorrows. Jared's compositions partake of this moment.

Jared recently recorded his second album of solo instrumental compositions, 11 Songs for Folk Guitars. His previous solo recording accompanied a book of photography by Rachel Mackow and was entitled Lowlands .

Jared has been active in the New Jersey and New York independent music scene for a decade, issuing records with bands The Bad Form and Panopticon, and playing clubs such as Maxwell's, Brownies, Don Hill's, and art spaces like ABC No Rio and the Ristorante Retina. In Fall 2005, he accompanied the avant-garde Czech legends DG307 on their U.S. tour, including gigs at the Knitting Factory and the Bowery Poetry Club.

Jared plays steel-string guitar, tsoura (a smaller bouzouki), and various flutes and stringed instruments of his own design and construction.

Recorded under moniker "Catal Huyuk", this four song CD accompanied the artist's book Lowlands, featuring the photography of Rachel Mackow. The four instrumental pieces on this recording were debuted at Detroit's 101up Gallery in July 2005.