Program 3 · Community Arts Projects

Balladir Performing Arts

Acoustic chamber-punk & folk opera — collaborative music, film, storytelling, and performance exploring mythology, folklore, dreams, and the human experience.

About Balladir

At once deeply moving and playfully irreverent, Balladir curates an immersive concert experience that weaves original chamber-folk music with theatrical storytelling, vaudevillian antics, and a healthy dose of audience participation. Led by music educators Travis Puntarelli (guitar, piano, vocals) and Bexx Rosenbloom (cello, percussion, glockenspiel, singing saw, vocals), Balladir features rich, forward-driven harmonies and tightly crafted arrangements drawn from decades of experience in folk tradition, theater, a cappella, puppetry, and more — delivering memorable performances that connect deeply with listeners.

Watch the 2025 Tour Reel

Bexx Rosenbloom and Travis Puntarelli in silhouette against an evening sky, guitar in hand

Now Touring: Remember Clarisse McClellan

Ideal for listening rooms, theaters, festivals, and community spaces.

Balladir proudly presents its newest touring show: Remember Clarisse McClellan, an immersive folk-theatre concert that intertwines original music, theatrical storytelling, puppetry, vaudeville-inspired comedy, and audience participation. Organized into three acts framed by the words of three historical figures who were persecuted for defying convention, the show unfolds as a series of interconnected musical and theatrical vignettes that blend satire and heartfelt reflection to explore the importance of creative expression and the enduring value of questioning the world around us.

Balladir performance still — Balladir in performance

Balladir performing at a wedding — Balladir at a celebration

Stark Levity, with Marya Stark — “Stark Levity,” with Marya Stark

Featured Artists

Travis Puntarelli

Travis Puntarelli has spent over two decades weaving folk traditions, experimental performance, and narrative craft into modern chamber-folk theater. He brings a bardic presence to both classrooms and stages, blending scholarship with sincerity and humor. A graduate in Ethnomusicology from Indiana University, Travis directs the Songbirds folk music program in Southern Oregon, composes music for The Emerald Podcast, and tours regionally with Balladir.

Bexx Rosenbloom

Bexx Rosenbloom is a vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, dancer, puppeteer, and enthusiastic instigator of goofball antics whose style blends musical rigor with playful theatricality. She brings a wide-ranging musical sensibility to the stage, drawing on a Master's in Musicology, classical voice training, and years of a cappella experience. Beyond Balladir, she is a community organizer of regional festivals and a partner of the worker-owned cooperative Groupmuse.

Travis Puntarelli holding a lantern, giving the horns hand sign

Booking & Press

For booking, press inquiries, or interviews.

Email: balladirbooking@gmail.com
Phone: 812.340.9149
Instagram: @_balladir_
Patreon: patreon.com/balladir