Ivy Rich
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Bio
Based in Vancouver, Ivy Rich is a versatile flautist who performs everything from "Belfast to Bach to Rock". Trained as a classical flautist (BMus, 1998) and Suzuki method flute teacher, Ivy has used these skills in her flute playing and her songwriting. Ivy is available for hire for performances or session work as a classical, celtic, rock or folk flautist.
About
Ivy got her start playing flute in rock bands in 1996, with a young band who called themselves Ants On A Log. She performed with them for several months, and although not credited as such, was included on the band's demo recording (1996/1997).
After receiving classical flute training up to the graduate school level in formal universities, she turned her attention to writing and performing rock and folk music. In early 2008 she taught herself to play guitar to assist in her songwriting.
Her favourite bands and influences range widely in style and include progressive rock guru Ian Anderson and Jethro Tull, jazz flautist Moe Koffman, irish flautist Chris Norman, as well as bands and performers such as Evanesence, Roxette, Offspring, Bad Religion, No Doubt, Gwen Stefani, Bif Naked and Madonna.
Drawing from her classical background and love of pretty much anything else, Rich is an extremely versatile flautist and is easily able to tailor her playing to the style of music at hand. She has performed in concert and on open stages with Kristilyn Robertson, Dave Martin, Rhea March, Mary Rankin, Tim Chesterton, Myrol, Mokojah, Case Closed, and David Wilson and was regularly seen on Saturday mornings at the Old Strathcona Farmers' Market and the downtown City Market in Edmonton.
She performed from January 2008 to August 2008 on flute and saxophone with Murder!Mutiny!and the Zazazas (punk/rock genre), and is featured on their recent EP, James.
Rich met guitarist Ali Seifi in August 2006 and the two have been performing together since then. They performed their debut concert as The Honeybeez in Edmonton in September 2007.
Ivy has two CDs available: A solo CD entitled Minstrel in the Market, featuring favourites from her busking performances, released in April 2008, and Meditations (November 2006) (under the name Amity Mitchell) featuring original solo flute compositions.
Future plans include a debut CD with The Honeybeez (pop/rock), and a solo artist EP (folk/rock). To hear her original songwriting work, please visit http://myspace.com/ivyrich.
