The Friday Noon Concert Series (Fri, October 23, 2026)
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The Friday Noon Concert Series Amy K Bormet, piano & Melinda Rice, violin Friday, October 23, 2026 12:00 pm - 12:30 pm FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC - RSVP required (limited seating available) Program Melinda and Amy will perform compositions from their latest album together: Music Takes Us Everywhere from Strange Woman Records About the Artists: Melinda Rice is a gatherer of stories, organizer of community musical experiences, songwriter, arranger, composer, leader, director, collaborator, violinist, violist, and player of the electric 5 string. Melinda organizes the biannual siren songs in Foy Park and over the past year was an organizer and composer of the multi-genre project, Performing Sustainability, at Ursinus College. Melinda has been grateful to share the stage recently with artists Marshall Allen, Bobby Zankel, Tatsuya Nakatani and Carla Kihlstedt, and to work on projects with Tom Kraines, Sepehr Pirasteh and ArcX Quartet. Recently, Melinda has released music with People’s Music Supply Composer’s Orchestra and on a duo album with Amy K Bormet. Inspired by Shirley Horn, Geri Allen, and Duke Ellington, DC’s own Amy K Bormet is a pianist, vocalist, and composer, seamlessly fusing elements of jazz, singer-songwriter, and the avant-garde, leading her to stages on national and international festivals. Her compositions have been performed by ensembles of all sizes, from a Swedish chamber choir, to the National Symphony Orchestra. In 2011, to foster creative community spaces – by, and for, women and non-binary musicians, Amy K Bormet created the Washington Women in Jazz Festival. She directs, finances, and performs with Washington Women In Jazz to celebrate the women and non-binary artists of DC’s renowned improvisational music communities. Now in its 17th year, she collaborates with Leigh Pilzer, Biggi Vinkeloe, Shana Tucker, and more than 75 women and non-binary musicians from around the globe. This project is supported in part by the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, which receives support from the National Endowment for the Arts.
