Ivy got her start playing flute in rock bands in Edmonton 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 training up to the graduate school level in formal universities, she turned her attention to writing and performing rock and folk music.
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.
She performed from January to August 2008 on flute and saxophone with Murder!Mutiny! and the Zazazas (http://myspace.com/zazazas) and is featured on their first 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 Honeybees in September 2007.
A solo flute CD entitled Minstrel in the Market, featuring favourites from her busking performances, was released in April 2008 and is available at http://ivyrich.com. Rich released her first flute album of original material, Meditations (solo flute, under the name Amity Mitchell) in November 2006.
She is currently working on a demo-style EP of singer/songwriter material.
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