About this Event
At the height of the Swing Era, a racially integrated women’s big band called the International Sweethearts of Rhythm attracted the finest women jazz instrumentalists and toured to national acclaim in the 1930s and 40s. From 1942 through 1949, the band’s home base was in a historically African American neighborhood in South Arlington. Inspired by the Sweethearts, Amy K. Bormet has composed a suite of new music for her large ensemble, Bitter Sweethearts.
is a performer, composer, and director who tours the US, Europe, South America, and Asia. Amy was an artist-in-residence for Betty Carter Jazz Ahead, and a Mary Lou Williams Emerging Artist at the John F. Kennedy Center. An advocate for women musicians, Amy is the founder and artistic director of the Washington Women in Jazz Festival. Her 17-piece jazz orchestra, Celestial Spang-A-Lang, co-led with Baritone Saxophonist Dr. Leigh Pilzer, premiered at the Atlas Performing Arts Center for the Washington Women in Jazz Festival in March 2023. A proud graduate of DC’s Duke Ellington School of the Arts and Howard University, Amy is the chair of the alumni board at University of Michigan School of Music, Theater, and Dance where she studied with Geri Allen.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Theatre On The Run, 3700 S Four Mile Run Dr, Arlington, United States
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