Joyce Todd McBride Quintet

Ian Carey | Trumpet Kasey Knudsen | Alto saxophone Joyce Todd McBride | Piano Stacy Starkweather | Bass Scott Amendola | Drums Joyce Todd McBride is a pianist, composer, singer and arranger from Berkeley, California. Withwide-ranging interests and a musical background to match, Joyce is delighted to share her newjazz album The Night-time Violets Bloom (released in April 2025). Joyce will be joined by thewonderful Erik Jekabson (trumpet) and Kasey Knudsen, (alto saxophone), bassist StacyStarkweather, and drummer Scott Amendola. Joyce has been a member of many local groupsacross multiple genres, including new music, gamelan, medieval, baroque, Brazilian, and jazz.She is also the director and arranger for the San Francisco based choir Conspiracy of Venus. Inher 18 years with that group she has created over 50 arrangements. In addition to her activeperforming life, Joyce is a devoted educator, teaching privately in the East Bay.   Joyce has been blessed to play with CWICO (Creative Women Improvising ComposersOrchestra), Calitropia, Dream Kitchen, McBride Pera Starkweather, Mixus Mundi, JoyceMcBride-Stacy Starkweather Duo, HelioTrope, Volti, and Conspiracy of Venus, at many of thebest venues in the Bay Area, including Piedmont Piano, Bird and Beckett, Freight and Salvage,Doc’s Lab, Red Poppy, Amnesia, Verdi Club, Swedish American Hall, Cafe du Nord, GreatAmerican Music Hall, Lost Church, Old First, Noe Valley Ministry, Starry Plough, Stork Club,and many more.