Marni Rice is a chanteuse, theater artist & accordion player whose repertoire includes vintage French Chansons, Euro Art songs and original music. She performs in a variety of contexts: *As a soloist (voice & accordion) *'Songs for a Small Chamber': a variety of chamber music settings with voice, accordion and strings *'Marni Rice & Le Garage Cabaret' a 4 piece band featuring original music in French & English with a blend of Chanson, Torch Songs and Garage Rock & Roll. Their first CD is in progress with producer/guitarist Daniel Rey (Ramones/Ronnie Spector/The Martinets)http://www.myspace.com/marniricelegaragecabaret Her Solo Cabaret work which incorporates song, characters, and storytelling brought her to London in June of 2007, and to The Edinburgh Fringe Festival in August of 2007. In June of 2008 her solo show - "Songs of an Immigrant: Tales from Paris" was presented as a bi-lingual English-French production at The Montreal International Fringe Festival. In the fall of 2008, this show received an artist in residence at 'Mabou Mines/SUITE' with funds generously provided by the Jerome Foundation, The Foundation for Contemporary Art, and with Public support from the City of New York Department of Cultural Affairs. http://www.maboumines.org In 2009 The show has been scheduled for performances in Japan, and a premiere of the French adaptation of the script at The Festival D'Avignon, France. For more information please visit: http://www.dejouxmusique.com She has performed as a singer and actress in Theater productions directed by Ann Bogart, Oskar Eustis, and Tom Fontana in the United States. In Europe, she has provided live vocal/accordion music with Theater and Dance Companies at the Festival D'Avignon (France), The Tribuhne Festival Stuttgart (Germany), The Cultural Festival of Tuscanny (Italy), The Edinburgh Fringe Festival (Scotland) and the songs of Edith Piaf on the Hungarian National Radio. In New York she has performed at venues including Bowery Ballroom, The Knitting Factory, The Fez, St. Marks Poetry Project, Lower East Side Festival of the Arts, Collective Unconscious, The Lincoln Center Performing Arts series in a concert dedicated to Francis Poulenc, and The music of Edith Piaf at The Henry Street Settlement. Private concerts include events for Photographer Annie Liebowitz, Writer Susan Sontag, Artist Louise Bourgeois and Paramount Pictures. She started singing accompanying herself on accordion in soup kitchens, hospitals, and at the Immigration and Naturalization Service. There she performed traditional and folk ballads she learned from her mother, an amateur folk singer and song collector. While attending New England Conservatory of music in Boston she studied languages and voice. Performing as a soloist with The Boston New Opera Theater, Boston Early Music Festival, The John Cage Music Festival, as well as in concerts for composers Joe Maneri, and George Russell. As a choral singer she worked with conductors such as Pierre Boulez and Gunther Schuller. Relocating to Paris, she performed on the streets and in Cabarets singing French songs of the 30's, 40's and 50's. During that time she wrote her one-woman show entitled "Songs of an Immigrant:Tales from Paris" As an accordion player, she is a band member of 'Mad Juana'. http://www.myspace.com/madjuana

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