Amanda Ekery, Brooklyn, has earned an Inaugural Chamber Music America’s Performance Plus Award that has funded her third album, Some (more) Short Songs, which was released in December. It is her third album, following the release of Keys With No Purpose and Some Short Songs. Her compositions have been featured at the Portland Jazz Festival, Panama Jazz Festival and the Kennedy Center. In 2018, Amanda founded El Paso Jazz Girls, an organization to bring gender equality to the Texas All-State Jazz Band.