Amanda is the Director of Choral Activities at Edwin O. Smith High School in Storrs and will serve as President of the American Choral Directors Association Eastern Region from 2024-2026. She was a semifinalist for the 2024 GRAMMY Music Educator Award and made her Carnegie Hall conducting debut in 2023, with the The E.O. Smith Chamber Singers. 2023-24 marks her 25th year as a music educator, teaching in K-12, early childhood, college, community, church, and senior-citizen ensembles in both urban and rural settings. Amanda is a graduate of the University of Iowa and Teachers College, Columbia University. She resides in Storrs with her husband Louis and children Grace and Ethan.
