Who Am I?

After earning her Bachelor’s in Music Education from Wayne State University, Amy spent seven years as the K-12 Band and Music teacher before moving to her current position as the 6th-8th Band Teacher at Hart Middle School in Rochester Hills, MI. She earned her Master’s Degree in Educational Leadership from Oakland University in 2015 and just completed her 12th year of teaching. Amy has been a regular presenter at the Michigan Music Conference, hosting sessions on utilizing technology in band, social media for the classroom, Genius Hour, and selecting music by diverse composers. Amy was a clinician at the 2019 Orange County Music Education Association Multi County Conference in New York to host sessions on Google Classroom and Social Media and conduct with a reading session. She has guest blogged for Band Directors Talk Shop, Flute Specialists, and SmartMusic and has served as an MSBOA adjudicator and an organizer for EdCamp Detroit the past two years. Amy is also proud to be a member of the Institute for Composer Diversity Executive Council. When not teaching or doing teaching related things Amy enjoys spending time with her family, gardening when the Michigan weather permits, rearranging her aquariums, and walking her two rescue mutts.