About Amanda G.
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Flute Instructor
Jun, 2018 - PresentSitka Fine Arts Camp
Sitka Fine Arts Camp is dedicated to enriching the lives of Alaskan students. I teach three camps - elementary, middle and high school - during the summers. My position involves teaching a flute technique class and coaching chamber ensembles of mixed ensembles.
Second Flute/Piccolo
Jan, 2018 - PresentSarasota Opera Orchestra
Tenure-track position with the Sarasota Opera Company. Perform 4-5 operas a season, which runs from late January to late March.
Flute Sectional Coach
Oct, 2016 - PresentStrake Jesuit Preparatory School
Coach flute sectionals focusing on cleaning music and flute technique development.
Young Artist
Sep, 2016 - May, 2018Da Camera of Houston
A two year fellowship program for emerging professional instrumentalists, singers and composers. The program is designed to achieve two goals: 1) Provide career-expanding experiences and training to the next generation of artists, encouraging them to create music for the community throughout their careers, and 2) Offer young students and neglected audiences exposure to great music and talented performers, using music as a vehicle for scholastic exploration and inspiration. The program includes various chamber music collaborations and performances, workshops and school visits. Performance venues include The Wortham Center; The Menil Collection; the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and in schools.
Teaching Artist
Sep, 2016 - Jun, 2017The British International School
Elementary General Music Teacher through the Juilliard-Nord Anglia Performing Arts Program, a multifaceted collaboration launched in 2015 to create an innovative arts education curriculum for students. Design and deliver lesson plans for kindergarten, second and third grade, with a creative and interactive approach to music education. Private woodwind (flute, clarinet and saxophone) tutor for middle and high school-aged students, ranging from beginner to intermediate.
Substitute Flutist
Sep, 2016 - PresentHouston Grand Opera, Houston Ballet, Florida Grand Opera, San Antonio, Louisiana Philharmonic, Fort Worth and New World Symphonies
Regular substitute flute and piccolo in regular concert seasons.
Flute Instructor
Aug, 2015 - Jun, 2016Vivaldi Music Academy
Private flue instructor. Taught high school aged students ranging from beginning to advanced.
Flute Instructor
Sep, 2013 - Oct, 2016Cook Middle School
Private flute instructor, maintaing studio of students, grades sixth (beginning) through eighth. Students have placed in Texas Region Band auditions.
Education
Bachelor's Degree in Flute Performance and Music Education
Sep, 2009 - Apr, 2013The University of Michigan
Master's Degree in Flute Performance
Sep, 2013 - Apr, 2015Rice University
Certifications
K-12 Music Education
Apr, 2013University of Michigan
Certificate in Orchestral Leadership and Social Entrepreneurship
Apr, 2016Youth Orchestra of the Americas and University of Oxford
Co-led a pilot music program in Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands Taught in Esperanza Azteca, a music program for the economically disadvantaged in Guanajuato, Mexico
Awards
Shepherd School of Music East Coast Tour
Feb, 2014Rice University
Flute Fellow
Jan, 2017Vermont Mozart Festival
Flute Fellow
Jun, 2015Sarasota Music Festival
Brown Fellow
Sep, 2014Rice University
Flute Fellow
Jun, 2014Aspen Summer Festival and School Academy of Conducting
Affiliations
Sitka Fine Arts Camp
Jun, 2018The mission of the Sitka Fine Arts Camp, is to build community in Alaska by providing opportunities in arts, culture and recreation in an inclusive, educational and inspirational environment.
Sarasota Opera
Jan, 2019The Sarasota Opera is an internationally respected producer of the highest quality professional opera. It fosters artistic excellence, diversity, and vitality in the Sarasota area by: Producing opera as a living art form through performances and composition Offering a stage for America-trained principal artists Producing high-caliber Apprentice and Studio Artists programs Owning, maintaining, and operating the Opera House as a year-round facility Promoting and increasing public knowledge and appreciation of opera In addition to striving for artistic excellence, Sarasota Opera directs itself toward becoming accessible to all segments of the greater community. Coordinated artistic, educational, informational, and social outreach programs will accomplish this accessibility.
Languages
English
Native Proficiency
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