Business Operations Assistant
Utah Shakespeare Festival
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Amy is currently the Business Operations Assistant for the Utah Shakespeare Festival. In the past year she has streamlined the purchasing card processes which has led to improved audit status and more orderly expense reports. She also analyzed and updated the hiring procedures leading to efficient workflow for the entire organization.
Administrative Director
Suzuki Strings Cedar City
She is the Administrative Director for Suzuki Strings Cedar City, a small music nonprofit. In this capacity, Amy handles all administrative aspects, including registration, communications, preparing long-term spending plans, writing grants, arranging guest clinicians, and assisting with the planning of concerts and fundraising events.
Business Manager/Education Director/Administrative Manager
Orchestra of Southern Utah
Amy was a violinist in the Orchestra of Southern Utah for five years before moving over to the administrative side. She managed the front of house for concerts, online ticketing for events, arranged visits to local schools as well as educational guests for the annual Children’s Jubilee concert, cultivated relationships with local businesses for donations for the yearly fundraiser, and assisted with various other operational and administrative tasks contributing to the overall success of orchestral activities and performances. As of April 2024, she will be managing the musicians, planning the concerts, writing grants and contracts, doing community outreach, and numerous other administrative and arts management tasks.
Educator
Amy started her education journey teaching preschool music. She has since taught elementary music, middle and high school choir, done a long term sub for third grade, taught two years of special education, and three years of online English as a Second Language courses. Most of her teaching experience has been in the private sector including running her own music studio teaching violin and viola, as the assistant director for a touring children’s choir traveling to Carnegie Hall in New York City and to Italy, as the music director for elementary school musicals, and teaching group strings classes and beginning orchestra.
Board Service
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Coordinate monthly luncheons and leadership meetings
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Lead scholarship committee
BYU-Hawaii Women's Organization
Vice President
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Collaborate with music teachers throughout the state
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Member of Convention Committee
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Member of Scholarship Committee
Suzuki Association of Utah
Southern Utah VP
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Communicate with Board members
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Arrange meeting locations and refreshments
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Keep minutes and folders up to date
Utah Shakespeare Festival
Board Liaison