DIRECTOR'S CONFERENCES

Amy Kotsonis is Associate Professor and the Director of Choral Activities at the University of New Hampshire, where she conducts Chamber Singers and Concert Choir, and teaches choral methods. She also serves as conductor and instructor at the Summer Youth Music School at the university. Prior to her appointment at UNH, Amy was Associate Professor of Choral Ensembles and Music Education at the University of Northern Iowa, where she conducted UNI Singers and Cecilians, and taught conducting and music education courses. Her choirs have toured internationally to Germany, Greece, Ireland, and Italy. An active clinician, she has worked with colleges, high schools, and middle schools as well as conducted honor choirs throughout the United States. Amy has presented regionally, nationally and internationally including the Phenomenon of Singing International Symposium, the American Choral Directors Association National Conference, and various state music education conferences, and her research is published in the International Journal of Music Education. In 2022 she was awarded the Iowa Choral Directors Association Honors Initiative Award for Collegiate Directing.  

Amy is the music director of the Community Chorus at South Berwick, and founder and artistic director for Seacoast Choral Artists.  She has also served as the Artistic Director for the Metropolitan Chorale and UNI Children’s Choir in Iowa, Conductor of Soho Voce and Assistant Conductor for the Soharmoniums in New York City, and several church choirs. Previously, she was Assistant Conductor, Director of Workshops, and Satellite School Teacher for the Young People's Chorus of New York City, and taught in public schools in New York City and Boston. 

Amy completed a Ph.D. in Music Education and Choral Conducting at Florida State University, a Master of Arts in Choral Conducting and Music History at the University of New Hampshire, and a Bachelor of Science in Music Education at New York University.