Amy Savage

Amy Savage is active in the development of contemporary concert and marching percussion ensembles as a consultant, instructor, composer, and arranger. Currently, Amy is Co-Percussion Director/Arranger with her husband Matt Savage at Holly Springs and Apex High Schools in North Carolina. In the summer, Amy teaches at the Matt Savage and Alan Keown Marching Percussion Camps. Amy is a worship team member on drum set for Hope Community Church. Previously, Amy served as Director of Marching Percussion at Duke University and was guest artist-in residence at the Anglo-American School of Moscow, Russia. Amy has been a clinician and adjudicator with the Yamaha Sounds of Summer Camps, Atlantic Indoor Association (AIA), Carolina Winter Ensemble Association (CWEA), and Rocky Mountain Percussion Association (RMPA). As a member of the World Champion Cadets, (formerly Garfield Cadets), Amy was awarded the DCI Individual’s Championship in ensemble percussion. During this time, she received her bachelor’s degree in music education from Miami University in Oxford, OH. Her extensive teaching and arranging experience with several Drum and Bugle Corps include Encorps, Jersey Surf, Cadets, Bluecoats, Glassmen, Poynton Commodores (England), and Starriders (Germany). Amy is published with Jalen Publishing and Row-Loff Productions. She is a Zildjian Cymbal Artist, Vic Firth Artist, Yamaha Performing Artist, and Educational Clinician/Endorser for Remo Incorporated.