Amy Stubbs has made a career as a versatile performer and educator. As a performer, she has the distinction of being a rare performer who has held both Principal Percussion and Principal Timpani orchestra positions. Principal Percussion with Sacramento Philharmonic and Principal Timpanist with the former Napa Valley Symphony. Amy performs a broad range of styles from orchestra to chamber, HIP to contemporary, with groups including San Francisco Symphony, Chatham Baroque, Monarch Brass Ensemble, River City Brass, Music on the Edge, Empyrean Ensemble and more. Recordings with San Francisco Bay Brass, Women’s Philharmonic, USAF Heritage of America Band and Grammy® nominated Corpus Evita by Carols Franzetti with San Francisco Camerata. Solo performance include New Century Chamber Orchestra (Waxman Sinfonietta) and Newton Mid-Kansas Symphony (Kvistad Concerto for Timpani).
Passionately sharing her love of music with the next generation, Ms. Stubbs is faculty at University of Pittsburgh and Falk Laboratory School, in addition to a thriving private studio. Previously faculty at University of California, Davis, Pittsburgh Youth Concert Orchestra, and Oakland Youth Symphony. As a clinician, Amy has presented master classes at NDCP, Manhattan School of Music; Universities of Maryland, Southern California, Washington, Wichita State; Interlochen Arts Academy; and Day of Percussion at University of Alabama, Huntsville.
A graduate of Interlochen Arts Academy, Amy earned a Bachelor of Music degree at Manhattan School of Music studying with Duncan Patton and Chris Lamb, and a Master of Music degree at Carnegie Mellon University studying with Timothy K. Adams, Jr.
