Amanda DeMaris

Amanda DeMaris, soprano, has been heard on opera, recital, and concert stages singing a range of repertoire including Lucy in The Telephone, Papagena in The Magic Flute, and soprano solos in Handels Messiah and Mozart’s Vesperae. She holds a B.M. in vocal performance from Ithaca College, M.M. in vocal performance from New England Conservatory, and Ed.D. from Columbia University’s Teachers College. 

DeMaris has taught at Cornell University as a visiting lecturer, Ithaca College as a lecturer and assistant professor, and at Columbia University and the New England Conservatory as a teaching assistant. DeMaris is skilled teaching a variety of styles from classical and opera, to musical theatre and popular. She earned her Level 1 certification in Sheri Sanders’ Rock the Audition, and also participated in the musical theatre vocal pedagogy workshop, Bel Canto can Belto at Penn State University. Her students have gone on to perform Off-Broadway, in National Tours, with Forbidden Broadway, Vocal Essence Ensemble Singers, The Metropolitan Opera, The Glimmerglass Festival, Walt Disney World, Phoenix Theatre, Childsplay Theatre, cruise ships, and numerous regional theatre and summer stock companies. She joined the faculty of Arizona State University as clinical assistant professor of voice in 2015.

DeMaris is a member of the National Association of Teachers of Singing, New York Singing Teachers Association, Music Teachers National Association and Pi Kappa Lambda. She recently performed at the MTNA National Conference and taught a masterclass at the Classical Singer National Convention. Her conference presentations have included the NATS National Conference, the Voice Foundation's Annual Symposium, ISME’s World Conference in Bologna, Italy, CalWestern Regional NATS Conference, and Arizona Music Educators Association. Her research interests include musicianship for singers, and self-directed learning in the applied voice studio. Her work has been published in the Journal of Singing.