Amanda Crider

Written By Beth Beauchamp

Amanda Crider is the Founder of IlluminArts, an innovative vocal chamber music series in Miami, FL, and has served as the Artistic Director for the last 9 years. With a focus on multidisciplinary programming including music, visual art, dance and film, Crider has presented site-specific curated programs of music at institutions such as the Perez Art Museum Miami, ICA Miami, Oolite Arts, Bass Museum, de la Cruz Collection, Vizcaya Museum and Gardens and the Rubell Museum and has gained support for IlluminArts programming from the Knight Foundation, New Music USA, Clinton Family Fund, Funding Arts Network and many others. During her tenure with IlluminArts, featured artists have included GRAMMY winners Attacca Quartet, Roomful of Teeth, Karim Sulayman, Kenneth Overton and Pulitzer Prize winning composer Caroline Shaw. Crider was named a 2022 Recipient of the Alumni Enterprise Award from the Innovation Institute at Music Academy of the West for her work with IlluminArts. Amanda has also been on the development staff of Seraphic Fire and Civic Chorale of Greater Miami, and has served as faculty at Aspen Music Festival and School.

In addition to her work with IlluminArts, as a mezzo-soprano Amanda Crider has sung with numerous opera companies across the US including LA Opera, Boston Lyric Opera, Dallas Opera, New York City Opera, Florida Grand Opera, The Castleton Festival, Glimmerglass Opera, Opera Boston, Opera Omaha, Des Moines Metro Opera, among others. She has also appeared as a soloist with ensembles including Calgary Philharmonic, Charlotte Symphony Orchestra, Eugene Symphony, New World Symphony, Apollo’s Fire, Seraphic Fire, Bach Festival Society of Florida, and the International Contemporary Ensemble. Ms. Crider has been a prize winner and finalist in many competitions, including the José Iturbi International Voice Competition, Jensen Foundation Voice Competition, Joy in Singing Debut Artist Competition, Palm Beach Opera Vocal Competition, Oratorio Society of New York Vocal Competition, Center for Contemporary Opera Competition, and is a recipient of a Richard F. Gold Career Grant from the Shoshana Foundation.

Beth Beauchamp

Having worked as a professional musician, a music-educator, and the Executive Director of a number of non-profit arts organizations, Beth has over 10 years of experience in catering to the unique needs of artists. Beth believes that the talent, education, and skill-sets of her clients have inherent worth. As a passionate artist advocate, she aims to help her artists improve the quality of their own lives by encouraging them to honor the value of their own work, and by creating materials which allow them to champion their art with confidence. Equally interested in building community, Beth aims to create a roster of artists who are excited to support and collaborate together. 

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