Committee Member

Amaris studied at Sir Zelman Cowen School of Music at Monash University, majoring in Classical Piano Performance (2016).

More recently, Amaris has taken up the role of: Music Director of a local Jewish Choir “Liron Choir”, Violin 2 Section Leader of Casey Philharmonic Orchestra, Founder and Head teacher at Dynamic Music Studios teaching piano, violin, viola, vocals, guitar, bass and drums. Owner of Groove Foundations.

With over 17 years of performing and educating young musicians, Amaris has developed an engaging and playful pedagogy using game and play-based therapy techniques that inspires creativity and non-judgemental playing, practice and performing.

Amaris has performed at many musicals, concerts, and productions. Some of these include: Monash’s Musical Theatre Unit (MuST): Bare, Metamorphosis. Sandringham College’s Cinderella (2015), Koonung Secondary College’s Thoroughly Modern Millie (2017), Nova’s Wizard of Oz (2019), PEP Productions’ A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder (2023), The Lyrebird Awards Ceremony (2018), and Music Directed the Youth Lyrebird Award Ceremony the same year.

Amaris Assistant Music Directed Lumina Theatre Fame (2016), as well as PEP Production’s Is There Life After Highschool (2017) and won a Lyrebird Award in the category Best Variety Musical.

Amaris debuted her first Music Director role in PEP Production’s Reefer Madness (2017) and was nominated as Best Musical Director in the Lyrebird Awards. Since then, she has also Music Directed and played Keys 1 in Oxygen's Next to Normal (2018), and Bustco’s Ensomblah (2019). Ensomblah won two Lyrebird Awards, along with four nominations including Best Musical Director.

It is now Amaris’ mission and passion to share the joy of mentoring other young teachers and musicians at Dynamic Music Studios. She believes in the magic and creativity that music provides, and the tremendous positive benefits it brings towards families, communities and individuals.