EDUCATION
Bachelor of Fine Arts, California Institute of the Arts
University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Ear Unit - Amy is one of the founding members and Executive Director of this critically acclaimed new music group in residence at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Since 1987 they have performed at such venues as: Kiev Festival, Kiev; The Library of Congress, Washington D.C.; Louisiana Museum, Denmark; American Center, Paris; Ijsbreker, Amsterdam, Holland; Harvard University, Cambridge; Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge; Aspen Music Festival, Colorado; Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York City; Theater Artaud, San Francisco; and Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
Rachel Rosenthal Company - Composer and performer, 1990 to present; performances include the Helsinki Festival, the Spoleto Festival, Sommer Theater Festival-Hamburg, The Aspen Dance Festival
Basso Bongo - Amy is half of the Basso Bongo duo which is comprised of electronic doublebass (Robert Black) and her computer assisted MIDI percussion.
Amy Knoles (solo)
Sacred Rhythm Festival, Bali, 2000
The Cyber Arts Festival, 1999
Sunshine on Noir Festival, Denmark, 1998
Totally Huge New Music Festival, Australia, 1997
Utah Arts Festival, 1996
Het Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, 1995
Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, New York City, 1995
Yale University, New Haven, CT 1993
Dorothy Chandler Pavilion 1982
AWARDS
"UNESCO International Prize for the Performing Arts-2000" at Sacred Rhythm Festival, Bali
"Individual Artist Fellowship 1999-2000" City of Los Angeles Cultural Affairs
"ASCAP Foundation Composer-in-Residence", Los Angeles Music Center, 1996