Making Music Fit for Kids! Award-Winning Singer GRAMMY Winning Featured Artist Multi-GRAMMY Nominated Artist President s Challenge Program Advocate

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1 Making Music Fit for Kids! Award-Winning Singer GRAMMY Winning Featured Artist Multi-GRAMMY Nominated Artist President s Challenge Program Advocate Integrating Fitness and Music for Children Fitness Rock & Roll Live Shows Certified Fitness Instructor & Music Educator "We can't thank you enough for joining us for the White House Easter Egg Roll and for taking the time to perform for our guests... It wouldn't have been the same without you" First Lady Michelle Obama, April 2010

2 Biography is an energetic singer/songwriter, an accredited music educator and certified fitness instructor who has developed a unique Fitness Rock & Roll program. Miss Amy prioritizes fitness into each performance appealing to the kinesthetic nature of young children, while drawing the audience into participating as no other musician on the landscape can do. And, her music is fun and contagious, too! Miss Amy & Her Big Kids Band is comprised of musicians who have chops. The band members have worked with many illustrious musicians including: Marshall Tucker Band, Los Lonely Boys, Bernie Worell, Richie Cole and the late Grover Washington Jr., as well as various mainstream jazz, funk and rock bands, and even classical orchestras. In fitness instruction for over 20 years and music instruction for over 9 years, Miss Amy is based in New Jersey and currently maintains her teaching schedule with the Lawrenceville School Children s Center, Bright Horizons and PEAC Health & Fitness. In addition she performs at libraries, schools and special events. Miss Amy is the performing talent on the 2004 NAPPA Gold and 2005 Creative Child Excellence Award winning International Baby 101 DVD and is a featured artist on the 2010 Grammy nominated Healthy Food For Thought: Good Enough to Eat CD. Recent Highlights include: Featured Artist on GRAMMY Winning All About Bullies Big And Small CD, February 2012 GRAMMY Nominated Artist for Fitness Rock & Roll CD, November 2011 Mom Expert of Fitness For Kids with Moms On The Move TV, December 2010 Fitness Rock & Roll CD released, November 2010 (5 th CD) Featured Artist on GRAMMY Nominated Healthy Food For Thought CD, November 2010 Hosted huge Let's Move Meet-up event presenting 100+ PALAs, October 2010 Named the President's Challenge All-American for September 2010 Performed at the White House Egg Roll 2010 event, April 2010 Continuing her mission of "Making Music Fit For Kids Miss Amy is proud to serve as one of the 21 National Corporate Advocates for the President's Challenge Program! As an Advocate for the President s Challenge Program (a program of the President s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports) Miss Amy encourages families to engage in physical activity and inspires them to work toward earning the Presidential Active Lifestyle Award. Miss Amy & Her Big Kids Band perform at The White House Egg Roll, Washington, DC, April 2010

3 Reviews Miss Amy s joy in movement is contagious. This CD (Fitness Rock & Roll) is fun and inspirational at the same time. - Kathy O'Connell, Kids Corner, WXPN Philadelphia, January 2011 Fitness Rock & Roll has become our new favorite fitness album for kids. and parents -Sherry Segal & Wendy Wiseman, Kiboomu Kids, December 2010 "We can't thank you enough for joining us for the White House Easter Egg Roll and for taking the time to perform for our guests... It wouldn't have been the same without you - First Lady Michelle Obama, April 2010 Miss Amy s knowledge of health and fitness, combined with her accessibility and fun-filled music, made for a particularly fantastic, high-quality show -Juliet B. Smith, Programming & Education Asst. Kimmel Center, Inc., February 2009 The kids loved Miss Amy as much as she loved playing for them! -Charles Bechtel, Executive Dir. Walt Whitman Arts Center, Camden, NJ, October 2008 Miss Amy is a vivacious and dynamic performer! -DJ Mickey, Radio Disney, August 2008 Miss Amy performs at XPoNential Music Festival, Camden, NJ, August 2009 Miss Amy performs at Walt Whitman Art Center, Camden, NJ, July 2009

4 Discography Fitness Rock & Roll CD Release 2010 Healthy Food For Thought: Good Enough To Eat CD Release 2010, GRAMMY Nominated The Wildflower Benefit Project CD Release 2010 I Wanna Know How It Works! CD Release 2007 "My Precious One" - CD Release 2006 "Wide Wide World" - CD Release 2005 "Underwater" - CD Release 2004 International Baby 101 DVD Release 2004, 2004 NAPPA Gold Award, 2005 Creative Child Excellence Award Videography Funky Fitness Television MissAmy.tv Miss Amy Magical Adventures Miss Amy Magical Moments interstitials & music videos In cooperation with Ionian Productions, Inc., Miss Amy has released five CD s: Underwater 2004, Wide Wide World 2005, My Precious One 2006, I Wanna Know How It Works! 2007 and Fitness Rock & Roll Each of her CD s have been qualified and included in the Grammy catalog as of their release year, and have gained wide acclaim and accolades. Her compositions/songs have also been included in CD compilations such as: Grammy nominated Healthy Food For Thought, WXPN Kid s Corner 20 th Anniversary, The Wildflower Project and Wide Eye Kids. Also, many of her songs have been included in the library of the 2008 NAPPA Gold winning Toy/Product of the year for Smart-e-Bear by Intellitoys. In 2006/2008 Miss Amy worked with Funky Fitness Television to create a series of online interstitials for young children to foster imagination and fitness awareness, and they include traditional and original music.

5 Contact Information For more information please visit: For Artist Management and Booking: Mail to: Miss Amy Kids 56 Perry Drive Ewing, NJ Phone: (609) Miss Amy & Her Big Kids Band perform at the White House Egg Roll, April 2010 Miss Amy performs at The Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, PA, January 2009 Miss Amy performs at East Brunswick Library, August 2008 Miss Amy & Her Big Kids Band performs at Musikfest. Bethlehem, PA,August 2010