Born and raised in Wisconsin, Amy Hartsough received her Bachelor of Music Performance cum laude from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she studied piano, voice and pipe organ. She studied avant garde voice and musical theatre at Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, UK. She received her Masters of Music (vocal performance) followed by her Professional Artist Certificate (opera) as a Fellow in the A.J. Fletcher Opera Institute, at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. Ms. Hartsough has performed on opera stages, in “underground” venues, with jazz bands, and as part of performance art pieces. Ms. Hartsough is featured on two studio recordings: jazz album “To Be Young”, with saxophonist Anders Svanoe, and a live cabaret performance with pianist Patrick Kenney–Brown at Madison’s Audio for the Arts. She is a guest lecturer/recitalist with pianist Dr. Eric Hung for national and international College Music Society conferences. She teaches a private voice and piano studio, and accompanies high school and college musicians for concerto competitions, recordings, and recitals. Ms. Hartsough has been a music director since 1996, when she took over her mother’s directing position at Lutheran Campus Ministry in Madison, Wisconsin. She has had the delight of collaborating with Lutheran, Catholic, and Quaker musicians, pastors, youth, and other lay ministers for nearly forty years. She has participated in Taize, folk, jazz, gospel, and South African music projects, both in large and intimate settings, from singing for Archbishop Desmond Tutu, to leading Prayer Around the Cross for student ministries. Ms. Hartsough is excited to collaborate and perform with several colleagues at the Whitehorse Worship Arts Festival in summer of 2026. She believes that all music is a conduit for true soul connections, for healing and peace, and for creation of community, openness, and love.