Amy Natzke, Assistant Concertmaster

Amy Natzke is a graduate of the Oberlin Conservatory and the University of Michigan. Her principal teachers have been Stephen Clapp and Paul Kantor, with additional studies with Kathleen Winkler at the Meadowmount School for Strings. She has played professionally with several orchestras of the Midwest, including the Ann Arbor, Windsor (Ontario), and Toledo symphonies. During summer seasons she has participated in the Great Lakes National Music Festival, the Carmel Bach Festival, and the Aspen Music Festival, where she was concertmaster of the Concert Orchestra.

Amy has been deeply committed to teaching since her own student days. As first violinist of the Traver String Quartet, she presented many performances and educational concerts for school children. She has taught and performed as faculty of the Interlochen All-State Music Camp in Interlochen, Michigan, and has served as adjunct faculty at George Fox University in Newberg, Oregon. Presently she is active as an adjudicator and private teacher.

In her spare time, Amy is usually found with a book or notepad. She is passionate about poetry, classic literature, writing, nature, and her family. Given a little more spare time, she might be found playing a gig of traditional Scottish fiddle at one of Newberg's several coffee houses.

Amy is married to John Natzke, an engineering professor at George Fox. They have three children: Josepha, 12, Daniel, 10, and a daughter, Anna Elizabeth, born Oct 26, 2006.