Amanda Weber

Dr. Amanda Weber (she/her) is passionate about uniting music, art and community through her work as a conductor, teacher, performer, artist and social activist. Weber currently serves as the Director of Worship and the Arts at Westminster Presbyterian Church in downtown Minneapolis, where she oversees a unique array of arts programming.

With a deep love for teaching, Weber has served as adjunct professor for Concordia University (St. Paul, MN) and the University of Wisconsin-River Falls. Weber previously taught high school at the Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts in Hartford, CT.

Weber is the Founder and Artistic Director of Voices of Hope, an organization that builds choral singing communities in correctional facilities in the state of Minnesota. Her doctoral dissertation, which focused on this work, was awarded the Julius Herford Dissertation Prize in 2018. She has presented on the topic of incarceration and choral singing at numerous conferences and was also invited to speak for a TEDx Minneapolis Salon in 2016. Weber’s research has been published in the Choral Journal (American Choral Directors Association, 2021) and, most recently, a chapter in the Oxford Handbook of Community Singing (2024).

Weber received a Doctorate of Musical Arts from the University of Minnesota in 2018, a Master of Music Degree in Choral Conducting at the Yale School of Music and Institute of Sacred Music in 2013, and a Bachelor of Arts in Music and Art at Luther College in 2008.

Beyond her identity as a professional musician, Amanda finds deep joy in her family. She resides in Southwest Minneapolis with her partner Zeb and two young children. They love to travel, cook (eat), spend time outdoors, dance, and rest.