Amy Natzke, Assistant Concertmaster

Amy Natzke was raised in Evansville, Indiana, and 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.

As first violinist of the Traver String Quartet, she presented many performances and educational concerts for school children. She continues to be an enthusiastic teacher. 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.

Amy is married to John Natzke, an engineering professor at George Fox. They have three children.