Director of Administration and Outreach

• Oct 2021 - Present

Owner and Artist

• Jan 2019 - Present

Daylong Daydreams is a creative business owned and operated by Amanda Kritzberg to showcase her original artwork and projects.The artwork emphasizes the color, beauty, and enchantment of everyday life. You'll find paintings with whimsical forest creatures, rainbow-inspired abstracts, and cotton candy skies. Exaggerated hues and washes of color are used as the focal point to create works that are simple in form yet complex in color and detail.Amanda believes that by looking at life through a creative, optimistic lens, ordinary sights can become whimsical scenes and everyday objects can inspire the imagination.Learn more at www.daylongdaydreams.com

Clarinet Performer

• Sep 2007 - Present

Amanda Kritzberg began playing the clarinet at the age of eleven under the direction of her father. She studied with clarinetist Paul Bambach for six years, where she gained experience in the performance of a variety of genres and styles of music. Amanda received her bachelor’s degree in music (clarinet performance) in 2011 from UC Santa Barbara, and her master’s degree (clarinet performance) in 2013 from UC Santa Barbara as well. She has been involved in a number of diverse music performance ensembles over the years including symphonies, chamber orchestras, wind ensembles, clarinet choirs, and contemporary music ensembles. Amanda has also worked in collaboration and performed with numerous musicians and composers as a recording artist for mixed-media projects, including film.Amanda specializes in music of the contemporary era, and enjoys participating in the compositions of current and emerging composers. As a member of Now Hear Ensemble, she has debuted numerous new works in renowned and diverse venues such as the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, REDCAT, the Silver Lake Lounge in Los Angeles, the Center for New Music in San Francisco, and the Carlsbad Music Festival. In 2013-14, Amanda toured with the Now Hear Ensemble to perform works by emerging composers at distinguished institutions, including Stanford University, UC Berkeley, UC San Diego, UC Santa Barbara, USC, Mills College, and CalArts as part of the “Made in California” project, which included the release of the “Made in California” album. In September of 2016, Amanda was awarded a residency at the Avaloch Farm Music Institute, where she worked in residence with the Now Hear Ensemble on various pieces and projects, and was recently a featured soloist at the Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater (REDCAT) located in the Walt Disney Concert Hall Complex in Los Angeles.For teaching availability/booking, please contact me at akritzberg@gmail.com or www.amandakritzberg.com.

Dog Training Coordinator

• Sep 2019 - Oct 2021

Operations Manager and Performer

• Jan 2012 - Dec 2019

Amanda is a founding member and clarinetist of the Now Hear Ensemble.Now Hear Ensemble’s goal is to combine the intimacy of the classical concert experience and their fascination with contemporary theater, video art, electronic music, and installation art. The members of the ensemble embrace contemporary music and pop culture because they believe a cross-genre approach leads to new territory for creativity. Founded in Santa Barbara, California in early 2012, the Now Hear Ensemble was formerly the Resident Ensemble at the University of California Santa Barbara Department of Music.The ensemble has performed at renowned venues such as the Roy and Edna Disney CalArts Theater (REDCAT), the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Santa Barbara, the Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA) at Stanford University, the Center for New Music and Audio Technologies (CNMAT) at UC Berkeley, the Conrad Prebys Music Center at UC San Diego, the Center for New Music in San Francisco, the Fisher Museum at the University of Southern California, and the Carlsbad Music Festival. In 2013, the ensemble was featured on the BBC Radio 3 show “Late Junction,” where music from their album Made in California was broadcast to a worldwide audience.The Now Hear Ensemble has received generous support from the University of California Institute for Research in the Arts (UCIRA) to fund collaborations with Swedish composer Anders Lind and American composer Dan VanHassel, and from Avaloch Farm Music Institute to work in residence towards various pieces and projects.For more information on the Now Hear Ensemble please visit www.nowhearensemble.com.

Administrative Analyst

• Apr 2014 - Dec 2018

• Provided daily administrative support to UC Santa Barbara’s Chancellor Henry Yang as a lead member of the Chancellor’s front office team as well as project-oriented support to the Senior Executive Assistant, Executive Assistant, and Campus Counsel.• Served as a primary point of contact for all incoming phone calls to the Chancellor’s Office including those from faculty, administrators, staff, students, external constituents, alumni, media, and the Offices of the UC President and Secretary of the Regents.• Maintained a thorough knowledge of the structure, people, and programs of the university as well as the activities, priorities, and overall philosophy of the Chancellor and campus.• Responded courteously and professionally to a broad range of questions and concerns from callers and visitors, applying high-level public relations skills and independent judgment to research answers, determine appropriate action, make referrals, solve problems, and diffuse conflict.• Drafted and edited correspondences to faculty, administrators, the university community, and the public, including thank-you letters to donors to the university.• Responded quickly and calmly to high-pressure and emergency situations occurring on the campus.• Represented the Chancellor’s Office as a non-voting member on various committees and councils including the Chancellor’s Staff Advisory Council and the 2017/2018 campus-wide United Way campaigns.• Independently staffed the Search Advisory Committee for UC Santa Barbara’s Vice Chancellor for Research, working with diverse and distinguished faculty from across campus to coordinate meetings, prepare materials, and investigate and report on inquiries regarding policy and university regulation.

Analyst

• Aug 2012 - Apr 2014

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Graduate Teaching Assistant

• Sep 2012 - Jun 2013

• Assisted Professor with daily administrative tasks.• Helped to prepare, manage, and administrate quarterly concerts.• Organized and managed concert repertoire.• Worked with UC Santa Barbara staff to prepare for music department events. • Assisted Professor with daily administrative tasks.• Helped to prepare, manage, and administrate quarterly concerts.• Organized and managed concert repertoire.• Worked with UC Santa Barbara staff to prepare for music department events.