FALL 2018
SOUND-OFF News from Education Through Music
New Executive Director Joins Education Through Music Founding Executive Director Katherine Damkohler will now head national expansion efforts After serving as Executive Director for over 20 years, Katherine Damkohler passed the leadership torch to Joseph T. Amodeo officially on November 26, 2018. Amodeo joins ETM from Quality Services for the Autism Community (QSAC). During Ms. Damkohler’s leadership, ETM has grown from a program in one school to serve 34,000 students in more than 60 New York City schools. Mr. Amodeo will be responsible for the overall success of the organization, focused on strategic planning, growing the ETM school partnership program and directing development and fundraising strategies to support an aggressive growth plan. “After leading Education Through Music for over two decades, I could not be more excited that Joseph Amodeo will follow in my footsteps as the next Executive Director for ETM,” said Damkohler. “ETM is poised for continued impact and growth, and Mr. Amodeo will provide the leadership and passion for educational equity and access necessary to Continued on page 2
Katherine Damkohler with Joshua Bell and ETM-LA Executive Director Victoria Lanier.
1991 ETM launches: Katherine Damkohler serves as principal of first partner school.
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ETM Board Chairman Richard Bernstein with ETM’s new Executive Director Joseph Amodeo.
ETM partner school chorus students.
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Damkohler is named ETM’s Executive Director to further expand the model.
First ETM school wins a National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence Award from the US Department of Education.
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ETM expands its program to 20 schools.
ETM in 10 schools serving 6,000 students.
Joseph Amodeo joins ETM as Executive Director, with over 60 partner schools. Katherine ETM program Damkohler leads expands to all efforts to expand five boroughs ETM’s footprint of NYC. nationally.
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