Vocal Ensembles Spring Concert

Amanda Taylor is a three-time GRAMMY® Award-winning artist, specializing in creating music for vocal ensembles. Pentatonix founder & producer Ben Bram says, “Amanda’s arrangements are absolutely stunning. She has the magical ability to create works that are so dazzling and complex, yet still satisfyingly singable, tasteful, and accessible to all listeners.”

Taylor is a founding member of the GRAMMY®-winning vocal supergroup säje, alongside powerhouse vocalists Sara Gazarek, Johnaye Kendrick, and Erin Bentlage. The group has earned multiple accolades, including a John Lennon Songwriting Award, a Jazz Journalists Association nomination, and two GRAMMY® Awards for their original compositions and collaborations; the group has also received several coveted creative grants in their short existence, including Chamber Music of America’s New Jazz Works Grant, Patreon’s SuperPatron Grant, Jazz Road’s Creative Residencies Grant, and USC’s Visions and Voices Grant. In 2024, Taylor received three new GRAMMY® nominations, both with säje and without; in 2025, she received her second GRAMMY® Award for säje original composition, “Alma”, and later in the year, received her sixth GRAMMY® nomination. Most recently, säje was invited to write for and perform at the Hollywood Bowl’s “Perfect Angel: The Definitive Minnie Riperton Tribute”, sharing the stage with artists Alex Isley, Chanté Moore, Lizz Wright, and Stevie Wonder.

An experienced educator and clinician, Amanda has taught at the University of Southern California, Northwest College, Bellevue College, and A Cappella Academy, and has led countless honor choirs across the U.S. and Canada. She is a sought-after studio singer, with credits in major video game franchises including World of Warcraft, Destiny, and Diablo III. In 2018, she launched Wicked Pigeon Projects, a boutique vocal arranging company. Outside of her work with säje, Taylor is in high demand as an arranger and composer, creating bold, innovative works for and alongside artists such as Jacob Collier, Pentatonix, Chanticleer, The Manhattan Transfer, Kings Return, and others.

Now based in the Boston area, Amanda continues to write, teach, and champion the evolution of contemporary vocal music. As of February 2026, Taylor has received her third GRAMMY® Award, this time for original work “Big Fish”, written in collaboration with Nate Smith for his 2025 album “Live-Action”.