Amy Banks Music

Amy Banks has been entertaining audiences across the region since 2002, when she joined the resident company at American Music Theatre. Since then, she’s built an impressive career as a jazz vocalist, performing around the world and recording five albums that showcase her soulful, expressive voice.

Locally, Amy has led both small combos and big bands, producing and headlining concerts such as Amy Sings Aretha (2014), Happy 100th Birthday, Ella! (2017), and How Glad I Am: Remembering Nancy Wilson (2019) at Millersville University’s Ware Center. For ten years, she was co-founder and powerhouse lead singer of Central City Orchestra, a ten-piece dance band known for turning every event into a non-stop party.

Offstage, Amy curates cultural arts programming at Penn State Harrisburg and serves on the board of Central Pennsylvania Friends of Jazz. She shares her home with two cats (Possum and Nugget) and her mother, Myra — all of whom have strong opinions.

A closet entrepreneur with more ideas than hours in the day, Amy is now making space in her life for the next great adventure — and could use a few good friends along the way. When she’s not performing, planning, or plotting her next big thing, you’ll probably find her mowing the lawn. She is, admittedly, very tired.