Amy Rogers Schwartzreich is the director and founder of the B.F.A Musical Theater Program at Pace University in New York City. The program began in 2002 and started with six majors; over the span of 15 years, Amy along with her professional faculty, has created a world-class Musical Theater program with 100 majors. This unique BFA program has students on Broadway, TV, Film and across the country in national tours. With a yearly Artist in Residence, extensive new work development with Pace New Musicals, extensive performing opportunities and and rigorous curriculum, Amy has set the foundation for an innovative and competitive BFA musical theater degree. Amy is a regarded academic, teacher, administrator, theater director and performer. She has done curriculum development and assessments and numerous universities and has traveled extensively across North America speaking at conferences, teaching, giving master classes on the college audition process.

Over the course of the past 15 years, Amy has sat in over 15,000 hours of college auditions. This, combined with being an acting teacher/director and extensive hours in professional auditions has made her uniquely qualified to write and speak on this topic. Amy has also created and/or been a consultant for numerous other musical theater programs around North America, including; Professional Musical Theater Training Program at the Banff Centre in Canada, ArtsBridge and the Professional Summer Musical Theater Intensive at City Center. As a director, Amy has helped to develop over 20 new musicals and has directed over 50 musicals both professionally and in academia. Amy has assisted critically acclaimed director Lonny Price on the Emmy Award-winning "Passion" for Live at Lincoln Center on PBS (Patti LuPone, Audra McDonald, Michael Cerveris), Pre-Broadway workshop of 110 in The Shade starring Audra McDonald; Candide with the New York Philharmonic (Patti LuPone, Kristin Chenoweth); Anyone Can Whistle at the Ravinia Festival, and both Kismet (Brian Stokes Mitchell, Marin Mazzie) and Can-Can with Encores! at City Center. As a performer, Amy most recently performed with Emma Thompson and Bryn Terfel in Sweeney Todd with the New York Philharmonic at David Geffin Hall that was filmed Live for Lincoln Center. Originally from Canada, Amy has a Bachelor of Music in Musical Theater from Arizona State University and a Master of Fine Arts in Musical Theater from San Diego State University, Amy is passionate about the training the next generation of musical theater artists.