Amy Glennon studied Piano Pedagogy with New School co-founders Frances Clark and Louise Goss, earning the Certificate of Professional Achievement in 1986. She then joined the piano faculty of Mount Holyoke College (South Hadley, MA), where she remained for six years before returning to the NSMS faculty in 1996.
During the following years, Ms. Glennon has served as Admissions Director and, more recently, Educational Director. Ms. Glennon helped to oversee the New School’s pedagogy development program. Her articles have frequently appeared in the Clavier Companion/Piano Inspires magazines. She is the co-author (along with Ted Cooper) of four duet collections comprising the Side by Side series, published by Alfred. Ms. Glennon has presented at local and national music teachers conventions, including the Music Teachers National Association and the National Conference on Keyboard Pedagogy.
Ms. Glennon remains active as an adjudicator at local festivals and competitions, and she serves as the pianist and choir director at Lawrence Road Presbyterian Church. She holds two undergraduate degrees from the University of Connecticut: a Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance and a Bachelor of Science in Music Education. She earned her Master's degree in Piano Performance from the University of Louisville, where she studied with Lee Luvisi.
Ms. Glennon has recently published a collection of pieces called Friends at Last through Piano Safari, along with its sequel, Here Comes Treble. These pieces are woven into a story for beginning pianists about what it means to be a friend.