Amy Putnam, Master of Music ’96, The Juilliard School, founded A. Putnam Mallets in 1988 to meet a growing request for fine hand-made orchestral mallets and to cultivate her love of beautiful craft and sound. Since that time, Ms. Putnam has given demonstrations and master classes in mallet making at The Juilliard School, the Manhattan School of Music, The Percussive Arts Society International Convention, The Luxembourg Conservatory of Music, The University of British Columbia, and The New York Day of Percussion. APM mallets can be heard in every leading US orchestra, including The New York Philharmonic, The MET, The Cleveland Orchestra, The Chicago Symphony, The St. Louis Symphony, and The Dallas Symphony.

Percussionists from around the world call Amy for mallets.

Amy Putnam is Principal Percussion with both the Tacoma Symphony Orchestra and The Bellevue Philharmonic, as well as Section Percussion with Northwest Sinfonietta. As a percussionist and timpanist, Ms. Putnam has performed with The Seattle Symphony, The Oregon Symphony, The Pacific Northwest Ballet Orchestra, The Cincinnati Ballet Orchestra, Candide at Broadway’s Gershwin Theatre in NYC, The Seattle Chorale Company, The Echternach Festival Orchestra in Luxembourg, The Cosmopolitan Symphony Orchestra in NYC, The Aspen Music Festival, and many more. A part of Seattle’s freelance scene, she also is active recording for film and television.

Amy Putnam, marimbist and multi-percussionist, and Matt Drumm, timpanist, played the 2011 World Premiere of Greg Youtz’s Duo Concerto for percussion with The Tacoma Symphony. Additionally, Ms. Putnam has performed solo percussion in concert with The Bellevue Philharmonic, The Tacoma Concert Band, The Miami University Symphony Orchestra, L’Orchestre des Professeurs du Luxembourg, The University of Puget Sound Percussion Ensemble, and Luxembourg Percussion. In 1996 she was first place winner in the Aspen Marimba Competition and previously was the winner of the MU Young Artist and Concerto competitions. In 1998 she was a finalist in the St. Louis Symphony Young Artists Competition and in 1995 was a semi-finalist in the International Competition for Percussion in Luxembourg.

Amy Putnam Mallets are designed by a percussionist for percussionists.

Amy Putnam directed Percussion Studies at the University of Puget Sound from 1998 -2010 and has been visiting faculty in percussion at Miami University of Ohio. She also holds a Bachelor of Music in Education and Performance from Miami University, Ohio and a Prix Superior Diploma in Percussion from Le Conservatoire de Musique de la Ville du Luxembourg. Ms. Putnam currently accepts private students for percussion studies and lives in the greater Seattle area with her husband Bryce, daughter Alexandra and son Charlie.