Ms. Amidei, a native Texan, holds both a Bachelor of Music Education degree and a Master of Music degree from Baylor University where she studied under the guidance of Dr. John Van Cura.  Recently, she was one of the winners of the 2010 Classical Singer Convention Audition Feedback Experience. In 2003, she received the Louise Conter award as a 4th place finalist in the Denver Lyric Opera Guild Vocal Competition. She spent the summer of 2002 singing the role of Susanna in Le Nozze di Figaro with the New Opera Festival di Roma (ILAR) under the baton of Maestro Stefano Vignati.

While in Rome, she also performed in several concerts and had the opportunity to coach with famed soprano Fedora Barbieri as well as Mara Waldman of New York.  Her other roles include Susannah in Floyd's Susannah with the Denver Opera Company; Donna Anna in Don Giovanni, Mimi in La Boheme, the soprano lead in Side by Side by Sondheim each of which she performed with the Baylor Opera Theater. Her orchestral and concert experience includes Soprano Soloist in the Mozart Requiem with the Denver Opera Company, soloist for Omaggio a Verdi with New Operafestival di Roma as well as solo and ensemble work for An Evening of Opera with the Denver Opera Company. She has enjoyed singing Master Classes with Speight Jenkins, Janet Perry, Sarah Walker, William Sharp, Lois Alba and Carol Meyer.  She currently studies with Beverly Fernald with whom she has worked since 2000.

Ms. Amidei resides in Colorado with her husband and two daughters.