“Working with Amelia of Aligned Artistry has been one of the best and most important decisions I have made as a composer! Her brilliant PR and insightful strategic support has been like a tailwind for my career. I’m so grateful.”
“Thank you for all your great work for PBO - it is so appreciated. We could not have had near the success without your expert help.”
“The gold standard for arts consulting in Oregon.”
“Amelia’s expertise is evident in the finished products. I’m thrilled with the new bio, one-sheet, and pitch deck she created for my work as an educator and musician. In fact, when she presented these to me, my response was “Wow! I never knew I sounded so good!” She’s a consummate professional, and she has an easy and engaging manner. I love working with her and and highly recommend Amelia Lukas!”
“It was a joy to have Amelia on our team. Her beautiful work and keen artistic acumen remarkably enhanced our project.”
“Amelia Lukas of Aligned Artistry has made a tremendous difference in my visibility as a composer. She has boosted my musical presence and garnered attention with reviewers, online media, radio and audiences. Using her expertise and contacts she creates a fine-tuned approach to promotion. I highly recommend working with Amelia Lukas and Aligned Artistry.”
“Amelia Lukas gives underpaid, over scheduled journalists exactly what we need: all the essential facts, well in advance of our deadlines, with insights into potential story angles and to why the story matters to the particular publication she’s pitching. She’s also quick to supply imagery and other background info that allows us to sound a lot smarter than we really are.”
photo: Megan Nanna
“Amelia Lukas is doing spectacular work through Aligned Artistry in amplifying the impact of the arts in Portland and beyond... she is able to use her expertise in marketing and public relations to add a tremendous amount of value to any performance or project. I am personally thankful for the excellent work Aligned Artistry has done for the Metropolitan Youth Symphony in Portland. Highly recommended!”
“What a joy — and relief! — it was to entrust the promotion of my album to Aligned Artistry! Amelia Lukas undoubtedly has the knowledge, skills, creativity, and eloquence required to excel at public relations, but I found that her experience as an artist truly sets her apart. She takes the time to develop a deeper understanding of the artists and work she represents and it makes all the difference. Her efforts have served as a catalyst for mine: connecting me with communities locally and beyond, sparking and building momentum for future endeavors — all during a pandemic — and I cannot recommend Aligned Artistry highly enough!”
“Aligned Artistry and Amelia Lukas are not only experienced but did every step of their work with much attentiveness and care. I felt highly respected as an artist, which is extremely important when promoting someone’s artworks. Nothing felt manual about the process but really hand-picked and customized. I would love to get back to work with them for other projects and for sure, recommend them highly to other artists!!”
“I’m infinitely grateful for Amelia Lukas’ professional guidance and refinement of my brand, and for her polished leadership in guiding my business into the next level of growth and expansion. The VALUE and support provided by Aligned Artistry has been comprehensive and far greater than I could have every hoped for!”
“Aligned Artistry is phenomenal. The combination of creativity, honesty, listening, and professional knowledge of the industry and market have been beyond my expectations. Quite simply, they are the team I needed to help me figure out what my vision is and realize it.”
“Amelia’s deep connection with performance, her capacity to present diverse and unique programming, and her superbly detailed and organized approach, all make her an incredible asset to the performing arts community.”
“We really enjoyed working with Amelia. She listens. She communicates well, and with efficiency. She is able to work with us according to where we are, and does not just attempt to fit us into her model. And as a PR and marketing professional she provided an honest assessment of Cascadia’s strengths, and contributed fresh ideas for programming and brand building.”
“Amelia Lukas has a deep understanding of the PR priorities of performing organizations and artists... they have helped to transform the narrative and coverage of our organization.”
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“Amelia is a fine musician and very detail oriented professional. She is a great strategic planner and is highly effective in following up on creative and business commitments. A very warm and smart woman too!”
Praise for Amelia’s productions
Ear Heart Music, Brooklyn, 2012 - 2015
“Tuesday night at Roulette was the final event of the Ear Heart concert series, a consistently fine series of contemporary classical music, often with a dance or multimedia component. What would normally have been regrettable, though, turned out to be bracing and satisfying: an evening of music by Jason Eckardt and John Zorn that was an exemplary testament both to the programming of artistic director Amelia Lukas and the still vital strain of complexity and virtuosity in contemporary composition.”
- New York Classical Review, 5/20/2015
“If you haven’t heard of Ear Heart Music yet, you haven’t been living in New York. This monthly series continues to bring varied musical performances to the city’s ebullient and hungry multi-media landscape. Each evening touches upon different tastes or artistic interests, attracting familiar audience faces but always reaching yet another branch of the creative scene.”
- Seen and Heard International, 5/28/2014
“On Tuesday, April 22, Ear Heart Music, in partnership with American Modern Ensemble and American Opera Projects, added its name to the list of companies repaving the landscape for new opera in New York City.”
- Opera News, 4/22/14
“The New, in Context, for Ear, Heart and Brain… Wednesday evening’s program of new chamber cantatas by Jeremy Gill and Shulamit Ran, alongside instrumental works by Roussel, Messiaen and Daniel Catán, was both sonically seductive and thought-provoking as it explored the fluid border between the lyric and the dramatic.”
- The New York Times, 12/10/2013
“Ear Heart Music has arrived as a major cultural resource in the City, and we can only be grateful for their effort and imagination… The range and contrast of the program, balancing variety with a more extensive presentation of a single composer provided a solid base for satisfaction… Even though the lights were low and theatrical and I was sitting towards the back of the hall, I could feel an intimate rapport with the individual players, even in a large group. Again the audience was plentiful, knowledgeable, and keen, as far as I could see."
- New York Arts, 11/12/2013
“Embracing a landscape where cross-genre collaboration is not the exception or a special occasion but the rule and standard operating procedure, this contemporary chamber music series, organized by the flutist Amelia Lukas, keeps up its high ambitions with a season at Roulette full of new and recent compositions.”
- The New York Times, 9/7/2013
“The creative combination of musicians, composers, and dancers reflected a unique aspect of the New York new music scene… The results make a rich fabric, and generally attract a fuller and more extensive audience to embrace it, exuberantly.”
- Seen and Heard International, 3/30/2013
“Overall, this was another home run program for Ear Heart Music. Its focus on the visual arts provided a compelling narrative, without diluting or dumbing down the musical content. If anything, it gave the experience of listening to chamber music — so often a pedestrian, formal exercise — a fresh coat of paint.”
- Feast of Music, 1/26/2013
“There’s no missing the arrival of a new season this week: The Metropolitan Opera and the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center open Monday, and the New York Philharmonic hosts a gala Thursday. Not to be overlooked, though, is Ear Heart Music, a feisty contemporary-classical concert series organized by the flutist Amelia Lukas, which opens Wednesday at Roulette in Brooklyn. While in Manhattan, Ms. Lukas piloted impressive events on a shoestring budget. Roulette offers greater resources, and Ms. Lukas is taking advantage in an ambitious season filled with premieres and cross-disciplinary collaborations”
- The New York Times, 9/23/2012