Terri Murphy, Managing Director, has years of experience in both business and arts administration. As a volunteer for the Ipswich Music, Art & Drama Association, Inc. (IMADA), Ms. Murphy has served in various capacities including President and (currently) Treasurer. She produced IMADA’s annual Program Book, planned fund raising events, researched and wrote grant proposals, and implemented a database management system for the organization.
In the business world, Ms. Murphy worked in library automation for ten years where she was Director of Corporate Services managing two distinct groups: corporate infrastrucure and marketing/sales support. In addition to managing NMYO operations, she maintains her own bookkeeping, secretarial, and marketing services business.
Ms. Murphy holds a Graduate Certificate in Administration and Management from Harvard University, an A.M.L.S. from University of Michigan, and an A.B. from the University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign. Her passion is promoting arts education in the public school setting and she was awarded the Massachusetts Music Educators Association Award for Music Advocacy in 2010 for her work with IMADA. An actress and dancer in her undergraduate years, Ms. Murphy passed her love of the arts on to her daughters who both participated in youth orchestras (violin and bassoon), theater, dance, and chorus. They now continue their study of the arts in college.