She has been commissioned, performed and recorded: by Kroumata (Sweden 2009); ISCM Festival (New York City 2010); Ensemble Offspring (Sydney Opera House 2011); Synergy Percussion (Casula Powerhouse, Sydney 2012); and the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia (Sydney 2013). Amanda was a finalist in the 2010 Blake Prize for the project Twitter Hymn Book, and was recently awarded an Australia Council Creative Arts Fellowship. She has a BMus (Hons.1) and a PhD in composition from the Sydney Conservatorium, where she studied with Greg Schiemer, Anthony Hood, Bozidar Kos, Trevor Pearce and Michael Smetanin.