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- ↑ "Alumni Awards". San Francisco Conservatory of Music. Retrieved May 6, 2019.
- ↑ "Alumni Awards". Cleveland Institute of Music. Retrieved May 6, 2019.
- ↑ Brian Wise (December 4, 2018). "MA Top 30 Professional of the Year: Amy Schwartz Moretti". Musical America.
