Carrie Penkman

Carrie Penkman
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Carrie comes to Youth Music Project with a background in arts administration, nonprofit administration and events management. She grew up in Portland singing in Portland Symphonic Girlchoir and performing in both school and local community theater productions.

Carrie has a double major in Music and Communications from Hope College in Holland, Michigan. After college, she moved to Liverpool, England where she lived, studied and worked from 2011 until 2016. While in the UK, Carrie attained a Masters in Music Industry Studies from the University of Liverpool and a Masters in International Events Management from Salford University.  In 2016, she moved back to the states with her husband and lived in Olympia, WA until July 2022 when the family decided to move a bit closer to her family in Portland. Carrie lives in Vancouver, WA with her husband Michael, son Connor, dog Misty, and cats Lars and Arno.

Carrie is thrilled to be at YMP and to be a part of working towards supporting equitable access to youth music making and creative exploration.