Flute and Piccolo Performance
About Amy Taylor
Amy Taylor is an accomplished flute and piccolo player with a sensitive, poetic sound. She is a frequent performer with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, and has recently been appointed second flute for the Fort Wayne Philharmonic for the remainder of the 2011-2012 season. She is also a substitute for the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and the Philadelphia Orchestra.
Amy graduated magna cum laude from the University of North Texas with a Bachelors in Music, and earned her Masters in Music from Northwestern University.
In 2007, she was selected to perform the part of the Red Maiden in a production of The Stone Horse with cellist YoYo Ma, the Silk Road Ensemble, and the CSO. Amy has also participated in MusiCorps, a music education and advocacy program sponsored by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra that promotes music awareness and appreciation.
View a CSO performance of Mahler 7 which aired nationwide October 27, 2010, on the PBS program Great Performances, with Amy playing flute and piccolo.
Fans of the hit TV series Lost can catch her performance with the Honolulu Symphony on the Season IV Lost DVD.
Flute Lessons in Milwaukee and Chicago
Amy teaches flute lessons at the Milwaukee Conservatory of Music. A patient, disciplined, caring instructor, she was mentored by just such teachers herself: Southern Methodist University Professor Claire Johnson, Dallas Opera First Flutist Helen Blackburn, UNT Professor Terri Sundberg, and Chicago Symphony flute legend Walfrid Kujala.
AMY TAYLOR
972.727.5107 Telephone
amy@twoflutes.com Email
CSO Asia Tour
Amy toured Asia with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in 2009, performing in Tokyo, Hong Kong, Shanghai, and Beijing. View photos of the tour.
Learn the Flute
Amy offers private flute lessons in both Milwaukee and Chicago to students of all ages and all levels of ability and skill.
Lessons are customized to meet the needs of each student. Call for more information.