AMY TAYLOR

Amy Taylor has held flute and piccolo positions with several major U.S. orchestras including the Cincinnati Symphony, San Diego Symphony, Milwaukee Symphony and the Honolulu Symphony. Amy was the Acting Piccoloist with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra during the ’23-24 season, Guest Principal Flute with the Baltimore Symphony and Guest Piccolo with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, as well. Ms. Taylor was recently the winner of the 2nd flute position with the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra.

Throughout her career she has played frequently with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and joined the CSO on tours to Asia and Carnegie Hall. She has also performed with the Cleveland Orchestra, Minnesota, and St. Louis Symphony Orchestras on both flute and piccolo. Other notable accomplishments of this Yamaha Artist include her performance as a soloist with Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble at Chicago’s Grant Park. She was also the first place winner of the National Flute Association’s Orchestral Excerpts Competition and the Oklahoma Young Artist Competition. She is a frequent guest artist with the Arizona Music Festival and has the privilege to perform during summer months with the Sitka Summer Music Festival, Sun Valley Music Festival and the Bellingham Music Festival.

In addition to her active performing career, Ms. Taylor is a devoted teacher. She currently holds Flute and Piccolo teaching positions at the University of North Texas and Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, respectively. She is also on the Flute faculty at the Interlochen Summer Arts Academy.

Originally from the Dallas area, she received her BM from the University of North Texas and her MM from Northwestern University. Her primary teachers include, Walfrid Kujala and Terri Sundberg.