Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra member

Amy Taylor is an accomplished flute and piccolo player with a sensitive, poetic sound. She 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 2004, she won first place in the National Flute Association's Orchestral Excerpt competition.

Earlier this summer she performed with the Minnesota Orchestra and will return to Minnesota in July to play in FinnFest.  In September she will join the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra as the piccolo player for the 2008-2009 season.

Amy has been a member of the Honolulu Symphony, Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Southwest Michigan Symphony. In addition, she has performed with the Lyric Opera of Chicago, and Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra. She has participated in the Aspen Music Festival and was with Opera In The Ozarks for five seasons.

In 2007 Amy 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 Chicago Symphony Orchestra. She also participated in MusiCorps, a music education and advocacy program sponsored by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra that promotes music awareness and appreciation. Later this year Amy will give a recital in the Chicago Cultural Center as part of the LaSalle Bank Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert series.

Fans of the hit TV series Lost can catch her performance with the Honolulu Symphony on the Season IV DVD, which will be available in December 2008.

Flute lessons

Amy teaches flute lessons throughout the Milwaukee area. 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. She provides instructions for flute and piccolo students of all ages and at all levels.

Email:  amy@twoflutes.com
Phone:  972-977-5107