Instructor Bio

Amy Guitry

Part-Time Instructor in the Department of Performing Arts – Flute

Education

• B.M., Oberlin College
• M.M., The Ohio State University
• M.M., Guildhall School of Music & Drama
• DMA, City, University of London

About

Dr. Amara "Amy" Guitry holds multiple degrees in historical and modern flute, and was a recipient of a Fulbright Graduate Award to the United Kingdom. She is an avid private teacher of flutes, having begun teaching during the late 20th century. Dr. Guitry coaches flute sections in band and orchestral settings in local schools and often guest lectures in University settings. She especially enjoys introducing modern flute players to baroque and other historical flutes, both locally and as a teacher at the Wildacres Flute Retreat in North Carolina. As a result of her doctoral work, she has been published in the Dutch Journal of Music Theory and inspired several composers to write new music which she has premiered, using techniques she has pioneered for the baroque flute as a contemporary instrument. She enjoys chamber music and has performed with a range of musical groups in the United Kingdom, United States, Poland, and Holland. As an orchestral flutist, she has performed with the Mercury Orchestra, The Columbus Symphony, ProMusica Chamber Orchestra, The English Haydn Festival, the Purcell Singers & Orchestra, and the Pepys Ensemble; and under the auspices of the University of Pittsburgh, she took part in the modern world premiere performance of C.P.E. Bach's St. Matthew Passion. In particular, Dr. Guitry enjoys bringing more unusual and less often played music and flutes to her performances whenever possible. She currently serves as principal flute of The Washington National Cathedral Baroque Orchestra and second flute with Apollo's Fire, the Cleveland Baroque Orchestra.