Amy Griffiths is a woodwind specialist based in New York City. She plays flutes, clarinets, and saxophones as well as bassoon, Irish traditional flute, Irish whistles, and uilleann pipes (Irish bagpipes). 

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Currently she plays clarinets, soprano saxophone, and baritone saxophone at the new Broadway musical, CATS: The Jellicle Ball at the Broadhurst Theatre. 

 

Outside of Broadway, Amy can be heard performing all kinds of music including jazz, classical, klezmer, and Irish trad.

 

She is a member of the smokin' hot band, Broadway Sings and performs alongside the extraordinary Brandon James Gwinn in his award-winning solo show, Four Pianos. She is a longtime band member for the fabulous Kevin Smith Kirkwood in his solo show, Classic Whitney: Alive! and most recently has joined the band of Ryan Raftery, for his epic Titans of Media Trilogy. 

 

She has toured with Maurice Hines and the Diva Jazz Orchestra in Mr. Hines’ solo show, Tappin' Thru Life and has performed with iconic groups such as The Who, The Temptations, and The Four Tops.

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Amy views teaching as an essential and inseparable partner to her performance life and vice versa. In addition to teaching  private lessons online, she is also on the woodwind faculty at The Third Street Music School Settlement in the East Village and is a Teaching Artist with PopsEd, the music education outreach program of the New York Pops. Prior to her life in NYC, she was on the faculty of the Schwob School of Music at Columbus State University in Columbus, GA.

 

She grew up in Maryland and has lived in many places before finally settling in New York City in 2015.

 

Her formal education was acquired from The North Carolina School of the Arts (specialized high school diploma in music and Bachelor of Music), Arizona State University (Master of Music), and Louisiana State University (Doctor of Musical Arts). Her informal education is much less tidy, far more complicated, and infinitely more interesting.