Amy Guitry

Dr. Amara Guitry is an avid teacher of modern and historical flutes. In addition to her private teaching, she has taught baroque performance for many years at Wildacres Flute Retreat in North Carolina.

Dr. Guitry has performed with a wide range of chamber music groups in the UK, USA, Poland, and Holland. As an orchestral flutist, Amy has performed with the Mercury Orchestra, The Columbus Symphony, ProMusica Chamber Orchestra, The English Haydn Festival, the Purcell Singers & Orchestra, and the Pepys Ensemble.

Under the auspices of the University of Pittsburgh, she took part in the world premiere of C.P.E. Bach's St. Matthew Passion. Dr. Guitry plays principal flute with The Washington National Cathedral Baroque Orchestra and also performs with Apollo’s Fire and the Cleveland Baroque Orchestra.

Whenever possible, Dr. Guitry enjoys incorporating unusual instruments and less often played repertoire into her performances.