Discover Amy Porter
"If you haven't heard her, you should." American Record Guide
"If you haven't heard her, you should." American Record Guide
Pre-order my new book The Anatomy of Sound: An Invitation to Discover the Inner Musician before May 1, 2025 and receive the extra course in the book STRATEGIES FOR THE UNKNOWN Video Free!
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Three-time international award-winning flute player Amy Porter shares her story behind her successful music teaching curriculum The Anatomy of Sound™. Readers learn how they can balance musical expressions with physical presence, yielding a holistic approach to sound production.
Her primary guide on this journey were the lessons learned from using her own journals of trauma and empowerment, Alexander technique, working with doctors, healers and yogis, teaching alongside movement specialist Jerald Schwiebert for 20 years and creating her own belief systems.
As a distinguished Professor, her approach has proved successful for a generation of flute players winning major professional posts.
Porter unlocks portals to the next level of musicianship through using Mirrors, Windows, Doors, Steps, Elevators, Paths, Platforms, Levels and Time. The next part of the book allows for communication, space to grow and trust in the journey - Obstacles, The Unknown, The Known, Communication and Inspiration.
For two decades, the Anatomy of Sound Workshop became a sanctuary for flutists, bridging gaps between amateurs and seasoned professionals, students, and educators. Today, it's a curriculum to maintain a musician's empowerment, reconditioning and ability to share their music with the world.
"Amy Porter's remarkable book, Anatomy of Sound, offers a wonderfully practical and valuable guide to today's musician building a career. Ms Porter is able to draw on her stellar career as a celebrated virtuoso flutist and preeminent teacher to offer a wealth of information and inspiration, with heartfelt and caring words of wisdom in all areas. She also gives the reader new ways to face the age old challenges we all face, at any age, as performing musicians. This book is a gift to us all!!"
Jeanne Baxtresser
Ready to get started? Amy Porter teaches much of what is feared in performing as a musician is not fearful at all, and there are specific keys to unlocking our resilience to get back up on the stage, time after time. In this interconnected realm, musicians learn to harmonize the technical aspects of music with body awareness, a few anatomy lessons, movement and journaling.
ARTISTS: JoAnn Falletta, Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Amy Porter, Nikki Chooi
COMPOSER: Lukas Foss
LABEL: Naxos American Classics
CAT ID: 8.559938 / 636943993828
BBC Music Magazine July 2024
“marvelously dispatched here by soloist Amy Porter.”
Gramophone August 2024
Foss described it as ‘a handshake across the centuries’, which tells you frankly, everything you need to know, although not how beautifully Amy Porter plays it. Falletta and the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra are pitch-perfect throughout. First rate-sound too.”
Fanfare Magazine – August 2, 2024
“Flute soloist Amy Porter has an appealing sonority and a light touch.”
SoundWordSight Magazine July 9, 2024
“The star shines squarely on the magisterial shoulders of Amy Porter, whose commanding artistry is represented in full display of control, nuance, lyricism, and expression.”
Sequenza 21. July 10, 2024
The soloist, flutist Amy Porter, is a marvel, providing the microtonal inflections, frequent trills, and liquescent phrasing that this piece requires. She has an extraordinarily beautiful tone as well. The third movement, Recitative, is based on the lament aria from Monteverdi’s Orfeo. Rife with pitch bends and chromaticism, it replicates the keening of Orpheo in the opera, when he has realized that Eurydice has died. Porter and the orchestra provide a captivating rendition of the section. Percussive extended techniques are added to the flute’s kit bag of extensions, and feisty lines from Porter contend with a web of counterpoint from the orchestra.
The Flute View Magazine . August 1, 2024
“Amy Porter’s performance of Foss’s "Renaissance Concerto" is a treat. The concerto, known for its blend of old and new musical elements, is executed with remarkable finesse by Porter. Her interpretation is both technically flawless and deeply expressive. The interplay between the flute and the orchestra, guided by Falletta’s expert hand, brings out the intricate layers of the concerto. The Buffalo Philharmonic’s sensitive accompaniment enhances Porter’s lyrical and virtuosic passages, creating a captivating dialogue between soloist and ensemble.”
The Adult Music Podcast “Lullabies and Tempests” July 10, 2024 Episode 172
i. Entrada – “There’s great flute tone by Amy Porter and we have to hear that. I really love this movement because of Porter’s tone and her playing throughout.
ii. ‘The full-toned flute of Amy Porter really makes this track come alive.”
iii. Recitative after Monteverdi – based on L’Orfeo “It comes across as touching, maybe I’m just thinking of the aria in the opera, but I found this striking. See if you do.”
Colin’s Column June 18, 2024
“Amy Porter’s mercurial playing is golden-toned. “
ClassicalMusicSentinal.com - May 2024
Flutist Amy Porter conveys a wide range of expressive and technical touches within its four highly diverse movements.
The New York Times
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