Press & Reviews

Acclaim

"...she can do everything well."
— Tampere Flute Festival Magazine, October 2025 — Robert Tobin

"Amy Porter is a marvel."

Recent Reviews

Buffalo Philharmonic

"Porter navigated the extended techniques with aplomb."

Gail Wein · October 6, 2022

Carnegie Hall

"Ms. Porter is a formidable player – she couples a pristine tone quality with remarkable musicianship."

Jeffrey Williams, New York · October 3, 2022

Carnegie Hall

"Porter's tone was impressively full-bodied from the bottom tones to the top."

David Wright, New York Classical Review · October 4, 2022

The Daily Gazette — Troy, NY

Amy Porter "sensational" with Albany Symphony

— Geraldine Freedman

The Albany Symphony Orchestra concluded its three-day American Music Festival Saturday night at the Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center with what music director David Alan Miller called "mindbending" pieces. Michael Daugherty's sensational "Trail of Tears" (2010) for flute and orchestra with the equally sensational flutist Amy Porter. Daugherty's wonderful concerto chronicled the Cherokee Indians' tragic death march of 1838 to Oklahoma. The flute was their voice and Porter brought that sorrow and despair to life. She worked with Daugherty for two years before she premiered the work, which she calls a "dream to play." Porter's technique was flawless, even in the "wildly difficult" finale. Porter got a standing ovation and several curtain calls.

Daily Gazette

Review: Flutist Porter superb at Skidmore recital

— Geraldine Freedman

Flutist Amy Porter gave a superb recital Saturday night at Skidmore College's Zankel Music Center and showed that she's not only very versatile but that she can do everything well. She chose a program that tested every aspect of her playing from a Baroque sensibility to using the instrument as a vehicle of sound effects, and she met each challenge with passion, skill and much musicality. Porter, who teaches at the University of Michigan's School of Music, played with a big colorful sound, a very fleet, smooth technique, fabulously light double tonguing, effortless breath control and a forthright style of musicianship that was open, direct and had its own kind of exciting brio.

The New York Times

Review: In Translation — Selections from J.S. Bach's Cello Suites

— Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim

In the title, the flutist Amy Porter likens the act of transcribing Bach's Cello Suites to a translation. But her gleaming, lyrical reading of these profoundly personal works feels more like a distillation that concentrates and heightens their melodic structure.

Omaha World-Herald

World Premiere: Trail of Tears Concerto

— John Pitcher

Porter, a charismatic performer, was focused, flexible and intensely in the moment. She tossed off fiendishly difficult passages as if they were child's play and performed lyrical passages with heart-rending emotion. Music director Thomas Wilkins and the Omaha Symphony provided supple and sensitive support. For their efforts, Daugherty, Porter, Wilkins and the orchestra received an extended ovation.