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…[with] an impassioned technique, highly focused, lots of concentrated strength, bringing out and seemingly delighting in the Brahms intensities. Very impressive.
— Joan Griscom, Brookhaven Friends of Music

Pianist Amy Lee is an active musician in the greater Boston area.  She graduated from the Longy School of Music with a Master’s of Music degree, where she studied with Randall Hodgkinson, and Theory studies with Judith Ross (student of Nadia Boulanger). She has performed in master classes for Leslie Amper, Norman Krieger, Sally Pinkas, and Andrius Zlabys.

Ms. Lee is multi-faceted musician, passionate about collaboration, chamber music, and education.  Her repertoire ranges from Bach to Martino, to new music collaborations with composers.  She has performed throughout the Northeast and abroad, with performances at the Gardner Museum, Shalin Liu Performance Center, Mechanics Hall, Rosecliff Mansion, the Brevard Music Center, and chamber music recitals in New York, United Kingdom, and Hong Kong.  She has collaborated with members of the Johnson String Quartet, A Far Cry, the Boston New Music Initiative, and has performed on tour with the PBS groups, The Irish Tenors and Celtic Women. She also enjoys playing piano and celesta for orchestras: Symphony NH, MetWinds Symphony, Cape Ann Symphony, Philharmonic Society of Arlington, and Portland Symphony Orchestra.  In 2009, Amy was a finalist in the Longy Honors Competition, with her performance of Three Visions by William Grant Still. In 2011, she performed Mozart’s Piano Concerto in d minor with the Longy Chamber Orchestra, self-conducted from the keyboard.

In addition to performing, Ms. Lee is a dedicated teaching artist.  She teaches piano, music theory, coaches ensembles and composes arrangements.  Amy was previously on faculty at the Groton Hill Music School, where she served as co-Chair of the Piano Department, as well as program coordinator for Summer Day Music and Chamber Music Intensive.  She was also a chairman on the board of the Massachusetts Music Teachers Association from 2012 to 2018.  

Aside from being a musician, Ms. Lee thoroughly enjoys photography, culinary arts, learning the cello, and Third-wave coffee.