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Amy Likar Artist's Website >> Amy Likar, flute and piccolo, is a member of the Oakland East Bay Symphony. As a freelance musician, she has performed with the Berkeley Symphony, the Ashland Symphony, the Wheeling Symphony, Lamplighter's Music Theatre, and Donald Pippin's Pocket Opera. In 2005, she performed on three world premieres by composers Anthony McDonald, Polly Moller and Matt Ingalls. She released her first solo CD in November of 2005 with pianist Miles Graber. She has taught at The Ohio State University and Ashland University. As an active chamber musician she has performed at Ashland University, The Ohio State University, Baldwin-Wallace, Ohio Wesleyan University, Capital University, Kent State University, Willamette University, the Berkeley Art Center and other venues in the Bay Area of California. She holds Master of Music and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees from The Ohio State University and a Bachelor's in Music Education and Flute Performance from Kent State University. While at Ohio State University, Ms. Likar was the recipient of a Presidential Fellowship and a Graduate Student Alumni Research Award for her DMA document on the history of the New York Woodwind Quintet. In addition in 2000, she was awarded the Peter A. Costanza Award for Outstanding DMA Document. An article from her document was published in the Spring 2005 issue of the Flutist Quarterly. As a teacher at Ohio State, she was awarded the Outstanding Graduate Teaching Associate Award. She has also studied at the Conservatoire National de Nice, France. Her flute teachers include Martha Aarons, Katherine Borst Jones, Randy Hester, Peter Lloyd and Tim Day. In 1991-92, Ms. Likar taught high school English in Swaziland, Southern Africa. Ms. Likar maintains an active studio and coaches young students to professionals. She works with singers and instrumentalists on enhancing greater freedom and ease both physically and musically. O1C Performances: Trio Concertino |
