Education

Originally from Brunswick, Maryland, Amy Griffiths completed high school at the North Carolina School of the Arts where she was a student of renowned tenor saxophone soloist James Houlik. She stayed at NCSA and completed a Bachelor of Music degree in Saxophone Performance in 1993. She spent the next two years living in and around Paris, France where she studied privately with international recording artists Claude Delangle, Professor of Saxophone at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris and Jean-Yves Fourmeau, Professor of Saxophone at the Conservatoire Régional de Poissy. In 1995 she returned to the United States and began a Master of Music degree in Saxophone Performance and Pedagogy at Arizona State University, where she was a graduate teaching assistant of saxophonist Joseph Wytko. Aside from her studies within the saxophone studio at ASU, she also learned a great deal about jazz and musicianship from Sam Pilafian, tuba professor and specialist in early jazz and Robert Spring, clarinet professor.

After completing the MM in 1997 she moved to Georgia. Since that time she has served on several music faculties in Georgia and Alabama, including Darton College, Andrew College, the Georgia Governor’s Honors Program, and Columbus State University, where she has taught since 2000. She is completing the requirements for the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Saxophone Performance at Louisiana State University where she was a graduate teaching assistant of acclaimed performer and teacher Griffin Campbell. At LSU she is also pursuing a minor in Jazz Studies with jazz faculty Willis Delony and Bill Grimes.