Amy was born in Hedon in the East Riding of Yorkshire.  She studied at the Royal Academy of Music with Julie Kennard, and now studies with Paul Farrington in London.

Since leaving the RAM, she has sung the role of “Mecedes” in “Carmen” for English Touring Opera both in England and in Lille, France and the roles of “Enrichetta” in “Conchita” and “Annie” in Gershwin’s “Porgy and Bess” for Wexford Festival Opera. She studied Rossini opera with Marta Lantieri at the European Opera Centre and then toured in Switzerland and Germany, singing “Lucilla” in Rossini’s “La Scala di Seta” for the European Opera.  Whilst in Switzerland she also performed Bach Cantatas and gave a rare performance of “D’un desastre obsur” for Mezzo and Clarinet, by the modern French composer Gilbert Amy as part of the Sierre Festival.  After having performed “La Scala di Seta” as guests of the European Union at Expo 2000 in Hanover.  Amy returned to Hanover to give a solo recital for the Foreign Office. After seasons with Glyndebourne and English National Opera she returned to the European Opera, this time to sing the role of “Bianca” in “The Rape of Lucretia”. 

Amy represented England in the Mirjam Helin competition in Helsinki, Finland in 1999 and again in the Llangollen International Singer competition in 2000. She was a finalist in the 2002 Royal Overseas League Competition.

Amy gives many concerts and recitals across the British Isles. These include recitals at Manchester Town Hall, Hull City Hall, Burton Constable Hall, and a performance of Britten’s “A Charm of Lullabies” at the Hungarian Cultural Institute in London.  As well as solo recitals and Opera Galas she often performs in Oratorio, these include ‘Messiah’, Mozart’s ‘Mass in C minor’, Mendolssohn’s ‘Elijah’, Rossini’s ‘Petite Mass Solenelle’and Poulenc’s ‘Gloria’.

As part of her work with the European Union Opera in Germany, Amy took part in Brahms Lieder Master Classes with Gundula Janowitz.  These were recorded for the BBC.  She is lucky enough to have worked with Sena Jurinac in a Mozart Opera Master Class at the Finnish Opera House in Helsinki. Whilst in Finland Amy also worked on the songs of Sibelius with the renowned piano accompanist Ilmo Ranta.

Amy gave a solo recital in Asuncion, Paraguay in 2002 for the British Embassy, to celebrate the Queen’s Golden Jubilee and made a return visit to Paraguay in Summer 2003, to perform as the guest of the Asuncion Symphony Orchestra.

She also became a Samling Foundation Scholar in 2003 and worked with Sarah Walker on a week’s Master Class course in the Lake District.  She then gave a gala concert at St John’s Smith Square, London with Sir Thomas Allen and performed in The Brighton Festival singing as soloist in Mozart’s Requiem.

She took part in the Theatre du Chatelet’s production of Les Troyens under Sir John Eliot Gardiner in Paris then returned to perform the same opera this time for English National Opera in London. She sings regularly for Hull FC at their matches at the KC Stadium. She starred as “Fairy Bowbells” in Dick Whittington along with Canon and Ball at Hull’s New Theatre. She is known as the star of “Classics in the Park”, Brantingham. Amy also finds time to be vocal Coach to the BA degree course at Newcastle University.

Amy has just spent the last six months working on the musicals “On the Town” with June Whitfield and “Kismet”, singing along side Michael Ball at The London Coliseum in the West End.  Other recent engagements include guest soloist in a gala concert with The Reg Vardy and Scottish Co-op Brass bands at The Sage, Gateshead, and the role of Mecedes in Carmen for both Scottish Opera and English National Opera.

She has just returned from Qatar where she was flown out to entertain the legendary Tenor Placido Domingo.

Amy is proud to be a member of Equity.