Amy Hersh has an active career that combines her love of chamber music, orchestral performance, and teaching. The New York Times has written that Ms. Hersh “...plays the flute ....with directness and an ear for subtlety.” She currently plays with the Hudson Valley Symphony Orchestra, the New York Gilbert and Sullivan Players, the Virtuosi Wind Quintet, and the Cara Quartet. Ms. Hersh began her career playing piccolo with the Mexico City Philharmonic and has played with the New Jersey Symphony, for Broadway shows such as Les Miserables and Annie, and in numerous New York area orchestras. She gave her New York debut at Weill Hall as an Artist’s International winning member of the “Venus Trio”, a group comprising flute, harp, and mezzo-soprano, and was a winner of the New York Flute Club competition. Ms. Hersh received her Bachelor and Master of Music degrees from the Manhattan School of Music.