King of Prussia, PA – Theodore Presser Company is pleased to distribute Amy Porter’s DVD workshop, Anatomy of Sound (PO-DVD3 — $75.00), a comprehensive 2-disc study guide for all musicians to use as a teaching tool for instrumental sound production.International soloist and recording artist Amy Porter combines her research with performance and pedagogy and brings her workshop into your practice room, helping you to find your most beautiful sound. From Amy Porter: “Learning to perform has to begin with knowing who you are, using your own life as inspiration and knowing you CAN make a sound from what’s already inside you. It’s the anatomy. Of sound.” For players at any ability level. Dur.: 3 hours.

A native of Wilmington, Delaware, Amy Porter is a graduate of the Juilliard School in New York where she received a full scholarship for her degrees as well as fellowships to Tanglewood and The Mozarteum Summer Academy in Salzburg, Austria. Her teachers at Juilliard were Samuel Baron and Jeanne Baxtresser, and in Austria her teachers were Alain Marion and Peter-Lukas Graf. After Juilliard, she held the position of Associate Principal Flute in the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra for eight years before becoming Professor of Flute at the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance in Ann Arbor. She is the founder and Past President of the non-profit Southeast Michigan Flute Association. She is founder of the popular workshop, "Amy Porter's Anatomy of Sound" with Professor of Theatre (Movement) Jerald Schwiebert and internationally renowned guests. She also is the master teacher for the MPULSE Summer Institute for advanced High School students at U of M.

Ms.Porter is much sought after for her teaching and masterclasses based on her versatility as a musician. She was awarded the 2006 Henry Russel Award from the University of Michigan for distinguished scholarship and conspicuous ability as a teacher. This is only the third time since 1926 that this award has been given to a Professor in the School of Music and the first time ever awarded to a performing artist. She has given masterclasses in Sweden, France, Slovenia, Brazil, Luxembourg, Japan and Taiwan as well in major cities throughout the United States. She has served as Resident Guest Artist for the Jeanne Baxtresser International Masterclass at Juilliard, has taught and performed at the Aria International Summer Academy, Marrowstone Music Festival, was a coach for The Youth Orchestra of the Americas Tour in Costa Rica, the Summer Academy in Courchevel, France and the World Festival of Amateur Orchestras in Nagoya, Japan. Learn more about Amy Porter at www.amyporter.com.

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