Sessional Instructor
BA (StFX); BMus (UPEI); MMus (Victoria); PhD (York)
Amy Simon is a clarinetist, woodwind specialist and music scholar. As an orchestral clarinetist, she toured throughout Europe and North America for several years, performing approximately 100 shows per year in renowned theatres and opera houses. She performs regularly with the PEI Symphony Orchestra on clarinet and bass clarinet and has performed with the Charlottetown Festival. She acted as producer for the 2022 CD release of Solitary Clarinet by Dr. Karem J. Simon.
At UPEI, Amy has taught Applied Clarinet and Music & Culture courses. She has also worked with Dr. Annabel Cohen as Research Associate in the Music Cognition laboratory. Her research interests include clarinet performance practice, extended techniques on woodwind instruments, East Asian wind performance techniques, and the Japanese shakuhachi flute and gagaku orchestra. She has published articles on Japanese wind music and clarinet repertoire in the journals Asian Music, Analytical Approaches to World Music, and The Clarinet. Her doctoral research at York University was funded by the Provost Dissertation Scholarship.