Amy Woody

Amy Woody is Assistant Professor of Wind Studies. Her previous UNT position was Lecturer in Wind Studies and Director of Athletic Bands woth prior service as a Teaching Fellow in the Wind Studies Area where duties included teaching the Concert Band, University Bands, Fundamentals of Conducting and assisting with all aspects of concert and athletic ensembles. She was named one of four UNT Outstanding Teaching Fellow Award recipients for the 2022–2023 school year. Her teachers include Eugene Migliaro Corporon, Andrew Trachsel and Daniel Cook. Prior to UNT, Dr. Woody served as the Director of Bands (2014–2021) and Associate Director of Bands (2007–2014) at John H. Guyer High School in Denton, TX.  The Guyer Wind Ensemble was named a Commended Winner in the 2021 Mark of Excellence New Music Category, a 2018 Mark of Excellence National Winner, and a 2018 Western International Band Conference Invited Ensemble in Seattle, Washington. 

Dr. Woody has collaborated and conducted on a multitude of projects and events that include College Band Directors National Association national and regional conferences, the Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic, the Texas Music Educators Association Conference, and several honor groups both regionally and nationally. She has collaborated with a variety of artists and composers including Manuel Martinez Miguez, Jung Choi, Brian Walker, Lotus Saxophone Quartet, Jermaine Stegall, Jack Stamp, Haley Woodrow, Gala Flagello, and Elena Specht. 

Recently, she served as the Chief Programs Officer for the Lone Star Wind Orchestra (LSWO), a professional wind band based in the DFW metroplex. She has performed in the clarinet section of the Lone Star Wind Orchestra since the fall of 2008.  In her time with the ensemble she performed at the International Midwest Band and Orchestra Conference, International Women’s Brass Conference (IWBC), World Association for Symphonic Bands and Ensemble (WASBE), Texas Bandmaster’s Association (TBA), Clarinetfest, the OU Clarinet Symposium as well as other professional engagements in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. Her past performance engagements include the Richardson Symphony Orchestra, Waco Symphony Orchestra, and the Oswego Opera Orchestra.

Dr. Woody is a graduate of the University of North Texas (DMA Wind Conducting), Eastman School of Music (Master of Music in Clarinet Performance), and Baylor University (Bachelor of Music Education). As an advocate for her students to continue to cultivate their own musicianship and training and works to focus her energies toward helping students establish their own teaching skills. Dr. Woody serves as an active clinician and adjudicator in the greater Dallas/FortWorth metroplex and across the United States.