Amanda Hardy

Amanda Hardy joined the Portland (Maine) Symphony Orchestra as principal oboe in November 2013 where she occupies the Clinton Graffam Chair. An in-demand artist in New England and beyond, Amanda is a frequent performer with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Boston Pops, with whom she has both toured internationally and recorded. She has performed as guest principal oboe with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Boston Pops, A Far Cry Chamber Orchestra, Emmanuel Music, the Des Moines Symphony, and the Boston Philharmonic. Amanda has appeared as soloist with the Boston Pops in Symphony Hall (2009), the Portland Symphony, the Chelsea Music Festival, the Bach Virtuosi Festival, the NEC Bach Ensemble, and the Drake Symphony Orchestra. As a recipient of the Gillet Scholarship and Tourjée Alumni Scholarship Award, Amanda studied with BSO principal oboist John Ferrillo at the New England Conservatory (NEC). Amanda was winner of the 2010 Borromeo String Quartet Guest Artist Award Competition. As a chamber musician, she co-founded  the St. Mary’s Quarantine Series with soprano Tamra Grace Jones, a chamber music series during the pandemic that both raised money for a food pantry in Dorchester and employed musicians during the pandemic. She also is on the planning team for Boston Conservatory’s Artistry in Action Faculty Chamber Music Series.

Amanda recently joined the faculty at Boston University as Lecturer in Oboe, is Assistant Professor of Oboe at the Boston Conservatory at Berklee, and is on the faculty of New England Conservatory Preparatory School. She holds a Bachelor of Music in oboe with a piano minor from Drake University and a Master of Music and Graduate Diploma from NEC. Previous festivals include the Masterworks Festival, the Chelsea Music Festival, the Aspen Music Festival and School, and Tanglewood Music Center in 2010 and 2011 where she was awarded the Mickey L. Hooten Memorial Award both summers. Her solo work can be heard on, Dancing with J.S. Bach (2019), on the Chelsea Music Festival Live label. Her teachers include John Ferrillo, Marilyn Zupnik, Anne Gabriele, and Jay Light; summer studies with Elaine Douvas and Richard Woodhams.