Amy Richter

Amy Richter is a two-time Midwest Fleadh Cheoil champion on the bodhrán. She’s been performing Irish music since 2003 and teaching since 2007. In 2012, Amy joined the faculty of the Junior Davey Bodhrán Academy in County Sligo, Ireland. She’s also taught for the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music and The Irish Music School of Chicago.

In 2005 Amy received the Celtic Studies Certificate from the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee and was the 2008 recipient of the Ed Ward Irish Music Scholarship. She’s studied abroad at the University of Limerick under the direction of Dr.’s Niall Keegan and Sandra Joyce, directors of the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance.