Composer and guitarist Amy Brandon's pieces have been described as '... mesmerizing' (Musicworks Magazine), “...gut wrenching and horrific” (Critipeg), and "otherworldly and meditative ... a clashing of bleakness with beauty ..." (Minor Seventh).
Her performances, installations and acoustic works have been presented at the Gaudeamus Festival (Screen Dive), National Sawdust (NYC), Trinity College (Dublin), the mise-en Festival, and the Winnipeg New Music Festival. She has received Canadian and international composition awards and honourable mentions from the Leo Brouwer Guitar Composition Competition (Grand Prize 2019), Central European String Quartet ('Most Innovative' 2018) and is a 2020 JACK Quartet Studio Artist.
In addition to performance and composition, she is completing an interdisciplinary PhD examining augmented reality, motor control and guitar performance at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia.