Amy Melnychuk is a passionate musician and educator, playing both oboe and piano professionally for over a decade. She has performed in a wide variety of chamber and orchestral contexts, most notably as an extra musician with the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra and as contract second chair of the Symphony of the Kootenays for two seasons. Her professional freelance career has included performances at events, church services, art galleries, recitals and concerts, including performances with the Sinfonia de l’Ouest, Lethbridge Symphony Orchestra, Medicine Hat Symphonic Society, Calgary Arts Orchestra and Ambrose University College Chamber Orchestra. She placed third in the National Music Festival and she performed as a soloist with the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra as a finalist in the RBC Concerto Competition. She has taught oboe for many organisations, including the Mount Royal University Conservatory, Banff Music Retreats, Musicamp Alberta and the Banff Youth Orchestra Symposium. Amy completed an Associate Diploma in Oboe Performance (ARCT) through the Royal Conservatory of Music (RCM), as well as an ARCT in Piano Performance and an ARCT in Piano Pedagogy. She also completed a Licentiate Diploma in Piano Performance (LBCM) through the British Columbia Conservatory of Music. She has been an accompanist for exams, competitions, juries and performances.

Currently pursuing a Post-Graduate Artist Diploma studying with Anna Petersen at the Schulich School of Music at McGill University, Amy previously attended McGill to complete a Masters in Oboe Performance studying with Ted Baskin. She studied privately with Beth Orson in Vancouver for two years and she received her Bachelor of Oboe Performance with Distinction studying with David Sussman at the University of Calgary.

Amy currently spends much of her time running the Bellamy School of Music in Dorval, Quebec of which she is the owner and founder.