Amy Pollard is the Professor of Bassoon and Director of Performance Activities at the Hugh Hodgson School of Music at the University of Georgia. During the summer she teaches at the Sewanee Summer Music Festival and has been on the faculty of the Interlochen Arts Center Advanced Bassoon Institute, the UGA Study Abroad program in Alessandria, Italy, the Saarburg Music Festival in Germany, and the Atlanta Chamber Music Festival. She has taught master classes at conservatories and universities throughout the United States and internationally as well as serving as a guest artist for numerous double reed festivals and clinics. 

Pollard holds positions as principal bassoon with the Atlanta Ballet Orchestra and second bassoon with the Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra. She is an active freelancer and frequently performs with orchestras throughout the Southeast and around the country. 

An avid chamber musician, she has performed at venues throughout the United States and internationally. Her bassoon-percussion duo, Col Legno and her bassoon duo, Dueaux, have performed recitals and presented master classes at numerous venues throughout the country.

Pollard’s solo album, Breaking Through: Music for Bassoon by Female and Non-Binary Composers, was released in February 2026 by Mark Records. Her previous solo album, Ruminations: Bassoon Works of Eugène Bozza, and the Georgia Woodwind Quintet’s CD Chroma are available on Apple Music, Spotify, and all major streaming platforms. 

Pollard received her Doctor of Musical Arts and Master of Music degrees from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, and a Bachelor of Music degree from Louisiana State University, studying with William Winstead and William Ludwig.

Pollard co-hosts the UGA Double Reed Symposium with oboe professor Reid Messich each Spring.