Amy Cimini is a violist and musicologist based in New York City. She is in her second year of doctoral study at NYU and her interests
include the history of the senses, deconstruction and music and the role of the voice in psychoanalytic thinking.

She's worked with many wonderful musicians in New York and Chicago, including Peter Evans, Jessica Pavone, Fred-Lonberg Holm, James Falzone and Carol Genetti. Cimini co-founded improvising duo Architeuthis Walks on Land, whose first record is pending release this summer on the SetProjects label. She's lent a melodic and drone-y hand to a number of rock and pop outfits in New York and Chicago, including Coughs, The Victoria Lucas, Christy&Emily, Arbor Day, Chris Mills and the City That Works and Roommate.

Cimini graduated from Oberlin College and Conservatory with highest honors, holding bachelors degrees in English and Viola Performance. She collaborated in the world premiere of James Dillon's The Soadie Waste, and has performed and premiered works at the Midwest Composers Symposium, SEAMUS and Sonic Directions Festivals; she's also performed Eve Beglarian's text works with the Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble. She's grateful for the work and commitment of the composers of these new works and thrilled to present them in collaboration with wonderful friends.