Amy started playing the violin at the age of 7. She first studied with her father Graeme Littlewood, (sub principal violin CBSO) and subsequently with Jackie Hartley (then co-leader of CBSO). In 2003 she won the Roy Heartfield music scholarship at Solihull 6th form College and in 2006 was awarded a scholarship to study violin at Birmingham Conservatoire with Nathaniel Vallois.

Amy has a keen interest in chamber music; she plays in the Hepplewhite piano trio who have recently preformed at the Purcell Room, given a recital for the Birmingham Chamber Music Society and won 1st prize in the Sylvia Cleaver Chamber Music Competition.

Amy has also won a number of solo violin competitions, most recently winning the Birmingham Conservatoire Strings Prize, the Doris Newton Prize and she gained a place in the Finals of the Ludlow Philharmonic Concerto Prize. Amy also won 2nd prize in the national violin competition - 'The Kenneth Page Foundation' and gained a place in the semi finals of the Lions Club international violin competition. In April '08 Amy was invited to play in the Menuhin Competition masterclass at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama.

As soloist, Amy has performed the Lark Ascending, Saint-Saens Havanaise and the 2nd movement of the Mozart Sinfonia Concertante. In October and November 2010, Amy will be performing Prokofiev's 1st Violin Concerto with the Sutton Coldfield Orchestra and the Rutland Sinfonia.