Lamb received a flute performance degree from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music in 2000, where he studied with Michel Debost.
Following this, he studied with Thaddeus Watson at the Hochschule für Musik Frankfurt am Main, where he received a Master's of Orchestral Performance and a Soloist's Diploma.
[1] Lamb is a core member of the International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE), based out of New York and Chicago.
Lamb has premiered over 200 works with the ensemble and has worked in depth with composers Michel van der Aa, John Adams, Marc-Andres Dalbavie, Reinbert de Leeuw, George E. Lewis, Nico Muhly, Matthias Pintscher, and Kaija Saariaho.
He has collaborated with conductors Pierre Laurent-Aimard, Vladamir Ashkenazy, Pablo Heras-Casado, Susanna Mälkki, Ludovic Morlot, and Steven Schick.