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Kenneth Amis (born 1970) is a Bermudian tuba player and composer[1] best known for his association with the Empire Brass. He is also the assistant conductor of the MIT Wind Ensemble, a group he has been involved with since its creation in 1999. In addition, as of 2005, Amis is an Affiliated Artist of MIT.
Kenneth Amis
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| Born | 1970 (age 53–54) Bermuda |
| Occupation(s) | Instrumentalist, Professor, Composer |
| Instrument(s) | Tuba |
| Website | www |
He was born and raised in Bermuda. He began studying at Boston University at age 16. After that, he earned a master's degree from the New England Conservatory of Music. Amis held the International Brass Chair at the Royal Academy of MusicinLondon. He teaches at Lynn University.[2][3]
Amis is the first known person to transcribe Bach's Art of Fugue for wind ensemble (all of the fugues and canons).
He currently resides in Norwood, Massachusetts.
Amis was the Project Director and editor of the book: The Brass Player's Cookbook: Creative Recipes for a Successful Performance.[4] He also authored a chapter entitled Are You Just Another Crescendoing Vibrator? [4][5][6]
At many Empire Brass concerts, Amis performs the piano solo from the third movement of Mozart's Sonata in A on his tuba.[7] In addition to his work with the Empire Brass, Amis has performed on tuba for:
His first published work was A Suite for Bass Tuba, composed when he was fifteen years old. He has been commissioned to write music for many groups including:
Amis is on the faculty at the Longy School of Music,[8] the Boston Conservatory, Boston University, New England Conservatory,[1] [9] and Lynn University[10]
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