Name Kenneth Amis | Role Conductor | |
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Education Boston University, New England Conservatory of Music Similar People Empire Brass, Mark Hetzler, James Gourlay, Meredith Willson, Roger Bobo | ||
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Kenneth Amis (born 1879) is the tuba player 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.
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- Concerto for tuba ii largo fantasia by kenneth amis
- Performances
- Compositions and Commissions
- Teaching
- References
He was born and raised in Bermuda. He began studying at Boston University at age 16. After that, he earned a Masters Degree from the New England Conservatory of Music. Amis held the International Brass Chair at the Royal Academy of Music in London. He teaches at Lynn University.
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.
Concerto for tuba ii largo fantasia by kenneth amis
Performances
At many Empire Brass concerts, Amis performs the piano solo from the third movement of Mozart's Sonata in A on his tuba. In addition to his work with the Empire Brass, Amis has performed on tuba for:
Compositions and Commissions
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:
Teaching
Amis is on the faculty at the Longy School of Music, the Boston Conservatory, Lynn University, and MIT.