Amber Ferenz

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Amber Ferenz (born 1972) is an American musician, music educator and composer. [1]

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Life

Amber Ferenz graduated with a bachelor's degree in bassoon performance from the North Carolina School of the Arts, and a Master of Fine Arts in orchestral performance from the California Institute of the Arts, and they studied with Mark Popkin, Julie Feves and Steven Dibner. After completing their studies, they worked as a bassoonist, becoming principal bassoonist of the Fayetteville Symphony, and the second bassoonist with the Asheville Symphony. They have also taught bassoon at California Polytechnic State University at San Luis Obispo, California Institute of the Arts, the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, and Wake Forest University.

Ferenz is also a violinist and has been a fellow at the Aspen Music Festival. They are a founding member of the Los Angeles-based chamber music collective inauthentica and have performed with the Open Dream Ensemble. [2]

Works

Ferenz composes mainly for solo bassoon and chamber ensemble. Selected works include:

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References

  1. Ferenz, Amber. "Amber Ferenz". Amber Ferenz. Retrieved 2021-11-18.
  2. "Amber Ferenz, bassoon" . Retrieved 8 November 2010.[ permanent dead link ]
  3. Ferenz, Amber. "Love Medicine". Amber Ferenz. Retrieved 2021-11-18.
  4. Ferenz, Amber. "Unfinished Conversations". Amber Ferenz. Retrieved 2021-11-18.
  5. Ferenz, Amber. "Ice Cream Truck". Amber Ferenz. Retrieved 2021-11-18.
  6. Ferenz, Amber. "Songs for Wicked Children". Amber Ferenz. Retrieved 2021-11-18.
  7. "The double reed: Volume 30". International Double Reed Society. 2007.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  8. Ferenz, Amber. "Los Angeles Sketches". Amber Ferenz. Retrieved 2021-11-18.
  9. Ferenz, Amber. "Ice Cream Truck 2: "Son of Ice Cream Truck"". Amber Ferenz. Retrieved 2021-11-18.