Amber Ferenz is an American

United States

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 musician, music educator and composer.

Life

Amber Ferenz graduated with a bachelor’s degree in bassoon performance from the North Carolina School of the Arts

North Carolina School of the Arts

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, and a Master of Fine Arts in orchestral performance from the California Institute of the Arts

California Institute of the Arts

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, and she studied with Mark Popkin, Julie Feves and Steven Dibner. After completing her studies, she worked as a bassonist, becoming principal bassonist of the Fayetteville

Fayetteville

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 Symphony, and the second bassoonist with the Asheville Symphony. She has also taught bassoon at California Polytechnic State University

California Polytechnic State University

California Polytechnic State University, or Cal Poly, is a public university located in San Luis Obispo, California, United States. The university is one of two polytechnic campuses in the 23-member California State University system....

 at San Luis Obispo, California Institute of the Arts, the University of North Carolina

University of North Carolina

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 at Charlotte

CHARLOTTE

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, and Wake Forest University

Wake Forest University

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Ferenz is also a violinist and has been a fellow at the Aspen

Aspen

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 Music Festival. She is a founding member of the Los Angeles

Los Ángeles

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-based chamber music collective inauthentica and has performed with the Open Dream Ensemble.

Works

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

• ice cream truck, for bassoon quartet
• Songs for Wicked children
• los angeles sketches for 4 bassoons