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. ==Works==