Kenneth Amis

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Kenneth Amis (born 1970) 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.

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 holds the International Brass Chair at the Royal Academy of Music in London.

Amis is the first known person to transcribe Bach's Art of Fugue for wind ensemble.

He currently resides in Norwood, Massachusetts.