Kenneth Amis

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| birth_place = Bermuda

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| occupation = Instrumentalist, Professor, Composer

| instrument = Tuba

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| associated_acts = Empire Brass, MIT Wind Ensemble

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Kenneth Amis (born 1970) is a Bermudian tuba player and composer{{cite web |title=KENNETH AMIS |url=https://www.bu.edu/cfa/about/contact-directions/directory/kenneth-amis/ |website=Boston University College of Fine Arts |publisher=Boston University |access-date=February 26, 2024}} best known for his association 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 master's 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.meredithmusic.com/bios1.html|title=Music Authors That Create Our Publications - Meredith Music|publisher=|accessdate=9 March 2017}}http://www.zimbio.com/member/WZick/articles/qyx_GK6Kntz/Kenneth+Amis+African+American+Composer+Tuba {{dead link|date=March 2017}}

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.

Amis was the Project Director and editor of the book: The Brass Player's Cookbook: Creative Recipes for a Successful Performance.{{Cite book |last=Amis |first=Kenneth |title=The Brass Player's Cookbook: Creative Recipes for a Successful Performance |publisher=Meredith Music Publications |year=2006 |isbn=1-57463-075-X |edition=First |location=Galesville, MD |publication-date=2006 |pages=vii |language=English}} He also authored a chapter entitled Are You Just Another Crescendoing Vibrator? {{Cite web |title=The Brass Player's Cookbook: Creative Recipes for a Successful Performance |url=https://www.focus-on-music.com/products/the-brass-players-cookbook-creative-recipes-for-a-successful-performance#:~:text=Here's%20a%20stimulating%20collection%20of,one%20easy%20to%20read%20collection. |access-date=February 26, 2024 |website=Focus On Music}}{{Cite book |last=Amis |first=Kenneth |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wwk1MrgwBecC |title=The Brass Player's Cookbook: Creative Recipes for a Successful Performance |date=2006 |publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation |isbn=978-1-57463-075-6 |language=en}}