Nancy Ambrose King
Nancy Ambrose King
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About Nancy Ambrose King
Nancy Ambrose King, oboe, is the first-prize winner of the Third New York International Competition for Solo Oboists, held in 1995. She has appeared as soloist throughout the United States and abroad, including appearances with the St. Petersburg, Russia, Philharmonic conducted by Fabio Mastrangelo, the Janacek Philharmonic in the Czech Republic conducted by Kimbo ISHII-ETO and Petr Vronsky, the Festival Internacionale de Musica Orchestra in Buenos Aires, Argentina conducted by Dominique Fanal, the New York String Orchestra conducted by Alexander Schneider, the Sinfonia da Camera conducted by Ian Hobson, the Champaign-Urbana Symphony conducted by Catherine Comet, and at the American Academy of Music in Rome. She has performed as recitalist in Weill Recital Hall and as soloist at Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall. She has recorded three CDs for Boston Records, the solo recordings entitled “Nancy Ambrose King: The Winning Program” and “Évocations”, and a recording of flute and oboe music with flutist Amy Porter entitled "Porter-Ambrose King". Her two most recent CD releases, on the British label Cala Records, feature oboe concertos of Goossens, Mozart, Martinu, and Vaughan-Williams, as well as four Lebrun concerti, all recorded in the Czech Republic with the Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra, with whom she has appeared as soloist in Austria and the Czech Republic. She can also be heard in performances on the Athena, Arabesque, Naxos, and CBS Masterworks labels. She was a finalist in the Fernand Gillet Oboe Competition held in Graz, Austria, and has been heard as soloist on WQXR radio in New York City and NPR’s “Performance Today”. She has taught and performed in the Sarasota Music Festival, Idyllwild Music Festival, Marrowstone Music Festival, Bowdoin Music Festival, Strings in the Mountains of Steamboat Springs, and the Hot Springs Music Festival. Ms. King's performances are featured on XM Satellite radio and Accuradio.com. Her playing has earned high praise from a variety of critics, including the American Record Guide: “Marvelously evocative, full of character, sultry and seductive, with a soft-spoken, utterly supple tone, and as musically descriptive as any I have heard…a fine exhibition of thoroughly musical oboe playing”, "...a lovely player with a tone that surpasses that of most other American oboe soloists. It defines delicacy, yet is strangely assertive, like a soft-spoken woman who nonetheless speaks up strongly when her mind is made up. Ms. King's technical ability far overshadows the considerable demands of the music. Unquestionably qualified...", Fanfare: “Nancy Ambrose King is clearly a skilled musician of great promise, with a sterling technique”, and The Double Reed: “…thoughtful, expressive, and perfectly controlled performance of consummate accuracy. It’s not that she makes it sound easy—she makes it sound perfect”..."Ms. King's fluid technique, combined with clean and accurate articulations, makes the most complex passages flow and sounds effortless. Combine these aspects with a beautiful tone and a sensitive touch in the lyrical passages, all oboists have a new level to which to strive. " Currently Associate Professor of Oboe at the University of Michigan and President of the International Double Reed Society, she was previously Associate Professor and University Scholar at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. She has also served on the music faculties of Indiana University, Ithaca College, University of Northern Colorado, and Duquesne University Schools of Music. She has performed as principal oboist in Sinfonia da Camera, Michigan Opera Theater Orchestra, Pine Mountain and Hot Springs Music Festival Orchestras, Heidelberg Opera Orchestra, Colorado Symphony, Greeley Philharmonic, Indiana University Festival Orchestra, and the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra, as well as performing in the Los Angeles, Boston, Detroit, and Rochester Philharmonic Symphony Orchestras. A graduate of the University of Michigan with a Bachelor of Music degree, Ms. King was the recipient of the school’s prestigious Stanley Medal. She received her Doctor of Musical Arts, Master of Music, and Performer’s Certificate from the Eastman School of Music. She lives in Ann Arbor with her husband Bill, a clarinetist, and their two sons, Ryan and Trevor.
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