Amber Dean

Bassoon

Tel: 305.348.2896

Email: amdean@fiu.edu

Amber Dean is on the faculty at Florida International University’s Wertheim School of Music, where she teaches bassoon. She currently serves as Principal Horn of Florida Grand Opera and Palm Beach Symphony, and is also on faculty at Eastern Music Festival and Varna International.

Her previous positions include Fourth Horn of the Sarasota Orchestra, Second Horn of the Orquesta Filarmónica de Jalisco (Guadalajara, Mexico), and Third Horn of the Orquesta Sinfónica Sinaloa de las Artes (Culiacan, Mexico). She has performed with The Florida Orchestra, Naples Philharmonic, Miami City Ballet, Mozart Orchestra of New York, St. Pete Opera, Symphony of the Americas, Atlantic Classical Orchestra, Orchestra Miami, South Florida Symphony, Lancaster Festival, and the Quad City Symphony, among others. In addition, she is a frequent clinician for Florida schools and youth orchestras.

Amber completed her Bachelor of Music degree at Western Illinois University and her Master of Music degree at the University of Miami’s Frost School of Music. Her teachers include Richard Todd, Dale Clevenger, and Randall Faust.