Am're Ford A native of Oklahoma City, Am're Ford is a multi-instrumentalist, composer, performer, teacher, and consultant. He holds a Bachelor of Music in Violin Performance from the University of Central Oklahoma (UCO) and a Master of Music in Music Composition from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG). While attending UCO, Am’re was a member of the UCO Wind Symphony, Symphony Orchestra, Symphonic Band, and Chamber Orchestra, and director of the UCO Ebony Gospel Choir. Am’re’s accomplishments include being a recipient of the Next Gen Under 30 award and a Sphinx Connect Fellow for 2020. Am’re is an active member of National Association for Music Educators, Kappa Kappa Psi National Honorary Band Fraternity Inc. and Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Fraternity of America Inc. Currently, he serves as the Fine Arts Director and a music instructor for Solid Foundation Preparatory Arts Academy; and is the Founder/Executive Director of Arts in Action and SymDesign. ***Content for the Daily Showcase social media series is obtained from information found online and is presented for educational and informational purposes only. Please let us know if you would like to delete, edit, correct or provide an attribution to a post by emailing us at [email protected]. We also encourage you to contact us at this same email address to inform us of other outstanding Black classical instrumentalists and/or composers, conductors and administrators whom you recommend we feature in the Daily Showcase.***