Oboist Nancy Ambrose King will perform works by J.S. Bach, Pierre Sancan and Bill Douglas at Schoolcraft College's free noon concert on Wednesday, Jan. 24 in the Presentation Room of the VisTaTech Center.

The American Record Guide wrote that Ambrose King plays "not only with delicacy, but also with an intense, almost rapturous sound that is second to none in expressivity and gradation." She has appeared as soloist throughout the United States including concerts at Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall, and as a performer with the Los Angeles, Boston, Detroit and Rochester philharmonic symphony orchestras.

Overseas, she has played with the St. Petersburg Philharmonic in Russia, the Janacek Philharmonic in the Czech Republic, and the Festival Internacionale de Musica Orchestra in Buenos Aires. She has recorded for Boston, Naxos and Cala records, and can be heard in performances on the Athena, Arabesque and CBS Masterworks labels.

Ambrose King is an associate professor of oboe at the University of Michigan and president of the Double Reed Society. She was first-prize winner of the Third New York International Competition for Solo Oboists in 1995.