Education:
D.M.A. Piano Performance and Pedagogy, The University
of Wisconsin – Madison
M.M. Piano Performance & Pedagogy, Penn State University
M.A. Music Theory, Penn State University
B.M. Piano Performance
Contact Information:
gunderson@lycoming.edu
Amanda Horn Gunderson
Music: Visiting Assistant Professor of Music
Amanda Gunderson serves on the faculty at Lycoming
College as visiting assistant professor of piano and music history. She has
appeared as a soloist throughout the United States, including New York’s Weill
Recital Hall. As a prize-winning collaborative pianist, Amanda maintains
an active life as a chamber musician. In 2010 she and violinist Carol
Carlson founded Duo Mendota and embarked on a tour across the Midwest and
Mid-Atlantic. Amanda returned to her home state of Pennsylvania after
completing the DMA at the University of Wisconsin-Madison on a University
Fellowship for doctoral studies in Piano Performance and Pedagogy. She also
holds the MM in Piano Performance and Pedagogy, the MA in Music Theory, and the
BM with Honors in Piano Performance from Penn State University. Her
primary teachers include Christopher Taylor, Timothy Shafer, and pedagogy
advisor Jessica Johnson.