Bethany Amundson is the Director of Symphonic Bands at the University of South Dakota. In addition to her teaching duties, Dr. Amundson is currently the Director of the university's annual Band Directors Institute.

Dr. Amundson holds a Bachelor of Music Education degree from Augustana University; a Master of Music in Trumpet Performance and a Master of Music in Conducting, both from the University of South Dakota; and a Doctorate in Musical Arts in Wind Conducting from the University of Kansas, where she studied with Dr. Paul Popiel.

Prior appointments include Dakota Wesleyan University, where Dr. Amundson served as Director of Instrumental Studies until 2023 and led the concert bands, athletic bands, orchestra, and instrumental chamber ensembles. Dr. Amundson has also taught 9-12 band at T.F. Riggs High School in Pierre, SD and 5-12 band in Wessington Springs, SD.

Dr. Amundson is the past president of the South Dakota Music Education Association, past chair of the South Dakota Intercollegiate Band Committee, and is a member of South Dakota Bandmasters and Phi Beta Mu.

Dr. Amundson is an active clinician, guest conductor and adjudicator, and she performs on trumpet regularly throughout the Midwest with various chamber ensembles. Her research on Repertoire for Small College Bands and Hip-hop, Pop, and EDM influences in the Wind Band Repertoire has been selected for presentation at state, national and international conferences, including the 2022 IGEB Conference in Bolzano, Italy. Amundson is also published in the GIA Music Series Teaching Music Through Performance in Band.

Instrumental Music, Wind Bands, Brass Pedagogy, Conducting, Music Education

Wind Music
Conducting
Pop, Hip-hop, and Electronic Dance Music in the Wind Band Repertoire
Music For Small Bands
Wind Music of the Moravian Colonies in North America