School of Music

AMANDA HOPSON	SCHOOL OF MUSIC FACULTY
Adjunct Associate Professor of Music, Senior Staff Accompanist, Coordinator of Keyboard Studies

 

Amanda Asplund Hopson is a summa cum laude graduate of Augustana College in Rock Island, IL, where she earned the Bachelor of Music degree in piano, studying with Dr. Sharon Kleinhuizen Jensen. She earned Master’s and Doctoral degrees in piano at the University of Texas at Austin, where her principal teacher was Danielle Martin. While in Texas she studied pedagogy with Martha Hilley and Amanda Vick Lethco and performed with the New Music Ensemble, working with visiting composers such as John Corigliano, William Kraft, and Joan Tower. Since moving to Indianapolis in 1998 she has worked extensively as a freelance accompanist, frequently performing as a master class accompanist for artists such as Elly Ameling, Leonard Hokanson, and Richard Boldrey. Appointed 1998.

 

Email : ahopson@depauw.edu
Office : Green Center for the Performing Arts 0104
Phone : (765) 658 - 6546