Flutist, Paula Gudmundson is Associate Professor of Flute at the University of Minnesota
Duluth. Recipient of the 2022-2023 McKnight Fellowship for Performing Musicians. Her work
focuses on centering her work around collaboration, community engagement and bringing voice
to the absent narratives in the arts. Recordings include La Flauta of Buenos Aires (2014),
Breaking Waves (2019) and Melodies of the Forest (2022) She has also been featured on
Minnesota Public Radio’s Regional Spotlight: http://tinyurl.com/hvmfho5 Gudmundson has
performed at numerous music festivals and events, including regional and national conferences
of the College Music Society, National Flute Association conventions, Minnesota Public Radio’s
Class Notes Artist, International Flute Festival of Costa Rica, and La Côte Flûte Festival.
Gudmundson is a Board Member of the National Flute Association (NFA), member of the
College Music Society, Minnesota Music Teachers Association, Flute New Music Consortium,
American Composers Forum, and Upper Midwest Association (UMFA). Dr. Gudmundson
received a Bachelor of Music from Lawrence University, Masters of Music Performance from
the University of North Texas, and Doctorate of Musical Arts at the University of
Minnesota-Twin Cities as a Berneking Fellow. Her principal teachers include Immanuel Davis,
Terri Sundberg, Ernestine Whitman and Adrianne Greenbaum.