Amy Dunker has a DMA in Composition from the University of Missouri‐Kansas City Conservatory of Music, MM in Composition from Butler University, MM in Trumpet Performance from the University of South Dakota and a BME in Music Education from Morningside College. She has studied composition with James Mobberley, Chen Yi, Michael Schelle, James Aikman and Robert Block. She has studied trumpet with Keith Benjamin, Marvin Perry III, Marshall Scott, Vincent DiMartino and Doug Gerhart.