Amanda Dykhouse · violin

Amanda Walvoord Dykhouse began to study the violin at age 5 with Ellen Rizner. She went on to graduate from Interlochen Arts Academy and attend Oberlin Conservatory in Ohio. In 1995 she graduated with highest honors from Rice University in Houston, Texas, with degrees in music and religious studies. There she studied with Kathleen Winkler. She then pursued a Master of Divinity at Western Theological Seminary in Holland, after which she served as a pastor in Holland for four years.

Amanda is currently the concertmaster of the Holland Symphony Orchestra and the principal second violin of the West Shore Symphony in Muskegon. She performs frequently throughout the area, including several appearances as a soloist with the Holland Symphony Orchestra. She also plays regularly on the Herrick Library Chamber Music Series, and appeared with the Chamber Music Festival of Saugatuck in 2008. She maintains a violin studio in Holland, and her students have won numerous local awards, including the Holland Symphony Orchestra’s concerto competition. Amanda spends most of her time raising her three young children with her husband Greg.