Dr. Karen Buckland - Piano, Music History, Piano Pedagogy
BM, Mansfield University; MM, University of SC; DMA, University of SC
Office Phone: 833-8467
E-mail: kbuck@presby.edu

Karen Wisser Buckland is Associate Professor of Music and the Director of Keyboard Studies at Presbyterian College. She received a Bachelor of Music degree in Piano Performance from Mansfield University, and earned a Master of Music degree and a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Piano Pedagogy from the University of South Carolina. Her teachers include John Kenneth Adams, Raymond Dudley, William Goode, and Max Camp. Dr. Buckland has been recognized as an educator in the 2004-2005 Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers, in the 2006-2007 Who’s Who in America,in the 2007-2008 Who’s Who in American Women,in the 2008-2009 Who’s Who in America,and in the 2008-2009 Who’s Who of American Women. In addition, she is a member of the Music Teachers National Association, the South Carolina Music Teacher Association, the Music Educators National Conference, and the South Carolina Music Educators Association. Karen is active as a soloist and collaborator, adjudicator, and guest lecturer throughout the Southeast. With her husband, Jim, Karen is co-founder of Ludlamshöhle, a chamber ensemble dedicated to nineteenth-century music. This past summer, Karen performed at the Guild of American Luthiers Nineteenth Convention in Tacoma, WA, and at the Maritime Conservatory of Performing Arts in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Dr. Buckland is the director of the annual PC Piano Clinic held at Presbyterian College. Karen is also the organist at First Presbyterian Church in Clinton, SC.