He secured the cooperation of some wealthy residents of the vicinity, and she was sent to the Royal College of Music, Stockholm, where in three years, she graduated with honors, winning two silver medals.

[4] A few years after graduation, at the suggestion of her former teacher, Prof. Julius Günther, she accepted the position of first soprano in the Swedish Ladies' Quartette, then arranging for its tour.

Their route lay through Norway, Nortland, and Finland, then to Saint Petersburg, where they remained three months, giving public and private concerts and meeting many European celebrities.

At Ems, they met some Americans, who persuaded them to visit the U.S.[1] Soon after their arrival, Max Strakosch engaged them for a concert in New York City.

They sang with Theodore Thomas in all the large eastern cities, and in several concerts with Ole Bull in the New England states.

Carlson was persuaded to remain in the U.S., and she spent the next two years in Reading, Pennsylvania, where she held the position of first soprano in the Christ Episcopal Church.

[3] In September 1896, under Swenson's charge, the Salt Lake Ladies' Chorus, made up of a group of 40 women members from the Tabernacle Choir,[5][6] carried off the grand prize at the Eisteddfod in Denver, Colorado.

[3] Amanda Carlson Swenson died at Salt Lake City, January 11, 1919, after an illness extending over a period of several months.