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Deborah
Baker Monday currently teaches in the Logan City
School District Orchestra Program in Logan, Utah.
She is a cello/bass specialist who works with 4th
through 8th grade students in several schools. Ms.
Monday received her B.M.E. from Florida State University
with an emphasis in strings and a M.M. in composition
from the University of Alabama. She began working
on a D.M.A. at Louisiana State University in Baton
Rouge while teaching string classes at the 4th through
12th grade levels.
Ms.
Monday is an active bass performer and private teacher.
She has served as an adjunct bass instructor at
Utah State University for several years, has been
on the faculty of the Utah ASTA with NSOA Bass Fest
, and has served as a clinician at the Midwest Clinic,
ASTA with NSOA National Conference, and various
state music educators conventions throughout the
country. In 1999, she was named the Utah ASTA with
NSOA Elementary Teacher of the Year and she also
received the award for "Superior Accomplishment"
at the 2003 Utah Music Educators Association Conference
acknowledging her exceptional contributions to educational
music for young string players. Ms. Monday was declared
winner of the 2006 Utah ASTA Composition Competition
for her composition Chant-Formations. She continues
to conduct and present sessions promoting solid
string teaching through well balanced string orchestra
compositions and arrangements.
Ms.
Monday has many publications to her credit including
three collections co-authored with Janice L. McAllister,
Strings Extraordinaire!, Holidays Extraordinaire!,and
More Strings Extraordinaire! She is also
co-author with Robert S. Frost of Artistry in
Ensembles. She and her husband, Bill, maintain
busy teaching schedules and a bustling household
with their four children. |
