Deborah Baker Monday has retired from teaching after 34 years as a string educator. She received her B.M.E. Magna Cum Laude from Florida State University with an emphasis in string education and an M.M. in composition at the University of Alabama. She continued her studies in composition at Louisiana State University where she received a Chancellor’s Award to play double bass with the LSU Symphony Orchestra. She has studied theory and composition with Harold Schiffman, John Boda, Frederic Goossen, Paul Hedwall, & DinosConstantinides. Ms. Monday continued to be an active bass performer when she moved to Utah and was hired as a low string specialist in the Logan City Orchestra program.

Ms. Monday has over 175 original and arranged works with several publishers. Many have been honored as J.W. Pepper Editor’s Choice selections and appear on state required music lists for festivals and contests. She has received awards for Outstanding Elementary Educator and Superior Accomplishment from UtahASTA and UtahMEA respectively. In 2006 and 2011, Ms. Monday was the winner of the UtahASTA Composition Contest.

Ms. Monday has presented at many state music conferences throughout the USA, as well as numerous national ASTA conferences, The Midwest Clinic, & the Ohio State String Teacher Workshop. She is active as a clinician, guest conductor & adjudicator and has numerous commissions for her work. Her studies in composition & experience in string teaching combine to make her one of the leading contributors to pedagogical repertoire for string players.