Welcome to UMS Band!
My name is Daphne Monson and the 2023-24 school year will be my twenty-fourth year of teaching at Urbandale Middle School. An alumna of Urbandale High School, I received my Bachelor of Music Education from Morningside College in Sioux City. I spent one year teaching middle school band in the LeMars Community School District before coming back home to J-Hawk Country. My husband, Brent, teaches in the Recess program at Urbandale High School, and my daughter will be in eighth grade at UMS this year. We are a J-hawk family!
Our performance calendar can be found at the right under “8th Grade Concert Band”. Please mark dates on your calendar now – EVERY student is an important member of our band!
UPCOMING DATES:
May 7 – UMS/UHS Jazz Bands Concert
May 14 – UMS Band Concert (grades 6-8)
8th Grade Concert Band
May 14 Concert Information - Spanish
May 14 Concert Information - Burmese
UMS Band Performance Calendar 2023-24
Optional private lesson program sign-up
8th Grade Skills Checklist.Percussion
UMS Jazz Bands
May 7 Jazz Band Concert - Spanish
Useful links
- Note Reading Help
- Urbandale Band Staff
- Practicing Tips