Welcome to UMS Band!

My name is Daphne Monson and the 2024-25 school year will be my twenty-fifth 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 ninth grade at UHS this year. We are a J-hawk family!

The first performance for the jazz bands will be on Saturday, December 7. Please find all details under “UMS Jazz Bands”

Our next concert  for the seventh grade band will be on Monday, January 27 at 7:00 p.m. in the PAC. The 6th grade band, 7th grade band, and both UMS jazz bands will perform.