Welcome to UMS Band!

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

Upcoming performances:

Saturday, January 18 – DC-G Jazz Festival

Monday, January 27 – 6th grade band, 7th grade band, and UMS jazz bands concert

Saturday, February 1 – Band summit for grades 7-12

Saturday, February 15 – SCIBA Large Group Contest at Norwalk

Saturday, March 1 – UMS Solo Contest (for participating students)