Orchestra Directors~
Stacy Sip has taught for 24 years. She attended USD for her BME (Bachelors of Music Education) and received her masters from Southwest Minnesota State University. She is married and has one son, Ethan, and twin nieces Riley and Rowan.
Stacy teaches 4th and 5th grade orchestra at SSE (Sonia Sotomayor Elementary). She teaches 6th, 7th and 8th grade orchestra at Edison. She also directs Brio, a select string group made up of 7th and 8th graders that play popular music. |
Shannon Abels is in her 10th year of teaching. She also teaches flute at the University of Sioux Falls. In addition to teaching, she also performs with the Sioux Falls Municipal Band and Northwest Iowa Symphony. She attended Augustana University for her BA in music and social work, and the University of South Dakota for her Masters in Music Performance and History.
Shannon teaches 6th, 7th, and 8th grade orchestra at Edison, and 4th and 5th grade orchestra at Laura Wilder Elementary. |