Susan Day
Bio:Susan Day holds music degrees from Ithaca College and Columbia University, New York. She has taught strings at all grade levels in Colorado for over 30 years. Her award-winning orchestras were chosen to perform seven times at state and national conventions. In 2000, she received the “Outstanding Teacher of the Year” Award from the American String Teachers Association (ASTA) of Colorado. Besides teaching, she is a composer, arranger, clinician, guest conductor, and violinist with the Lone Tree Symphony. Ms. Day has written more than 100 original, published, educational string works and several commissions. Her music is performed internationally and throughout the U.S. including 16 performances at the Midwest Clinic in Chicago. Among her many awards, she received the Colorado Music Educators Association (CMEA) 25 Year Service Award, 6 Board of Education Awards, numerous ASCAP Plus Awards, and the 2016 Lifetime Service Award from ASTA of Colorado. In 2008, Ms. Day was inducted into the Colorado Music Educators Association (CMEA) Hall of Fame. She is a member of CMEA, ASTA, NAFME, and ASCAP.