Debra Schab
Conductor
Athens Concert Strings

Debra Schab received her Master's degree in violin performance from Western Illinois University and Bachelor's degree in music education from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Mrs Schab enjoys performing and is currently a free-lance violinist/violist with the Atlanta Opera Orchestra, Atlanta Symphony Pops, Savannah Symphony and has performed with the Hilton Head Chamber Orchestra, Augusta, Charleston and Greenville Symphonies. She was a violinist in the Savannah Symphony Orchestra for over 10 years and while living in Savannah served on the educational staff of the Savannah Symphony and directed the Savannah Symphony's Junior String Ensemble. She has taught Suzuki violin for over 22 years and received extensive Suzuki training from Alice Joy Lewis, Kay Sloan and Almita Vamos. She has been a clinician for Suzuki workshops in Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, North Carolina, Illinois and Iowa. Mrs. Schab has taught violin, string methods/pedagogy and directed the Suzuki Program at Armstrong State University in Savannah, Georgia and at Western Illinois University in Macomb, Illinois. She was the director of Suzuki programs at Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois and Monmouth College in Monmouth, Illinois and is currently on faculty of the Morningside College Suzuki Institute and Advanced String Camp in Sioux City, Iowa. Mrs. Schab was a fifth grade beginning orchestra teacher in Clarke County for the past eight years, however this fall she joined the Athens Academy music faculty and teaches orchestra in grades 2,3, 4, 7, 8, and 9-12. In addition to her position at the Academy, Mrs. Schab has an active private studio of over 50 violinists and violists.

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