Doris Gazda

Doris Gazda is an American author of string music.

Doris Gazda, a graduate of the Eastman School of Music and Penn State University, taught for many years as a string specialist in the Montgomery County, Maryland, public schools. Most recently, she was a faculty Associate at Arizona State University. She has served nationally as Secretary for the American String Teachers Association, President of the National School Orchestra Association and Member-at-Large for ASTA with NSOA.

She received the 2003 Alumni Achievement Award from the School of Arts and Architecture at Penn State University.In the spring of 2006 she was appointed String Editorial Consultant for Carl Fischer Music.

An abbreviated list of Doris Gazda's books:

High Tech for Strings: Bass by Doris Gazda Softcover, Carl Fischer Music Dist, ISBN 0825841747 (0-8258-4174-7)

High Tech for Strings: Cello by Doris Gazda Softcover, Carl Fischer Music Dist, ISBN 0825841739 (0-8258-4173-9)

High Tech for Strings: Viola by Doris Gazda Softcover, Carl Fischer Music Dist, ISBN 0825841712 (0-8258-4171-2)

More editions of High Tech for Strings: Viola:High Tech for Strings: Viola: Softcover, Carl Fischer Music Dist, ISBN 0825841720 (0-8258-4172-0)

In 2008 she was awarded the Sigma Alpha Iota honor of Member Laureate - an initiated member of the Fraternity who has achieved international distinction in the music profession.

Volunteer activities include helping with ASTA projects, participating in the Phoenix SAI Alumni Chapter activities, visiting schools in the Phoenix, AZ area and volunteering as a teacher assistant at a school in Mesa, AZ. Doris is co-director of a New Horizons Orchestra in Mesa, AZ. This orchestra is made up of older adults who wish to get back to playing now that they have time in retirement.