Gabriela Montoya-Stier

Gabriela Montoya-Stier is an elementary music specialist with the Northside
Independent School District in San Antonio, Texas. She received her Bachelor’s
in Music Education from the University of New Mexico and her Master’s in
Music Education from Indiana University, Bloomington, where she completed
Kodály certification with Dr. Jean Sinor and Dr. Alan Strong. She completed her
Orff certification at Trinity University with Chris Judah-Lauder, Julie Scott,
Susan Ramsey, and Bob De Frece. She is the author of El Patio De Mi Casa
Book and CD which is published by GIA. She is also a contributing author to
Music in Elementary Education by John W. Flohr and Valerie Trollinger.
Gabriela has been on the faculty for the Kodály Certification Program at Hays
CISD in Kyle since 2008. Gabriela has presented several times at TMEA, and
was a Texas Invited Clinician in 2013. She has also presented several times at
the OAKE National Conference. Gabriela loves to spend time with her family,
walk her dog Lucy, and spend time in her fiber studio.