Mary Monaghan

Biography

Mary Monaghan is currently a doctoral candidate in horn performance with a minor in ethnomusicology, and a University Fellow at the University of Arizona. There, she studies horn with Johanna Lundy. She completed her bachelors of music in performance with Lanette Lopez Compton at Oklahoma State University and her masters of music in performance with Dr. Rachel Hockenberry at Illinois State University. She is currently the fourth horn of the Sierra Vista Symphony in Sierra Vista, AZ and freelances in southern Arizona. In addition to performing, Monaghan teaches horn, trumpet, trombone, and euphonium lessons. She teaches students of all ability levels, from ages 8 to 88. As an ethnomusicologist, Monaghan’s background is in ecomusicology, Latin American music, and applied research. For her doctoral research, she focuses on musical accessibility through culturally responsive teaching and integrating culturally specific music. After serving as an instructor of Film and Television History for a year at the University of Arizona, Monaghan is currently serving as sabbatical replacement for the spring of 2026 semester at Illinois State University, as the Instructional Assistant Professor of Horn. There, she teaches horn lessons, technique classes, studio class, horn choir, and plays with the faculty brass quintet.