Abigail Judy

Ms. Abigail Judy is the band director at Mead High School in Longmont, Colorado. This will be Ms. Judy's 6th year teaching at MHS and her 3rd year as the head band director. Ms. Judy teaches Marching Band, Advanced Jazz Band, Symphonic Band, Unified Percussion Ensemble, and AP Music Theory. Prior to her position at MHS, Ms. Judy taught elementary band in Pennsylvania. Ms. Judy earned a Bachelors in Music Education from Penn State University, and she attended Penn State for one year after her graduation to complete a performance certificate in trombone performance. While at Penn State, Mark Lusk was her primary trombone instructor. Other notable teachers include Marko Marcinko (jazz) and Velvet Brown (tuba/euphonium). Ms.Judy also played under the baton of Dennis Glocke and Gerardo Edelstein. In addition to performing with the bands and orchestras at Penn State, Ms. Judy also performed in the treble choir, Orianna Singers, directed by Jayne Glocke. Ms. Judy is a graduate of the Schreyer Honors College and completed her senior thesis titled "High School Music Theory: Perceptions of the AP Music Theory Exam's Influence on Teaching and Learning." She had the opportunity to present her thesis at the 2017 PMEA conference in Erie, PA. As of 2025, Ms. Judy is completing her final year of her Master's Degree at the American Band College of Central Washington University. When not teaching or playing trombone, Ms. Judy likes to read, run, and spend time in the great outdoors in her current home state of Colorado.