IF MUSIC BE THE FOOD OF LOVE

Denise Elam Dauw, a music educator in St.

Louis, will be signing copies of her novel, "If Music Be the Food of

Love". This fiction novel focuses on three ailing women whose lives were
forever changed through the powerful presence of music.  The book covers
multiple generations, from the 1940s to today, and uses a varied repertoire to
directly address how the memories of an Alzheimer’s patient can be momentarily unlocked when music is present. 

Denise holds a M.M. in Music Education from the University of Missouri – St. Louis and a B.M. in Music Education from
Millikin University in Decatur, Illinois. Specializing in instrumental music as
a band director, Ms. Elam Dauw also has experience teaching choir, orchestra,

piano, music history and appreciation, guitar, jazz band, marching band, and
color guard. She is a member of the St. Louis Writer’s Guild, the National
Association for Music Education (NAfME) and volunteers for the St. Louis Chapter
of the Alzheimer’s Association.

Denise was asked in an interview how she
finds the time to write with her demanding job. Her response … “With a
full-time teaching job as a band director and two kids at home, the answer is
coffee! That, and I absolutely love my work teaching music; it is my raison
d'être (my reason for being).”