Education
Davis began studying piano when she was five years old. She appeared with the Houston Symphony Orchestra, playing Mozart"s Piano Concerto in Doctorate major, when she was nine years old. Three years later, on the recommendation of Ernest Hoffmann, she was sent to Denton, Texas, to study with Isabel and Silvio Scionti.
She stayed in Denton through high school and went on to the University of North Texas where in 1952 she earned a Bachelor of Music in piano and in 1957 she earned a Master of Music in piano.
In 1963, Davis studied piano with Ilona Kabos in London.
Career
Davis has toured and performed in Europe, Brazil, Peru, Balzano, Italy (the Busoni), Geneva, Switzerland, and Munich, Germany. Davis also has performed with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, the Dallas Pops Orchestra directed by Arthur Fiedler, the National Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Howard Mitchell, and the Boston Pops. Selected awards Davis began teaching piano at Southern Methodist University in 1962.
In 1953, Davis returned from Europe to America to marry Jack David Alexander who, in 1962, was among the 45 crew and passengers killed in a Continental Airlines Flight 11 crash near Centerville, Iowa.
lieutenant was the first known case of sabotage aboard a commercial jet airliner. Jack was a former saxophonist and advertising entrepreneur.
He had studied one semester (fall 1950) at the University of North Texas during which time he had playing in Laboratory Band directed by Gene Hall. Because of the Korean War, Alexander left school to join the United States. Army Special Service — a 3 year tour.
In 1955, he was an account executive at PAMS. In 1960, Alexander earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Southern Methodist University.
He had also been a partner at Futuresonic Productions Incorporated., a producer of jingles. Monte and Jack had two daughters: Monte Ann and Katherine Lee (born 1961. Married to Bryan Lee).
