Our story

Dedicated to change.

Monique Dacheff founded Artistic Education Company in 2006, driven by "grit" and determination. Spanning 3 decades in the music industry, Monique is a professional recording artist, educator, songwriter, producer, and jazz singer as Monique Daché holding advanced degrees in music and education.  A Boston’s Berklee Alumni (00’), holding a Bachelor’s degree in Professional Music, Music Therapy, as well as, Master’s degree in Education and doctorate in K-12 Education.

Her work over the years has led us to working closely with under-served communities, historic cultural centers, and school districts giving us a unique edge as a mobile studio. This mobility emboldens our outreach enrichment agenda and turns into our annual concert series called the Monique Daché Austin Jazz Glitz & Glam Concert. Our concert series bring together local musicians, dancers, visual artists from around the world, in support of the company’s mission and in turn we work with the artistic community to promote their work, networking efforts, and augmenting their existing fan base beyond the community.

Between 2015 and 2022, her concerts and youth programming were supported, in part, by the Cultural Arts Division of the City of Austin Economic Development Department.