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Private Lessons are available for all instruments. We firmly believe Private Lessons are the best way to improve on your instrument. We have an amazing staff of professional musicians/ educators ready to share their expertise with our students. Last year we had about 73% of band students enrolled in lessons. We would love to raise that percentage this year! (Percussion will contact Mr. Bingaman for percussion lessons.) If you have already scheduled your private lessons with your teacher, then please disregard! Once I have received your form response, I will forward it to the corresponding lesson teacher for them to get in contact with you. Please note that the NISD mandated Private Lesson rate has increased to $25 per lesson. This is paid directly to the lesson teacher. To keep up with the rate of inflation, our Fine Arts department has worked very hard to keep our Private Lesson teachers paid fairly to support their livelihood. If you are interested in a Private Lesson scholarship, please let me know! Our Fine Arts department will provide a $15 scholarship on private lessons, bringing your cost down to $10 per lesson. These scholarship opportunities are limited, so if you need some financial assistance for lessons, please let me know soon. If you have any questions, please let me know! ~ Rothman Tafel
Flute/Piccolo
Julie Convery
Flute/Piccolo
Credentials
- Bachelor of Music in Flute Performance - Southwestern University, Georgetown, TX
- Master of Music Education in Flute Pedagogy - University of North Texas, Denton, TX
Contact Information
- Email: convery.julie@gmail.com
Kaitlin Jones
Flute
Credentials
- MM in Flute Performance from the University of Michigan; 2019
- BA in Music from the University of Arkansas Fort Smith; 2017
Contact Information
- Email: kaitlin.jones19@gmail.com
- Phone: (479) 926-6924
Oboe
Dr. Laura Shouha
Contact Information
- Email: drlauraoboe1@gmail.com
- Phone: (972) 539-6615
Melissa Bosma
Contact Information
- Email: melissabosmaoboe@gmail.com
- Phone: (972) 998-5149
Clarinet
Kristen Boulet
Contact Information
- Email: kjboulet67@gmail.com
- Phone: (817) 800-2263
Kristen Boulet is a graduate of Texas Tech University, 1990. Where she received her bachelor’s degree in music education. She was a woodwind major with clarinet as her principal. She is currently in her 35th year as a music educator, clinician, and a performing artist. Kristen has her degree in Music Education K-12 and has studied clarinet with Forest Aten, Keith McCarty, Robert Wazel, Greg Raden, and Andy Crisanti. She also minored in percussion and studied with Brian Kendrick and Dr. Lisa Rogers.
Mrs. Boulet began her career as a band director working with middle and high school students in the Burleson ISD and Lewisville ISD where her program grew to over 400 students at Huffines Middle School in the Lewisville ISD.
She just finished her 47th year to be involved with the Texas Tech Band and Orchestra Camp. She teaches the master classes and sectionals at the camp. Her first year as a camper was 1978.
Kristen is in her 21st season as a founding member with the Lone Star Wind Orchestra under the direction of Eugene Corporon. She is also the Lone Star Youth Winds Manager where she facilitates and works with 65 of the best DFW youth musicians. They work with world famous composers such as Omar Thomas, John Mackey, Frank Ticheli, Julie Giroux and Carol Chambers. They performed at Carnegie Hall in 2024 to an exceptional review.
She performs as a free-lance musician across the metroplex with other symphonies and pit orchestras. She is a performing Artist-Clinician for Vandoren and provides clinics for directors and students across the country. Kristen has traveled across the great state of Texas and across the USA where she has performed as a guest soloist.
Kristen currently has a thriving private clarinet studio where she works with over 80 students each year in the Carroll and Northwest ISD’s. Kristen has had many clarinet ensembles that have gone on to perform at different conventions such as Music for All, TSSEC, and ICA. Kristen has had numerous students make the TMEA All-State organization yearly, go on to be performing clarinetists and music educators.
She is a member of TBS, MPE, ICA, and TMEA. She lives in Roanoke, Texas with her husband Jim (Retired Director of Bands) and their two children Grace and Michael. Her children are her greatest joys. Her daughter Grace is a Graduate of Texas Tech. She plays piccolo and flute, was the president of the Goin Band, was in the Kappa Delta sorority and is now pursuing a degree in Nursing. Her son Michael is a graduate of Northwest high school and is attending Principia College to pursue his baseball and business career.
Saxophone
Dr. Sterling Fry
Credentials
- DMA Saxophone Performance; Texas Tech University 2018
- MM Saxophone Performance; University of New Mexico 2015
- BM Saxophone Performance; California State University Long Beach 2010
Contact Information
- Email: sterlingfry@gmail.com
Luke Davis
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Bassoon
Anthony Adario
Credentials
- MM Bassoon Performance: University of Texas at Austin, class of 2019
- BM Bassoon Performance: Northwestern University, class of 2017
Contact Information
Trumpet
Jonah Moss
Contact Information
- Email: jonahmoss0@gmail.com
Darin Northam
Contact Information
- Email: darin.northam@icloud.com
- Phone: (682) 597-4573
Trombone
Mark Scott
Credentials
- Bachelor of Music, trombone, University of North Texas (2008)
- Master of Music, conducting, University of New Mexico (2010)
Contact Information
- Email: mrobertscott@gmail.com
- Phone: (817) 823-1973
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