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This is a district wide program that provides a high quality enhancement to classroom instruction. Teachers are all specialists on their instruments. Most of our teachers are professional musicians in the Houston area and have advanced degrees in the performance of their instruments. Lessons are extremely valuable to the individual student and are highly encouraged.
ALL students are ENCOURAGED to take individualized private instruction.
Teachers are screened and interviewed by the district.
Lessons will be given weekly, preferably during the band classes.
If there is a need for before/after school lessons, every effort will be made to schedule private lessons at times that do not conflict with marching rehearsals, sectionals, or other activities.
Detailed information will be distributed on the private lesson program.
To find a Private Lesson teacher, please fill out this form.
Seon Fujita is a saxophone player and private lesson teacher originally born in Indianapolis, Indiana. Seon grew up in Katy, Texas and is a proud alum of Memorial Parkway Junior High and James E. Taylor High School. Currently studying Music Business at the University of Houston, Seon teaches saxophone students across the Katy area working with over half of the high schools in KatyISD.
Julian Moolchan is the trumpet lesson teacher at Freeman HS. He currently teaches lessons in Katy and Fort Bend ISDs and has past experience in Alvin, Spring and Galena Park ISDs, as well. He has been teaching lessons since 2019, during his time at the University of Houston. He graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Trumpet Performance in 2020 and has been freelancing both as a player and teacher since. Julian enjoys a wide variety of music, his favorites being jazz, classical, Latin and gospel. His favorite trumpet players are Roy Hargrove, Sean Jones and Matthias Höfs. Aside from music, Julian enjoys playing basketball, watching games, going out with friends, and shoes.
Jose Manuel Gomez is a music educator with over 20 years of experience as a performer and teacher. His musical journey began at an early age under the guidance of his grandfather, Antonio José Goitía, and continued at the “Elías David Curiel” Music School and the National System of Youth and Children’s Orchestras of Venezuela.
He furthered his musical education at the “Simón Bolívar” Conservatory of Music and performed with ensembles such as the Falcón Symphony Orchestra and the “Juan Crisóstomo Falcón” Symphonic Band, appearing as a soloist in works by Telemann and Weber.
Throughout his career, he has been deeply committed to music education, teaching clarinet at prestigious institutions such as the Santa Ana de Coro Conservatory of Music, the “Elías David Curiel” Music School, and the National Experimental University “Francisco de Miranda,” where he has contributed to the academic and artistic development of new generations of musicians.
Jo Alanis Barker, Ph.D. is a private lesson instructor and accompanist serving Katy ISD. A graduate of Taylor High School, she has received numerous honors including first division ratings at the Texas State Solo-Ensemble Contest, has performed with the TMEA 6A All-State Symphonic Band and Symphony Orchestra, and recently received an Honorable Mention for the Houston Flute Club's 2025 Denise Jennings competition - Graduate/Teacher/Professional category. Outside of teaching, Jo holds a Ph.D. from Michigan State University in Organizational Psychology and works at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. She lives in Houston with her husband Trey, and their three cats Chicka, Gracie, Sibelius and dog, Poof.
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