Private Lesson Staff
Flute
Christian Loaiza
Christine Cleary
Flute
Christine Cleary is a freelance flutist and private flute teacher in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. She has taught flute in Texas since 1997. Christine earned a BM and MM in flute performance from Kent State University and Ohio University. Her teachers have included Julie Sarver, Diane McCloskey, Janet VanGraas and Terri Sundberg. Christine is a past President and festival co-chair of the Texas Flute Society. She also served the National Flute Association as the flute clubs coordinator for five years. She is married to saxophonist Mark Dooly and helped him in the development of the Win-D-Fender and the Picc Pocket. They have two children, Angela and Nathan.
Oboe
Kaycee Ware
Victoria Donaldson
Bassoon
Victoria Donaldson is a bassoonist, educator, and avid chamber musician. A DFW transplant from Charleston, South Carolina, Victoria is excited about growing her teaching studio while she completes her Masters of Music in Performance at the University of North Texas. As a chamber musician, she has served as a guest artist at the Saarburg International Chamber Festival in Saarburg, Germany, and has advanced with the UNT Center Woodwind Quintet to the finals of the Music Teachers National Association Chamber Music Competition. When she is not making reeds, Victoria enjoys spending time with her cat, Raymond.
Dr. Karen Andreas Bronson is adjunct clarinet professor at Texas A&M University-Kingsville. She is the host of the podcast “The Clarinet Pedagogue.” In 2019, she founded The Avenue C Project, a collaborative platform for wind musicians and composers, and has commissioned five pieces for reed trio and one for bass clarinet. She is the founder/co-educator of Virtual Clarinet Camp, online group learning for middle/high school clarinetists.
Dr. Bronson has lectured at National Association of College Wind & Percussion Instructors Conference, Texas A&M Clarinet Colloquium, and ClarinetFest. She's earned a Doctor of Musical Arts from UNT with a related degree in Wind Band Conducting, a Master of Music from University of North Carolina School of the Arts and a Bachelor of Music degree from University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
Dr. Karen Bronson
Dr. Karen Andreas Bronson is adjunct clarinet professor at Texas A&M University-Kingsville. She is the host of the podcast “The Clarinet Pedagogue.” In 2019, she founded The Avenue C Project, a collaborative platform for wind musicians and composers, and has commissioned five pieces for reed trio and one for bass clarinet. She is the founder/co-educator of Virtual Clarinet Camp, online group learning for middle/high school clarinetists.
Dr. Bronson has lectured at National Association of College Wind & Percussion Instructors Conference, Texas A&M Clarinet Colloquium, and ClarinetFest. She's earned a Doctor of Musical Arts from UNT with a related degree in Wind Band Conducting, a Master of Music from University of North Carolina School of the Arts and a Bachelor of Music degree from University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
Clarinet
Kristen Boulet
Clarinet
Kristen Boulet is a 1990 graduate of Texas Tech University in music education. Kristen currently has a studio with over 70 students in Carroll, Northwest, and Lewisville. Her clarinet choirs have gone on to perform at the Music for All festival in Indianapolis and the International Clarinet Festival.
Kristen is an Artist Clinician for Vandoren and Selmer-Paris. She is in her 17th season as a founding member with the Lone Star Wind Orchestra. Kristen founded the North Texas Clarinet Academy and has worked the Tech Band & Orchestra camp for 40 years.
She lives in Roanoke, Texas with her husband and their two children Grace and Michael.
Mike Oien
Trumpet
Kristen Boulet is a 1990 graduate of Texas Tech University in music education. Kristen currently has a studio with over 70 students in Carroll, Northwest, and Lewisville. Her clarinet choirs have gone on to perform at the Music for All festival in Indianapolis and the International Clarinet Festival.
Kristen is an Artist Clinician for Vandoren and Selmer-Paris. She is in her 17th season as a founding member with the Lone Star Wind Orchestra. Kristen founded the North Texas Clarinet Academy and has worked the Tech Band & Orchestra camp for 40 years.
She lives in Roanoke, Texas with her husband and their two children Grace and Michael.
Mike Oien is currently a freelance musician and educator in the DFW metroplex. He began teaching in 1994 while attending graduate school at The University of North Texas and has been teaching trumpet lessons in Southlake since 2004.
Over the years of performing, he has played with a wide variety of groups including The Dallas Jazz Orchestra, The Irving Ballet, The Nevada Opera Association, and The Guy Lombardo Orchestra. With one highlight performing with Cab Calloway.
When he is not practicing, educating, or performing he enjoys woodworking and hanging out with his cat, Fitz.
Trumpet
Grayson Gayle
William Foss
Horn
Mark Scott
Trombone
Mark Scott earned Bachelor of Music degrees in performance and composition at the UNT, and a Master of Music in conducting at the University of New Mexico.
Mark’s broad musical background forms the foundation of a well-rounded curriculum. Lessons balance fundamentals with repertoire to instill a lifelong enthusiasm for music, and include elements of composition, music history, and theory to deepen students’ connections to their music. Mark conducts a trombone choir to supplement lessons, and provides extra performance opportunities for a complete studio experience.Born in Houston, Mark lives in Trophy Club. He spends his free time watching sports, running, and traveling with his wife Sara.
Joel Grizzelle
Trombone
Grant Jameson
Euphonium
Tuba
Nick McConnaughey
Percussion
Jim Boulet
Percussion