Our goal is 100% program enrollment in private lessons! Private lessons offer students a one-on-one opportunity to study with a professional on their instrument. Lessons can offer remedial help if needed, but more importantly offer a chance to advance more rapidly through attention to individual technique and exposure to more material as a faster pace than full band class. Our lesson teachers are highly qualified musicians who have been back ground checked and approved by BISD Fine Arts. They will meet with your child once a week at North Ridge during their band class or before/after school. Lessons are $22 per week payable directly to the teacher. Financial aid is available to students by contacting Ms. Shadman.
Please feel free to contact the teachers below to get more information and schedule your first lesson directly or email a band director to get connected!
Please feel free to contact the teachers below to get more information and schedule your first lesson directly or email a band director to get connected!
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Lauren Davis has been teaching lessons and masterclasses across DFW since 2020, with students in Birdville, Arlington, Fort Worth, Kennedale, and Mansfield ISD. She studied with Dr. Terri Sanchez, and earned her bachelor's in Music Education from UTA in 2021.
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Vicky Murillo |
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Ann Hung, born in Taipei, Taiwan, began her musical studies at a young age, starting with piano at age five and clarinet at age nine. Dr. Hung is an active performer in the Dallas and Fort Worth area who regularly performs in the realms of both the orchestral and chamber music. Dr. Hung is currently teaching in Lewisville ISD, Birdville ISD as private lesson instructor and often plays with the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra and Dallas Chamber Symphony. She is the associate director of the Fort Worth Performances for Autism and co-founder of the Opus Nova Chamber Music Series.
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Mr. Hall is the Bassoon instructor at TCU and has taught private lessons for the students of North Ridge since 2000.
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Rayna DeYoung is a performer and teacher currently based in Texas. An avid performer, Rayna has experience performing as principal with wind ensembles, orchestras, jazz bands, and pit orchestras in Texas, Arkansas, and Massachusetts. Rayna has taught private music lessons for saxophone and piano for six years through programs like the Searcy Community School of Music and the Youth and Family Enrichment Center (YOFES) in Boston. She was also a teaching artist with the New England Conservatory's Community Performances and Partnerships Program and has worked with the music faculty at Margarita Muniz Academy. She currently is the saxophone instructor for the middle and high school saxophone students of Birdville ISD and the Fossil Ridge HS cluster. In 2022, she graduated with her master's degree in saxophone performance at the New England Conservatory, studying under Kenneth Radnofsky. She also attended Harding University where she earned a dual Bachelor of Arts degrees in humanities and a BA in music, studying under Dr. Andrew Cook.
Rayna plays on a Yamaha Custom EX alto and soprano saxophones, with Vandoren Optimum mouthpieces and on Vandoren V12 cane reeds for alto and Legere signature reeds for soprano. |
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Bio coming soon!
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Ramsey MacDonald is a retired band director who taught at the middle and high school levels in the Richardson, Cypress Fairbanks, Allen, and Birdville school districts. He earned a bachelor’s of music education degree and a performance certificate from Southern Methodist University. He studied trombone with Joe H. Dixon Jr., Albert Lube (Houston Symphony Orchestra), and John Kitzman (Dallas Symphony Orchestra). He currently teaches private lessons in Argyle and Birdville ISD. He also teaches masterclasses and serves as a clinician in the DFW area.
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