Private Lessons are a great opportunity we have in Cy-Fair ISD.  To become the best player you can be, first you have to spend time, by yourself, practicing.  However, with private instruction from an instrument specialist, your practice time will become more efficient and more effective.  Having the one on one time will give you extra input and information about playing that you just can’t get from large class instruction.  Private Lessons are great for the student who is already working hard and wants to excel even more.

Private lessons are strongly recommend by the band directors.  The lessons will benefit the individual student as a player, as well as the entire band program.  As the Smith Middle School Band program develops more and more great players, all of our bands will improve.  That happens one student at a time, becoming the best player that they can be. When our bands are better, everyone benefits because we are able to play more fun and challenging music that kids and parents love.

Private Lessons are held once each week and last for 30 minutes.  Times are can be as early as 3:30 and go as late as 7:30.  They will be held either at the Smith Band Hall or across the street at the Cypress Ranch Band Hall, as the two programs sometimes share teachers.  The day and location that you take lessons will be determined by your teacher, as the teachers usually only come out once each week.

In Cy-Fair ISD, the Private Lesson Program is run by the district.  All private teachers are district employees.  The teachers will have an attendance sheet that students will sign each time they take a lesson.  The district will bill the parents once each month for however many lessons the student took, and the district will pay the teacher.

The lessons cost is based upon the level of your child's private lesson teacher. Level 1 is $23 (taught by staff with the fewest years of teaching experience). Level 2 is $26 (taught by staff with several years of experience, university music graduates, sometimes graduate university students pursuing advanced degrees in music). And finally, Level 3 is $29 (taught by our most experienced staff and/or those with very advanced degrees or professional performing/teaching experience).  

How do you sign up? See below:

Since the private lessons program is run by CFISD, there is one hoop you have to jump through in order to get signed up. The good news is that it's super easy! 

Step 1: Enroll

• All interested students must enroll into the private lessons program (form hyperlinked below). The enrollment form and a $25 one-time enrollment fee is due to Mr. Davis, our private lessons liaison. Once received, Mr. Davis will send the form and payment to Ms. Lauren Wilson, CFISD's Private Lessons Secretary. Once enrollment is complete, we will receive approval to share your contact information with our private lesson instructor. It is then their responsibility to contact you (parents) and set up a weekly lesson time. 

Step 2: Schedule weekly lesson time with instructor (Mr. Davis will assign your student a teacher, and that private lessons teacher will reach out directly to you to set up the weeekly lesson time)

Step 3: Attend consistently and pay on time

QUESTIONS? Please contact Mr. Davis at christopher.davis@cfisd.net