Staff

Frank Felice is the Director of Bands and Coordinator of Fine Arts for Little Elm ISD. Since arriving in Little Elm ISD, the band program has more than tripled in enrollment district-wide, with the Little Elm High School Band seeing a five hundred percent growth since 2004. Mr. Felice’s bands have competed in the Best in Class Championships in the Meyerson Symphony Center, National Adjudicators Invitational Festival in San Antonio, the All-American Music Festival in Orlando, Magic Music Days in Orlando, the Breckenridge Music Festival, and the Gulfcoast Showcase of Music in South Padre. Mr. Felice’s bands have received both UIL Sweepstakes Awards and “Superior” ratings throughout Texas and Louisiana.

At Little Elm High School, Mr. Felice is responsible for teaching the Lobo Marching Band, Wind Ensemble, Concert Band, as well as AP Music Theory. As part of the staff’s team teaching philosophy, Mr. Felice also teaches the trombone students at the Powell Sixth Grade Center, as well as overseeing all aspects of the band program district-wide.

Mr. Felice has served as a guest honor band conductor, adjudicator, marching clinician, drill instructor, low brass technician, and summer band conductor.

Frank Felice is also the Associate Conductor of the premier civic ensemble in the DFW metroplex, the Metropolitan Winds. In this role, he serves both as conductor and performer on euphonium. Mr. Felice has also performed throughout the DFW area as a guest performer on euphonium, trombone, and tuba.

Mr. Felice received both his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from Louisiana State University and holds membership in the Texas Bandmasters Association and the Texas Music Educators Association. Mr. Felice and his wife, Ginger, are most proud of their two wonderful children, Claire Isabella and Ryan Andrew Felice.

Celestino Sosa is currently the Assistant Band Director at Little Elm High School and Director of the Little Elm Color Guard and Winter Guard programs. Prior to coming to Little Elm, Mr. Sosa taught for two years at Cleburne High School where his bands made 1st division ratings in marching, as well as being a finalist in the Area 4A Marching Contest in 2005. Under his direction the Cleburne Winter Guard won the Silver Medal in the NTCA Scholastic AAA division. While in DeSoto ISD for nine years, Mr. Sosa’s symphonic bands were awarded numerous 1st division ratings in concert and sight.reading, Outstanding Band Awards at Sandy Lake Festival, DC Festivals, and the All-American Music Festival in Orlando.

He was also part of the Directing Staff for the 1995 UIL State Marching Band Finalist in Class 5A as well as the 2002 Tournament of Roses Parade. His color guard and winter guard program, known as DeSoto “Alliance,” took many outstanding color guard award captions in marching contest and winter guard, which include the 2000 & 2001 NTCA Scholastic Championships and was a 3 time WGI Scholastic A Imperial Division Semi-finalist at the World Championships.

Prior to DeSoto, he taught at Belton high school where his concert bands were a consistent UIL 1st division band. He began his first band directing position at Rancier Middle School in Killeen, Texas in 1992. Mr. Sosa has been an adjudicator, instructor, choreographer, and consultant for many bands and color guards throughout the state of Texas which include Belton, Burnet, Canton, DeSoto, Killeen and Midland Lee to name a few. This will be Mr. Sosa’s 14th year teaching in the public schools and the 25th year consulting in the band and Color guard arena. Mr. Sosa currently resides in Midlothian, Texas. He is a member of the TMEA, TBA, NTCA, and TMAA associations.

Mike O’Glee is the band director at Lakeside Middle School. He also team teaches beginners at Colin Powell Sixth Grade Center. Mr. O’Glee has been with Little Elm ISD for 13 years with the last 6 years in his current position. Prior to coming to Little Elm Mr. O’Glee spent 2 years as head band director in Van Alstyne ISD and 8 years in Carrollton Farmer Branch ISD with 5 of those years as head director at Dewitt Perry Junior High and 3 years as assistant director at Newman Smith High School.

During a musical career that has spanned the last 30 years Mr. O’Glee taught privately in the DFW area as well as adjudicated many solo and ensemble contests at both UIL and ISD levels. Early in his career Mr. O’Glee did marching band show design and marching clinics in the North Texas area. His bands over the years have been awarded many first divisions as well as several Sweepstakes awards. As a tuba player, Mr. O’Glee has played professionally in the DFW area since 1977 which includes many years of performing at public events such as Rangers, Cowboys, and Maverick games. In the world of Traditional Jazz he has performed extensively at Art festivals, Jazz festival, and private functions.

During his years at Little Elm ISD Mr. O’Glee has had the privilege to act as Master of Ceremonies at numerous district and community functions and presently enjoys spending leisure time with his family and friends living on Lake Lewisville.

Daniel Barber is the Assistant Band Director at Lakeside Middle School. He teaches the Concert Band and assists Mr. O’Glee with the Symphonic Band. At the high school, Mr. Barber assists Mr. Felice and Mr. Sosa with the marching band in the fall and the jazz band in the spring. In addition, Mr. Barber teaches the beginning band students at Powell Sixth Grade Center along with Mr. O’Glee and Mr. Gee.

Mr. Barber’s teaching career spans 12 years, including three previous years with Little Elm, and two years in the Princeton ISD. During his previous tenure here in Little Elm, as well as in Princeton, Mr. Barber’s bands scored the highest ratings possible on a consistent basis. Prior to teaching band, Mr. Barber worked as a private lesson teacher throughout the North Dallas area, as well as teaching master classes at the ISD level.

Mr. Barber is also a very accomplished trumpet player. As a high school student, Mr. Barber was a member of the Louisiana High School All-State Band for four years. Immediately after graduation, Mr. Barber won the principal trumpet chair in the National Band Association’s Honors Symphonic Winds, held during the summer of 1988 in Knoxville, TN, conducted by Frederick Fennell. Upon entering college at Louisiana State University, Mr. Barber spent four out of five years as the principal trumpet player in the LSU Wind Ensemble. In addition, during the spring of 1993, Mr. Barber was awarded the principal trumpet chair in the Louisiana Intercollegiate Honor Band, comprised of the finest college musicians in the state. While in Baton Rouge, Mr. Barber spent two years playing in the Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra. Upon moving to the Dallas area, Mr. Barber spent 2 years playing 2nd trumpet in the Texas Wind Symphony, and has also played 1st trumpet for a total of 8 years in the Metropolitan Winds of Dallas.

Mr. Barber and his wife of 14 years, Christy, reside in Savannah. Daniel and Christy are blessed to have two wonderful children, Caitlyn and Christopher, who are 12 and 10 years old. Mr. Barber is very excited to return to the Little Elm ISD and looks forward to working with the band students at all levels.

Donald Gee, a 35 year veteran educator, is a native Texan, a product of the public school systems of both Texas and Louisiana. He received both the Bachelor’s of Music Education and Master’s of Music Education degrees at the University of Louisiana-Monroe. Mr. Gee’s teaching career began in 1976 with the Ouachita Parish School System in Monroe, Louisiana where he taught twenty years, the final fifteen with the prestigious Ouachita Parish High School Bands. He then held the positions of Director of Bands with the Mesquite ISD, and, most recently, the Garland ISD.

Bands under his direction have earned consistent superior ratings at the district, region, and state levels. Individual students within these programs distinguished themselves with numerous all-district, all-region, and all-state honors. In 1987, the Ouachita Parish HS band won the large-class division of the Six Flags Invitational, and in 1988, were a featured performing group at the CBDNA-NBA convention. Mr. Gee was awarded in 1988, the NBACitation of Excellence, and in 1990, he was named as the youngest inductee into the BandWorld “Legion of Honor”. He has been listed five times, via student nomination, with the Who’s Who in Education organization. Under his direction, and the direction of the two immediate predecessors, the OPHS bands received 32 consecutive sweepstakes ratings at the district and state levels. In demand as a clinician and adjudicator, these travels have taken him into the states of Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Mississippi, South Carolina, and Florida.

An avid hobbyist, Mr. Gee’s pastimes include travel, photography, boating, scuba, and gardening. As an oboist and woodwind specialist, he is in demand as a free-lance performer and as a consultant.

Ray Hale has taught percussion in the Little Elm School District for the last four years. Mr. Hale graduated from Lamar University with a B.S. in Music and Masters in Music. For the last twenty years he has played in the Dallas, Fort Worth Metroplex in various musical settings. As well as playing professionally, Mr. Hale has taught private lessons extensively. He has performed with artists such as Rusty Weir, John Anderson, The Platters, and Smokin-Joe Kubek as well as the Beaumont, Irvine, and Richardson Symphonies.

Mr. Hale offers a well balanced approach to his teaching by incorporating all styles of music for the drum set, mallets, and all percussion instruments. He has had much success as a drum-line instructor and clinician in the North Texas area.