About Us

Faculty & Staff

We're proud of the experience and qualifications of our teachers.   Please check  out the links below to find out more about our teachers and staff. Please visit our Forest Path Academy page for information on our school instructors.  

Sarah Hames, owner. 


Sarah Hames is the proud owner of Music and More and Forest Path Academy.  Sarah was home-schooled through high school and after working for several years as the manager of a comic book store, attended North Harris College where she received music and academic scholarships and was named Outstanding Music Student of the year.  She then transferred to HBU where she received a full endowed academic scholarship and graduated with honors with a Bachelor of Music in vocal performance, with piano as  her secondary instrument.


Sarah has been playing the piano for about 22 years, and served as the organist and music director/choir director at St. Luke's Lutheran church for a number of years.  


Sarah  completed additional coursework through Kindermusik International to become a fully licensed Kindermusik educator in 1999 and has been teaching Kindermusik ever since.  

 In addition to her teaching schedule at Friendswood Music and More Sarah  loves to sing and is active in theatre-she has been seen in a variety of musicals and roles including  Cinderella in Into the Woods, Johanna in  Sweeney Todd, the Narrator in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and Maria in the Sound of Music.    Most importantly, Sarah is a mother of three beautiful children- Arwen Elizabeth, Nathan Joseph, and little Emma Rebekah.   Sarah is privileged to be able to stay home with her children while sharing her love of music with yours. 

Kawanna Holmann

Band, Piano, Music

Ms. Kawanna comes to Texas from New York. She has a degree in Music Education and Jazz Composition from Five Towns College. Kawanna has performed with the Nassau Symphony, Long Island Pops, Coast Guard Auxiliary Band, and at Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall and Disney World.

Donald Hite

-Violin/Viola (Suzuki), Flute, Band instruments, Band


Donald has been an active musician and music teacher in the Friendswood and Clear Lake areas since 2002.  He taught for 8 years as a private clarinet teacher in the Friendswood and Clear Creek school districts, and in 2008 began teaching Suzuki violin lessons as well.  "I was hooked on the Suzuki method from day one,"  he says.   Currently he is certified in Suzuki books 1, 2, & 4 for violin / viola and plans to be certified in book 3 in the near future.  Donald holds a B.S. in Sociology/Anthropology from the University of Houston Clear Lake.  In addition to social science, he also studied clarinet and violin/viola extensively in college.  He also holds a Texas Educator's Certificate in Music and Early Childhood through Sixth Grade Generalist.   

Don says,  "  I am very passionate about teaching music to children because I know the benefits it will hold for them both in the present and future.  In addition to being fun and challenging, studying music helps children learn important values such as patience, discipline, perseverance, and appreciation of beauty just to name a few."