Staff
Joe Kelly - Director
Joseph Kelly is a 2000 graduate of San Jose State University with a bachelor’s in French horn performance with an emphasis in music education. In 1998, he was hired to coach the marching band at Fremont High School in Sunnyvale and was hired in 2000 to the full-time staff shortly after receiving his Teaching Credential from SJSU. In his time at Fremont, the instrumental program has expanded from about 34 students to over 200 students in three full size Concert Bands, two String Orchestras, Marching Band, Winter Guard, Winter Percussion, and Jazz Band. His groups consistently receive high ratings at festivals, competitions and concerts.
Professionally, Mr. Kelly served on the Board for the California Music Educators Association Bay Section representing all of northern Santa Clara County. He also served as the Vice President (4 years) and President (3 years) of the Santa Clara County Band Director’s Association helping to run and organize the annual County Honor Band. He is currently the immediate Past President and still serves on the Board and is the current site host for the annual honor band auditions in December. In 2006, Mr. Kelly Guest conducted the Lake & Mendocino Counties Honor Band up in Ukiah.
Mr. Kelly still performs on a regular basis on both his French Horn and conducting. He is the current Principal Horn player for the San Jose Wind Symphony and a section member of the Cambrian Symphony Orchestra. Additionally, he performs numerous musical theater productions in the south bay, primarily with South Bay Musical Theater, West Valley Light Opera, and Sunnyvale Community Players. He is a two-time TBA (Theater Bay Area) Finalist as “Best Music Director” for his music direction in SBMT’s 2018 production of "The Hunchback of Notre Dame” and SBMT's 2019 production of "Thoroughly Modern Millie." He is also a member of the “4+1 Brass Quintet” and “SUITE Woodwind Quintet.”
He lives in Cupertino with his wife, Deborah, and his two beautiful daughters, Hannah (13) and Sophia (11). He remains forever grateful of their unending support.
Jenny Ugale - Music Caption Head
Casey Tessier - Percussion Caption Head
Garrett Moya - Color Guard Director
Garrett Moya first joined color guard during his freshman year winter season in 2011 at Fremont High School (Sunnyvale, CA). He originally joined to perform alongside his best friend since the second grade, but then continued with the activity ever since.
Immediately following his high school color guard experience, Garrett marched with Dynasty Winter Guard (San Jose, CA) in 2015 and 2016, where he helped to win two CCGC Independent Open Class Championships. After that, Garrett then went on to march with the Blue Devils B Corps (Concord, CA) in the summer of 2016 and helped to win their fifth-time DCI Open Class Championship. Following that in the summer of 2017, Garrett then aged out with the Blue Devils A Corps (Concord, CA) and helped to win their eighteenth-time DCI World Championship.
Along with being a performer, Garrett also began teaching as a color guard tech in 2014 at Westmont High School (Campbell, CA). Following that in 2016, Garrett then was a color guard tech and later became the color guard director in 2018 at his alma mater, Fremont High School (Sunnyvale, CA).
Along with continuing to direct the Fremont High School Color Guard, Garrett also recently marched with Imbue Winter Guard (Modesto, CA) during the 2020 winter season, graduated with his Bachelor’s Degree in Liberal Studies at San Francisco State University (San Francisco, CA) in the Spring of 2020, and has begun to teach as a color guard tech at Dublin High School (Dublin, CA) during the 2021-2022 school year.
As a proud alumni of the Fremont High School Color Guard, Garrett is very grateful for the opportunity to now lead the program and is excited for what’s to come!