Techniques and tips will be discussed for utilizing the Yamaha HD-300 in all aspects of rehearsal. Learn how to incorporate drones and DroneMaps into your concert literature to create better balance, tone and tuning.
Michael Pote
- Biographical Information
Michael Pote has been Director of Bands at Carmel High School (Carmel, IN) since 2013 after spending 20 years serving as Associate Director of Bands. The band program at Carmel High School serves nearly 600 students with 6 concert bands, 5 jazz ensembles, marching band, chamber ensembles, private lesson program, percussion ensembles and 3 winter color guards.
A clinician for the Yamaha Master Educator program, Michael has presented clinics
across the country including the Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic, The Texas Music
Educators Association Convention, the Boston Brass Summer Winds Seminar, the North
Carolina Music Educators Conference, Florida Music Educators Association and the Arizona
Music Educators Association. Michael was elected to membership in the American Band
Masters Association in 2022 and in 2019 was awarded the Phi Beta Mu Indiana Chapter Outstanding Bandmaster Award. Michael’s three wind ensemble method books, “Process”,
“Ensemble: an integrated approach to the Yamaha Harmony Director