This clinic will showcase practical strategies for incorporating the HD-300 into the instrumental classroom through both discussion and hands-on demonstration. Educators of all experience levels will gain useful, ready-to-apply insights.
Target Audience
Band Directors
Additional Notes
Clinician Info
Mike Pote
YAMAHA
Michael Pote retired as Director of Bands at Carmel High School (Carmel, IN) in 2025 after
spending 35 years in music education. 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.
Carmel High School’s Wind Symphony 1 performed at the 2005 Midwest Band and Orchestra
clinic, the 2020 North Central Division CBDNA Conference, numerous state conference
performances and clinics and has been a 4-time participant in the Music For All National
Concert Band Festival. Wind Symphony 1 is a 10-time ISSMA Concert Band State Champion
including the last 7 consecutive years.
The marching band at Carmel High School has been a Bands of America National Finalist 27
consecutive years dating back to 1996 and were the ISSMA State Champions in 1990, 2001,
2002, 2012, 2018 and 2022. CHS is a 28-time Bands of America Regional Champion and were
named the Bands of America Grand National Champions in 2005, 2012, 2016, 2017, 2018 and
2022.
The Carmel band program has received the National Band Association Program of Excellence
Blue Ribbon Award as well as being a two-time recipient of the prestigious Sudler Shield.
Michael was a music ensemble consultant for the Cadets Drum and Bugle Corps during the
2022 and 2023 seasons and is currently on the brass staff of the Cavaliers Drum and Bugle
Corps. A clinician for the Yamaha Master Educator Collective, Michael has presented clinics
across the country including the Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic, the Texas Music
Educators Association Convention, the South Carolina Music Educators Conference, 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 2021 and in
2019 was awarded the Phi Beta Mu Indiana Chapter Outstanding Bandmaster. Michael’s three
wind ensemble method books, “Process”,“Ensemble: an integrated approach to the Yamaha
Harmony Director” and “The Pure-Tempered Bach” are published through Fannin Music
Productions