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Michael Pote (Carmel, IN) retired as Director of Bands at Carmel High School in 2025 after spending 35 years in music education. Carmel High School’s Wind Symphony 1 performed at the 2005 Midwest Clinic, the 2020 North Central Division CBDNA Conference, numerous state conference performances and clinics, and has been a four-time participant in the Music for All National Concert Band Festival. Wind Symphony 1 is a ten-time ISSMA Concert Band State Champion, including the last seven consecutive years.
The marching band at Carmel High School has been a Bands of America National Finalist 29 consecutive years dating back to 1996 and were the ISSMA State Champions in 1990, 2001, 2002, 2012, 2018, and 2022. CHS is a 29-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.
Pote 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, Pote has presented clinics across the country including The Midwest Clinic, the Texas Music Educators Association Clinic/Convention, the South Carolina Music Educators Association Conference, the Boston Brass Summer Winds Seminar, the North Carolina Music Educators Association Conference, and the Florida Music Educators Association Conference.
Pote 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. His 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.