Clinician • Consultant • Conductor • Composer/Arranger
Clinics & Consulting
Clinic
Titles
The Yamaha Harmony Director
Advanced techniques for creating ensemble clarity
Teaching on the X/Y Axis
Isolating skills for an efficient rehearsal process
Teaching From The Light
Crafting positive, student led feedback
less Is more
Creating an Ensemble Basics program that really works
Centering Your Program
The unbalanced approach!
Ensemble Basics Session
1.5 - 3 HOURS
Using a student ensemble, strategies and techniques will be discussed and demonstrated to help the staff further develop the basics skills of the wind ensemble. Concepts discussed will be applicable to concert groups, marching ensembles, chamber groups, etc. With input from the staff, a concise and achievable ensemble basics plan will be developed for the entire year.
Program
Consultation
Services
Concert Literature
Rehearsal Clinic
2 - 4 HOURS
With an emphasis on applying basic, achievable ensemble skills, chosen literature will be rehearsed and a plan for achievement throughout process developed. Melodic, harmonic and rhythmic excerpts will be chosen to demonstrate concept of “isolating skills” to achieve ensemble clarity over the rehearsal process.
Total Program Rehearsal day
6 - 8 HOURS
Concepts from the Ensemble Basics Session and the Concert Rehearsal Clinic will be presented throughout the school day including all levels of ensembles in the learning process. After each rehearsal session rehearsal concepts and areas of improvement will be discussed with entire staff to help develop a program development plan for the future.
Total Program Mentorship
3 - 4 site visits during mentorship period, periodic video check ins, consistent correspondence regarding program development and improvement
This mentorship will follow the entire program throughout a period of time (school year) evaluating, planning and incorporating rehearsal concepts and program development concepts. The staff and clinician will interact regularly to adjust and evaluate improvement and developmental needs of the program. Additional clinicians with specific skill sets may also possibly be incorporated dependent on need. The curriculum and content of the mentorship will be specifically tailored to the program’s needs.
DroneMap and Tuning
Curriculum Creation
DroneMaps allow you to pinpoint tuning centers and drone settings to use while rehearsing harmonic structure in concert works and marching band wind books. Have custom tuning curriculum created for the works you have chosen.
All clinics and CONSULTING can be tailored to the needs of you and your program!
Michael Pote is an exemplary music educator in every sense of the word. His attention to detail and extensive knowledge base allows him the utmost excellence with all of his musical journeys. I have watched him work with concert and pageantry ensembles as well as provide educational clinics at conferences. His incredible success with all these endeavors is driven by his strong interpersonal communication skills and his thoughtful and hard- working style. I have also had the pleasure of adjudicating groups in which he has arranged the musical portion of the program. Mr. Pote’s understanding of the ensembles strengths and weaknesses coupled with fabulous communication with the entire design team brings about outstanding results that is sensitive to the needs of all student musicians while balancing all of their individual program demands.
Beth A Fabrizio
Fabrizio’s Musical Concepts
“Michael is an educator first and foremost who has developed a system of solutions using the Harmony Director. He has a unique ability to quickly assess a program at any level and develop clear and concise strategies to significantly improve your ensemble.”
“Michael is one of the best in the business when it comes to implementing the Yamaha Harmony Director in the band rehearsal. Getting to watch him implement and explain how to use his Ensemble exercises has really changed how I approach our band rehearsals everyday!”
“The moment I began utilizing the HD-300 in rehearsals with my high school group, as well as implementing the valuable tips and tricks shared by Michael Pote in his clinics, my students’ ability to listen has grown by leaps and bounds! They are able to predict intonation and pitch tendencies and make adjustments before problems arise.”
