Central Florida Winds 2023-2024 Concert Schedule

 Central Florida Winds opens its 2023 to 2024 season concert with Colors of Fall a wonderfully colorful and exciting concert! The signature piece of the concert is Colors, by Bert Appermont, and features our lead trombonist, Ian Schwindt, band director for Titusville High School. The concert continues with a rousing Zampa Overture by Ferdinand Hérold, Haydn Wood’s sweeping Mannin Veen, the very Latin and fun Danza No.2 by Arturo Márquez that will have you swaying in your seats, a light & lively Handel in the Strand by Percy Grainger, and Glory of the Yankee Navy by America’s March King, John Philip Sousa, who composed this piece for a Broadway musical. We look forward to seeing you at the concert! 

Ian Schwindt teaches instrumental music at Titusville High School where he has served for the last twenty-five years. During his tenure, the program has doubled in size and significantly expanded its musical offerings including a full orchestra, AP music theory, and an active chamber ensemble program.  Through these years THS has been named a Music Demonstration School twice and a Model Arts School by the State of Florida and has earned multiple FMEA enrollment awards. Titusville ensembles consistently earn Superiors at MPAs and have performed at the FMEA President’s Concert and the Stetson Invitational.  

Ian has served as the conductor of the Brevard County Youth Orchestra Symphony and Symphony director for the Creative Young Artists. He also conducts Melodies and Masterpieces each year. Ian remains active as a clinician and adjudicator for both FBA and FOA across the state. He regularly conducts many select ensembles including the Florida State University Summer Music Camps, Honor Bands in Tennessee and Kansas and All-County groups state-wide. 

Ian serves in several school and district leadership positions including Department Chair, Brevard County Music Leadership Team and the Brevard County Music Advisory Board. He was elected to serve two terms as FBA District Chairman as well as being appointed as the All-State chair for six years and as a board member of the FSMA state board for four years.  He is currently serving on the FMEA board and the FBA Music Committee. He is the immediate past president of the Florida Bandmasters Association. 

As a trombonist, Ian stays active playing with multiple central Florida ensembles including Central Florida Winds, Central Florida Brass Band, Southern Winds, and Hot Pink. He also keeps an active trombone studio. Ian’s students have gained entry to multiple all-county and all-state groups as well as prestigious universities including New England Conservatory of Music, San Francisco Conservatory, Curtis Institute of Music, Cleveland Institute of Music, Yale, Florida State University and Stetson. He currently serves as the professor of trombone at Bethany Lutheran College.

Ian’s awards include being named the 2016-2017 Florida Music Education Association Secondary Music Educator of the year, 2020 Sousa Foundation Legion of Honor inductee, National Band Association Citation for Excellence, the FBA Oliver Hobbs Award, the FBA Tom Bishop award, and Titusville High School Teacher of the Year. Ian’s professional affiliations include FMEA, FBA, FOA and Phi Beta Mu.