Richard Sabino - Conductor/Director/Founder

Education

     At age six Richard began his musical training on piano and  trumpet.   In 1973, he received  his Bachelor’s Degree in Music Education and Performance from the University of South Florida.  In 1978, he earned a  Master’s Degree in Arts Administration from the University of Illinois. While in Illinois, he performed as a member of the Springfield Symphony Orchestra and the Millikin University Faculty Brass Quintet.

Management Positions 

     Management positions include: first manager of the Brevard Symphony Orchestra (Florida), assistant manager of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, assistant manager for the Florida Gulf Coast Symphony Orchestra, interim manager for the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, and assistant manager for the Wichita Symphony Orchestra.  Following his work in Wichita he became Program and Festivals Director for the Baton Rouge Arts Council which lead  to  appointment as Executive Director of the River City Festivals Association which was developed from the festivals division of the Baton Rouge Arts Council.  Richard left Baton Rouge to become Executive Director of the Jackson/Hinds County Arts Council.  

     Leaving the field of arts management behind,  Sabino returned to Melbourne in 1990 to begin a career in financial management. As a financial adviser he provided portfolio advice to over 500 households and businesses.  Still a musician, he served as principal trumpet for the Community Band of Brevard and co-principal of the Melbourne Municipal Band. During this time he also served on the boards of the Brevard Symphony Orchestra, the Brevard Symphony Youth Orchestra and the Henegar Center for the Arts .                          

CONDUCTING EXPERIENCE

     At age 16 he began the study of conducting.  Maestro Sabino created Central Florida Winds in 1999 and Central Florida Chamber Winds in 2001. In 2008 he participated in the “Professional Level” of the Michael Palmer International Conducting Workshop with the New Atlanta Philharmonic in the Atlanta.  Since 2012 he has appeared as guest conductor of the National Philharmonic of Ukraine (Dnepropetrovsk) and has twice been guest conductor of the State Academic Concert Orchestra in Kyiv. In 2016 he was the guest conductor in Constantia, Romania of the "Black Sea Orchestra",  and in June 2019 appeared in Paris, France as conductor of the New York Classical Music Society Orchestra. 

     Maestro Sabino  serves as music director and conductor both Central Florida Winds and Chamber Winds, as well as for the Riverside Chamber Orchestra  and Chorale (Cocoa Beach, FL), which he organized in 2012.  He also serves as artistic director for the Dr. Vernon Boushell Concert Series in Cocoa Beach, FL.