The New Horizons Bands of Gulfport, Florida
Our Directors
Ethan Updike ~ Director, Concert Band
Ethan has been the Band Director at Shorecrest Preparatory School since 2015 and assumed the role as Chair of the Upper School Performing Arts in 2021. He received his Bachelor of Music and Master of Music Teaching degrees from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music in Oberlin, Ohio. He also attended Interlochen Arts Camp and Interlochen Arts Academy in Interlochen, Michigan. Ethan is a co-founder of seausrise.org and recently attended the Kansas City Conducting Symposium. Ethan is an active member of FMEA, FBA, and NAfME.
David Pate ~ Director, Jazz Band
David Pate is the Director of the Jazz Band. David received his BA in Music Performance at the University of South Florida with Graduate work at the Manhattan School of Music. He has been the Director of Jazz Studies and Woodwind Instructor the the Pinellas County Center for the Arts for 40 years. David has done many tours within the US and Europe with various Jazz and Rock Festivals.
David Tagliarini ~ Director, Flute Choir
Tampa native David Tagliarini holds a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Florida in Flute Performance, and a Master of Music degree from Indiana University in multiple woodwinds. Mr. Tagliarini has toured the US, Canada, Germany, and Austria performing in Broadway National Tours such as My One and Only, Jekyll and Hyde, Beauty and the Beast, and Evita. Broadway credits include: The Music Man, Jekyll and Hyde, and The Immigrant. After 20 years playing principal flute with Opera Tampa, he now performs regularly with the St. Petersburg Opera, and is Principal Flutist with the Tampa Bay Symphony. David has performed at the Straz Center for over 100 Broadway National tours, including The Book of Mormon, The Phantom of the Opera, Wicked, and Aladdin.
