Frank Howes grew up in Live Oak, FL and became the Band Director at Southwest Jr. High in Lakeland, Florida in 1971 after graduating from the University of Florida. During Howes’ tenure, the Southwest band performed at clinics and workshops, earning superior ratings at music evaluation festivals for eighteen consecutive years. The band also performed at the 39th Mid-West Orchestra and Band Convention in Chicago in 1985 gaining national renown.
Howes became principal at the Lois Cowles Harrison Center for the Visual and the Performing Arts in 1989 and was later named the Senior Director of Fine Arts for Polk County Schools. He served in that position until his retirement in 2010.
Along with Dr. J. Jossim, Howes founded The Hollingsworth Winds in 2003. The group was designed to unite musicians from the local community and provide opportunities for wind players and percussionists to perform high-quality literature in formal concert settings and continues as a performance outlet for many instrumentalists.
Howes served as the president of the Florida Music Educators Association in 2004- 2005. He received the ACE of Hearts award from the Florida Alliance for Arts Education and he is a proud member of the Phi Beta Mu- the International Bandmasters Fraternity. Howes was inducted into the Florida Bandmasters Hall of Fame in 2003.
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