Wilkinson MS, Frisco ISD
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Cody Smith is currently Head Director of Orchestras at Wilkinson Middle School in Frisco ISD in Frisco Texas.
Before moving to Texas in the summer of 2020, Cody directed the Panama City Youth Orchestra (in Panama City, FL) for seven years and taught general music, choir, and strings at Northside Elementary School. He was one of three founders of the Panama City Youth Orchestra and assisted in reestablishing the Northwest Florida Symphony Youth Orchestra
in Niceville, Florida in conjunction with Northwest Florida State College after the group dissolved in 2015. Actively advocating for string education, Cody’s school in Panama City was the only school to have an established string program in Bay County. Cody was regarded as one of the foremost experts on youth orchestras and starting/growing orchestra programs in the Florida panhandle and has received various awards including Teacher of the Year.
Cody holds a Bachelors of Instrumental Music Education degree from the University of Florida and a Masters of Music degree with a specialization in orchestral conducting from Colorado State University. He was selected for the inaugural University of Colorado at Boulder Summer Conducting Symposium in 2015 and has attended a variety of other workshops and conferences around the country. Cody actively clinics groups and
ensembles at all academic levels.
In his spare time, Cody enjoys reading, cooking, solving puzzles, being outside, and spending time with his wife and dogs.
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