Staff

HEAD BAND DIRECTOR

Mike Loffredo has been teaching middle and high school band in North Florida for over 15 years and started working at KMS in 2022. Prior to this recent appointment, he spent extensive time building the band program at Bradford Middle School (Starke, FL) and working as a brass ensemble specialist with The Crossmen Drum & Bugle Corps (Texas) and The Troopers DBC (Wyoming). In addition to these ensemble roles he served as the Visual Caption Head for Infinity III Indoor Percussion, Buchholz HS, Bradford HS and remains active with the Oakleaf, Newberry, and Gainesville HS Marching Band Programs. 

As a member of the Florida Bandmasters Association, Mr. Loffredo has served as District Secretary, District Chairman, District Mentor Coordinator, and currently sits on the state Health & Wellness Committee. Further, his concert and jazz bands have consistently received superior ratings at MPA. As a result, Mr. Loffredo has been recognized with the Tom Bishop Award (2016), the Linda Mann 5-Year Superior Award (2020) and was Teacher of the Year at Bradford Middle School in 2018 and Kanapaha MS in 2023.

Mr. Loffredo continues to be an active middle and high school clinician throughout North Florida and enjoys presenting his research and teaching experience in academic settings. In 2019, he was the keynote speaker for the University of Florida CNAfME annual rally, and more recently has given addresses at Coastal Carolina University and the NAfME National Conference in 2020.

Mr. Loffredo is an active member of The Florida Bandmasters Association (and a certified brass adjudicator), The Florida Music Educators Association, The National Association for Music Education (NAfME), the National Bandmasters Association, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia National Honorary Music Fraternity, Kappa Kappa Psi National Honorary Band Fraternity and Phi Beta Mu. He received both his Bachelor’s Degree and Master’s Degree in Music Education from the University of Florida in 2003 and 2005, respectively.