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John Taylor Williams Secondary Montessori
John Taylor Williams Secondary Montessori
2400 Carmine Street
Charlotte, North Carolina 28207
Phone: 980-343-0040 Fax: 980-343-0044
About our Music Program
With over 150 musicians, The Williams Montessori Music Program is one of our most public organizations on campus. By joining our music program at Williams, you are making a commitment to be a valuable member of the school's community.
Through participation in music education programs, students learn more than just the artistry of music. Colleges and future employers covet music students due to the life skills created through participation in our organization because they KNOW that these students will succeed among the rigors of university life. Work ethic, self-discipline, cooperation, time management, and leadership skills are just a few of the valuable traits that students can develop through their involvement in our music program.
As you already know, music is also a big “family!” The friendships you make in music will go beyond your middle and high school years and will make your transition to secondary easier and more fun!
Originally from Pineville, NC, Mr. Michael T. Sanders currently teaches middle and high school Instrumental Music, Choral Music, and AP Music Theory at John Taylor Williams Secondary Montessori in Charlotte, NC. This is his seventh year at Williams Montessori and his twenty-first year in public school music education.
Mr. Sanders earned the Bachelor of Music Education degree from UNCG, where he studied Music Education and the French Horn. He previously taught band at Lexington Middle School (NC), Durham School of the Arts (NC), Northwest School of the Arts (NC), and Winterfield Elementary School (NC).
Since 2011, he has been a teaching artist for the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra’s Project Harmony, a collaboration with Arts+ that targets grades 2-5 for instrumental music instruction. He is also the Co-Founder of the Greater Charlotte Summer Arts Camp, which is now in its sixth summer and caters to students ages 6-12 in visual and performing arts. Additionally, he has been a counselor and camp band conductor at the UNCG Summer Music Camp for twenty-one years.
Mr. Sanders is a member of NCBA, NCMEA, NAfME, and Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia. He currently serves as co-chair of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Middle School Honors Band, a representative on the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Superintendent’s Teacher Advisory Council for the High School Performance Area A, the AP Music Theory Lead Teacher, and a community advisory board member for Charlotte’s classical music radio station, WDAV. He has also served as a guest clinician for several honor bands around North Carolina and South Carolina and coaches student musicians at local middle and high schools as well as the Charlotte Symphony Youth Orchestras.
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