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Meet Mr. Sanders

Allen Sanders is a graduate of Mississippi State University, where he graduated Magna Cum Laude with B. M. E in 2011.  He is also a graduate of Florida State University, where he graduated Summa Cum Laude with a M.M.E. in Choral Music Education in 2021. 

Allen is starting his sixth year at Center Hill High School where he serves as the Director of Choirs. Under his direction, the Center Hill Choir program has grown and consistently earned superior ratings at various competitions and festivals. Recently, the Center Hill Select Women’s Chorus was selected to be a performing choir at the 2024 Mississippi Music Educators Association/American Choral Directors Association Joint Conference in January. Mr. Sanders has also served as the organist at Maples Memorial United Methodist Church in Olive Branch, MS for 8 years now.  He is also the conductor of Coro Fuente, which is the tenor/bass ensemble for Coro Rio.  He has been a part of music making in Mississippi for 13 years, serving as accompanist for a variety of events such as the Mississippi Music Educators Association District II Honor Choir, Coro Fuente Men’s Choir, Mississippi-ACDA Children’s Choir Festival, Mississippi ACDA All-State Women’s Choir, and the Mississippi ACDA Summer Conference.

Mr. Sanders is an active member of NAfMe and ACDA. He has also served in the past as the North Site Chair for Mississippi Children’s Choir Festival put on by ACDA and District II MMEA Chair.  He lives in Southaven with his amazing wife, Caysee, daughter, Briana and two dogs Faye Mae and Greta Anne.