Christian Sanders - Fall 2011 begins:
Thornton School of Music USC
Masters in Vocal Arts

Point Loma Nazarene University
Graduate 2011 Magna cum laude
Bachelor of Arts in Music
With a Cell and Molecular Biology minor

Colorado born tenor Christian Sanders holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree Magna Cum Laude in Music with a Cell and Molecular Biology Minor from Point Loma Nazarene University in San Diego, California, and has been hailed as having a “voice whose color belies his age. Someone to watch” (SanDiego.com) While attending PLNU, Mr. Sanders has sung the leading roles of Tamino in Die Zauberflöte, Rinuccio in Gianni Schicchi, and Prince Charmant in Cendrilllon with Point Loma Opera Theater and has been the tenor soloist in Handel’s Messiah, Bach’s Magnificat, Beethoven’s Choral Fantasie, Bruckner’s Te Deum, and Mendelssohn’s Elijah with the Point Loma Choral Union. Additionally, he has appeared as guest soloist with the San Diego Mormon Choir and Orchestra and as the tenor soloist in Mozart's Coronation Mass with the San Diego Festival Chorus, in a live televised concert. A member of the Associated Guild of Musical Artists, Christian has appeared with the San Diego Opera for three seasons in the choruses of Rigoletto, Madama Butterfly, La Traviata, Faust, and Der Rosenkavalier. This summer he will be performing the roles of Arabace in Idomeneo, Tapioca in L’Etoiles, and Laurie in Little Women with the Opera Academy of California in San Francisco.

Christian is a scholarship recipient of the Opera Buffs Inc., appearing in the organization’s fall showcase at Zipper Hall in Los Angeles. A first-place winner in the Lower-Collegiate Division of the National Association of Teachers of Singing Young Artist Competition and Finalist in the 2010-2011 Classical Singer Magazine National Competition, Christian is also the recipient of the Robert Faulk Encouragement Award and the D. Greiner Encouragement Award from the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions. Fall 2011 he begins work on a Masters in Vocal Arts at the Thornton School of Music at USC.