# BMI Promotes Shannon Sanders to AVP, Creative, Nashville

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/bmi-promotes-shannon-sanders-to-avp-creative-nashville/
- Published: 2026-11-12T17:09:38+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-12T17:23:25+00:00
- Original publisher: Billboard
- Original article: https://www.billboard.com/pro/bmi-promotes-shannon-sanders-avp-creative-nashville/
- Topics: Entertainment, Music

## Key points

- BMI promoted Shannon Sanders to AVP, Creative, Nashville.
- He will continue developing talent and supporting songwriters.
- Sanders joined BMI in 2020 and has earned three Grammys.

## Summary

BMI has promoted Shannon Sanders to AVP, Creative, Nashville, a role in which he will continue signing and developing talent and supporting songwriters. The appointment matters to Nashville’s music community because Sanders will help shape BMI’s creative programmes and opportunities for writers.

Sanders joined BMI in 2020 as executive director, creative, and has led initiatives including the Annapolis Songwriters Festival and the BMI Presents conversation series, as well as hosting the monthly Acoustic Lounge at the Bluebird Cafe. His earlier work includes founding Nashville radio station 102.1 The Ville and serving as co-musical director for the Fisk Jubilee Singers and India.Arie. His honours include three Grammy Awards, three Emmys and the Academy of Country Music’s 2024 Lifting Lives Award; he reports to BMI vice-president Clay Bradley.

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