A familiar face is returning to Central Methodist University’s campus this summer to become the institution’s newest director of bands. CMU announced that Chuck Moore (’91) will take the baton for his alma mater after 27 years of teaching at the high school level.

Moore will take over after the departure of Dr. Kara Metzger this summer. As a public school educator and band director for 27 years, most of which were spent at Fulton High School (2000-2012) and Sullivan High School (2012-2025), his programs have gained widespread state and national recognition. His concert bands were selected to perform at the Missouri Music Educators Association conference on three separate occasions, once at Fulton and twice at Sullivan, and the marching bands competed at numerous national, regional, and state festivals under his direction.

Moore himself has served on the MSHSAA Music Advisory Committee and as district president of the MMEA Northeast and East Central Districts. He has also served as lead trombone judge for the All-State Band auditions since 2001 and as an adjudicator and band clinician for many years, all of which helped make him a prime candidate to join the team of educators for the Swinney Conservatory of Music at Central.

Moore is ready to get to work in Fayette this summer. He is set to serve as a guest conductor at the 50th Annual Alumni Band event on June 14, and then will be hard at work shaping the bands for the fall semester and beyond.