Director

Corie Benton has been the Orchestra Director at Pope High  School in Marietta, Georgia since 2016. 

She received her Bachelor's Degree in Music Education from Loyola University-New Orleans and completed her graduate degree at Anderson University in South Carolina. 

After graduating from Loyola, Mrs. Benton began her teaching career at H. Wayne Hendrick Middle School in Plano, Texas. While in Plano, her orchestras received superior ratings at the annual University Interscholastic League (the equivalent to Large Group Performance Evaluation) and had many students participate in All-State Orchestras.   

Since moving to Georgia, Mrs. Benton has taught in Cobb, Clayton, and DeKalb counties.   Throughout her tenure as a music educator, she has been active in the music community in many roles. She has presented at Georgia Music Educators Association In-Service (2013)  and the ASTA National Conference (2022); performed at GMEA In-Service twice had students perform in 2015 and 2019 and had one of her schools named Her students competed in ASTA’s National Orchestra Festival (2018) and received superior ratings for their performance.  

Mrs. Benton is a regularly requested Adjudicator at workshops, clinics, Honor Orchestras, and LGPEs in Georgia and around the country. She is a member of GMEA, Past President of the Georgia chapter of ASTA, a board member of national ASTA , and President-Elect for national ASTA.

Mrs. Benton works with area colleges and universities as an advocate for teacher education, mentoring future music educators.  When not teaching, she designs jewelry for her jewelry company, Me and My Sweetpea. Although Mrs. Benton loves music, her greatest love is her family.  She is married to Robert Benton and has two sons.