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2005 – University of North Carolina at Greensboro- Greensboro, North Carolina
Doctorate of Musical Arts Coursework (Vocal Performance)
Planned Dissertation: The Post-Romantic Era: Pivotal Occurrences Initiating Artistic and Social Growth.
2004 – University of North Carolina at Greensboro- Greensboro, North Carolina
Master of Music- Vocal Performance
2002 – Wingate University – Wingate, North Carolina
Bachelors Degree (Music Emphasis)
2000, 2001, 2003 (Summers) – Oberlin Conservatory – Ohio
Additional Advanced Vocal Studies – No Degree sought
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
2007 – 2009: Department of Music, Old Dominion University – Norfolk, Virginia
Interim Lecturer of Voice and Director of Opera Theatre
• Teach private voice students of varying degrees and levels
• Teach Vocal Literature
• Direct the University Opera Workshop
• Attend any departmental auditions and faculty meetings as needed
2005 – 2007: Department of Music, Theatre and Dance, Plymouth State University– Plymouth, New Hampshire
Voice Instructor and Director of the Opera Theatre
• Teach 30 private voice students of varying degrees and levels
• Teach three performance labs of various levels
• Taught Vocal Pedagogy (Sabbatical Leave Replacement)
• Direct the University Opera Workshop
• Serve as a Musical Director for the University Musical Theatre Company
• Arrange and/or compose incidental music for the theatre department productions
• Attend any faculty meetings as needed
2003-2004: Central Piedmont College - Charlotte, North Carolina
Instructor of Music
• Maintained a private voice studio of 8 students
• Taught Music Appreciation (Sabbatical Leave Replacement)
• Taught Class Voice
• Conducted a small mixed voice vocal ensemble (Sabbatical Leave Replacement)
EXECUTIVE EXPERIENCE
2005-Current Executive Director and Conductor - Portsmouth Men’s Chorus
• Conduct all the day-to-day business of the organization and serve as the primary point person for all communications
• Research and write all grant proposals and seek out prospective donors and sponsors
• Serve as the primary means of recruitment for singers, staff, supporters and board members
• Plan all fundraising activities from inception to completion
• Plan, Design, Create and Distribute all promotional materials for the publicity and functionality of the organization
• Choose repertoire for two annual formal concerts and two community outreach concerts
• Seek out innovative possibilities for collaboration and locate creative venues for both performance and
outreach
•Conduct all concerts and rehearsals and attend all functions of the organization and serve as a visible community entity to
aid in our visibility
2003-2005 Corporate Sales Associate - Verizon Wireless
• Responsible for sales and customer service for all my customers
• Maintained accounts and was responsible for nurturing the relationship between the company and large account prospects
• Attended all corporate sales meetings and all training sessions for my division
• Consistently exceeded sales quotas and received commendations for my high level of customer satisfaction
2002-2004 Assistant Administrator - Musicians’ Wellness Seminar
• Coordination of studio assignments
• Scheduling of seminar performances
• Liaison between staff and participants
• Assisted in planning audition and recruitment strategies
• Facilitate curriculum development
• Scheduling of Master Classes and lecture series
• Advise participants on how to specialize the program and courses to suit their needs
• Created all promotional materials in house, maintained the organization’s website and provided technical support to all
staff and participants
PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS/MASTER CLASSES
2006 Guest Presenter, Silver Center Fine Arts Series
Presentation Title: Follow the Lieder: Finding a Consistent Third Line in
German Song Cycles.
2006 Master Class–Seacoast School of Music, Exeter New Hampshire
2006 Guest Speaker and Master Class - New England Theatre Conference
Presentation: Crossing Over: Audition Techniques for Singers of Classical and
Musical Theatre Repertoire
2005 Guest Speaker and Master Class - New England Theatre Conference
Presentation: Reality of Doing: Meisner Methods for the Singer
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS
2006 National Association of Teachers of Singing- Boston Regional Medical Center
Lecture Series with the Vocal Pathology and Vocal Dysfunction Division
2005 Two week Long Intensive Musical and Performance Studies in Vienna
2005 Workshop with the Massachusetts Cultural Council on finding financial support for
independent arts projects
2004 Performance Workshops and Masterclasses with American Soprano Rebecca Cook
2003 Masterclass with Susan Graham
2003 Opera Carolina Young Artist Program
2001 Seminar and Guided Research in Music therapy with Kathleen O’Brien, Music
Therapist- Charlotte Medical Center
2000 Scene Studies with Artists of Mannheim City Opera
1999 Masterclass series with Barbara Hahn - National Association of Teachers of
Singing, South Carolina Chapter
1996 Richard Miller Vocal Pedagogy Institute – University of Northern Iowa
Two-week course with leading vocal pedagogue Richard Miller
STUDENT AWARDS
2006 New Hampshire National Association of Teachers of Singing Student Auditions
- Dover, NH
2nd Place Junior Women – Chelsie Pendleton
2005 New Hampshire National Association of Teachers of Singing Student Auditions
- Plymouth, NH
3rd Place Sophomore Men- Daniel Hollander
PERFORMANCE HISTORY - SONG RECITALS
2007 Guest Artist – The South Church Fine Arts Series – Portsmouth, NH April 22nd
The Music of Joseph Utterback, Jazz Pianist, Composer and Arranger
2006 Lecture Recital – with Amanda McLaughlin, Mezzo-Soprano – (April 14th)
The Story Behind the Story: Songs and Arias and Why They Were Created
2005 Songs You Wish You Knew – Blake Chamber Concert Series – Winston Salem, NC
2004 Faculty Recital – Central Piedmont College – Nashville, Tennessee
2004 Masters Recital at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Featured Repertoire: Vaughan Williams Five Mystical Songs, Schumann’s Dichterliebe and Poulenc’s Chansons Gaillardes
2004 Musicology Lecture Recital
Featured Repertoire: Mahler’s Kindertotenlieder
2003 Recital Batte Fine Arts Center Recital Series
Mahler’s Kindertotenlieder, Ravel’s Don Quichotte and other selctions
PARTIAL LIST OF REPERTOIRE FROM RECITALS
(All cycles listed were performed in their entirety)
Robert Schumann: Dichterliebe, Op. 40
Francis Poulenc: Chansons Gaillardes
Francis Poulenc: Chansons Villogoises
Francis Poulenc: Miroir Brulants, Métamorphoses
Claude Debussy: Trois Ballade de François Villon
Gustav Mahler: Kindertotenlieder
Franz Schubert: Winterreise
Maurice Ravel: Histoires Naturelles
Maurice Ravel: Don Quichotte
Ralph Vaughan Williams: The House of Life
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Five Mystical Songs
Gabriel Fauré: L’Horizon Chimérique, La Bonne Chanson
AIDS Quilt Songbook – Selections
André Caplet: Le Vieux Coffret & selected songs
Gerald Finzi: A Young Man’s Exhortation
Ildebrando Pizzetti: I Pastori
Selected Lieder, Chanson and songs/arrangements of Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, Wolf, R. Strauss, Charles Griffes,
Frank Bridge, Arne Dorumsgaard, Cole Porter, Benjamin Britten, Roger Quilter, Peter Warlock, Charles Ives, Gabriel Fauré,
Claude Debussy, Henry Duparc, Charles Gounod, Chandler Carter, Charles Ives, Felix and Fanny Mendelssohn Camille
Saint-Saens, Igor Stravinsky, Franz Liszt, among others.
FORTHCOMING RECITALS, LECTURES & MASTER CLASSES:
2007 Guest Artist Recital – Screen to Stage: Music Linking Movies, Musicals and Operas
2007 Faculty Recital – Plymouth State University – Plymouth, NH (date TBA)
2007 Guest Artist Recital
2007 Recital and Master Class
2008 Guest Artist Recital - Music of the Post-Romantic Era
PERFORMANCE HISTORY - SOLOIST/CONCERTS
2007 Soloist – Manchester Choral Society, NH
Featured Repertoire: Zulu Mass by Quinsela Sibisi (North American Debut)
2007 Soloist – The Hickory Choral Society, NC
Featured Repertoire: Requiem (Brahms) World Debut of the Lara Hoggard edition
2006 Soloist – Plymouth State University Chorale and Chamber Singers
Featured Repertoire: Requiem (W.A. Mozart)
2006 Soloist – Blake Chamber Concert Series
Featured Repertoire: Dover Beach (Barber)
2006 Soloist – Aaron Copland Tribute – Blake Chamber Concert Series
Featured Repertoire: Selections from the Old American Songbook
2006 Soloist – Opera Gala – New England Lyric Opera
Featured Repertoire: Arias by Bizet, Korngold, Mozart, Massenet, Lehar and Donizetti
2005 Soloist with the First Church of Newburyport MA Fine Arts Series
Featured Repertoire: Handel’s Messiah
2005 Handel and Haydn Society at Dartmouth
Featured Repertoire: Finzi In terra Pax, Vaughan Williams Fantasia on Christmas Carols
2005 Soloist – Providence United Methodist Church, Charlotte, NC
Featured Repertoire: Hodie (Vaughan Williams)
2005 Soloist – First Presbyterian Church, Greensboro, NC
Featured Repertoire: Christmas Oratorio (Saint-Saëns)
2004 Soloist Knollwood Baptist Church of Winston Salem, NC
Featured Repertoire: The Seven Last Words of Christ
2003 Soloist University of North Carolina at Greensboro Chorale
Featured Repertoire: William Walton’s Belzhazaar’z Feast
2002 Soloist, Charlotte Symphony Orchestra Opera in the Park Concert – Charlotte, NC
Featured Repertoire: Arias by Mozart, Bizet and Verdi
PERFORMANCE HISTORY (continued)
ROLES STUDIED AND/ OR PERFORMED IN CONCERT VERSION ONLY
OPERA
Baritone in Radio Trio
Trouble in Tahiti
Performed with Central Piedmont Opera
Ben
The Telephone
Guglielmo
Cosi fan tutte
Taddeo
The Italian Girl in Algiers
Marquis & Jailor
Dialogues of the Carmelites
Germont
La Traviata
Schaunard
La Boheme
OPERETTA
Captain
H.M.S. Pinafore
Paquillo
La Perichole
Eisenstein
Die Fledermaus
RADIO/TELEVISION APPEARANCES
2007 – NPR (WUNC) Chapel Hill, North Carolina – The State of Things
Excerpts of Chandler Carter’s Opera Strange Fruit
2007 – WOKQ, New Hampshire
Interview for Concerts to aid local charitable foundations
2005 – NPR (WDAV) Davidson, North Carolina
Spoke on a Segment of Bach’s Lunch regarding period performance practices
COMPETITIONS, HONORS AND AWARDS
2006 Semi-finalist in the Lincoln Cultural Center Young Artists Competition
2005 Earned research and performance grant from Massachusetts Cultural Council
2005 Second Place MTNA Regional Vocal Competition Southeast Region
2005 First Place North Carolina MTNA Vocal Competition
2005 Semi-finalist in the Lincoln Cultural Center Young Artists Competition
2004 Outstanding Music Student Award Wingate University
2004 First Place Regional NATS Advanced College Men (Southeast)
2004 State Winner NATS Advanced College Men (North Carolina)
2003 Scholarships awarded for AIMS in Graz
2002 First Place Regional NATS Senior Men (Southeast)
2002 Second Place NATS Senior Men (North Carolina)
Other Various Scholarships and Miscellaneous Commendations
REVIEW HIGHLIGHTS
"Charles Stanton’s impressive versatility of characterization commands attention from audiences of any musical genre."
“Stanton's powerful voice as Count Almaviva carried the entirety of the second act..."
"Singing was on a high level in Devil and Daniel Webster, with Stanton's beautiful vocalizing especially impressive, and
individual character studies well-crafted from within the general ensemble."
"Charles Stanton gave Warhol a droll aloofness and sang with a strong, open sound..."
“Considerable musicianship and a substantial vocalist"
“…a voice sizable enough to sing Verdi and Puccini but with the agility to harness the greatest Baroque masterworks.”
“Stanton consistently proves to be a highlight to every production.”
Brahm’s Requiem
VOICE TEACHERS/COACHES
Richard Miller
Joan Dorneman
Marilyn Horne
Warren Jones
Martin Katz
Colin Graham
Rebecca Cook-Carter
Barbara Hahn
John Blizzard
Andrew Harley
Levonne Tobin Scott
Charles Lynam
Jim Bumgarner
Mark Tysinger
Ekaterina Souverova
SERVICE IN THE COMMUNITY
Board of Directors, A Safe Place NH; Volunteer, Big Brothers Big Sisters; Volunteer, New Hampshire Hospice.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Opera America, American Choral Director’s Association, American Musicological Society,, College Music Society, National
Association of the Teachers of Singing, Music Teachers National Association, Boston Opera Collaborative.
