Charles Stanton, Baritone
Charles Stanton is currently a member of the voice faculty at Old Dominion
University in Norfolk, Virginia. After several successful years at Plymouth State
University in Plymouth, NH; Charles is thrilled to be counted among the
accomplished professors at Old Dominion.

Charles holds the degrees Master of Music in Vocal Performance from the
University of North Carolina at Greensboro, and Bachelor of Music in Vocal
Performance from Wingate University. Charles completed additional studies in
Voice at Oberlin Conservatory in the studio of the renowned vocal pedagogue,
Richard Miller.

Mr. Stanton continued his studies in Europe in Mannheim, Germany with artists
and coaches of the Mannheim City Opera. While there, he studied and performed
six principal roles as well as several considerable main stage roles with the City
Opera. Prior to his move to New Hampshire, Charles was a faculty member at
Central Piedmont College, Forsyth College and the University of North
Carolina system. He is active as a vocal artist throughout the United States and
abroad. He has been a guest artist with Opera Carolina, Long Leaf Opera,
Greensboro Opera, Triad Opera, Central Piedmont Opera, Piedmont Opera,
Newberry Opera, Atlanta Opera and Mannheim City Opera and most recently
with Granite State Opera, Manchester Choral Society and the Dartmouth
Handel Society. Mr. Stanton was also on the founding Board of Directors for
the Boston Opera Collaborative, a thriving  regional young vocal artist venue for
greater New England Artists.

While in New England, Charles was honored with his appointment as Executive
Director and Conductor of the Portsmouth Men's Chorus and the Artistic
Director of the Sandpipers Children's Chorus.  He has conducted and directed
in multiple venues including Plymouth State University, Central Piedmont College,
Concord Players of NH, Greensboro Repertory Theatre and for members of
the South Carolina Arts Coalition.  In 2005, Charles was  honored with a young
concert artist award, for which one can only be considered by way of nomination
from other internationally established professionals in classical vocal music.