About Charles…

Charles is a native of Greenville, South Carolina, and is currently pursuing a B.M. in Vocal Performance at Furman University, studying under the guidance of his teacher, Dr. Grant Knox, and coach, Hailey Anthum Hunter. He is honored to be a Presidential Music Scholar at Furman and is an active performer on and off campus. He is a member of one of the school’s barbershop quartets, The Mosquitoes, and currently serves as President of the Furman Singers. 

Charles is a frequent member of the Sarah Reese Lyric Theatre, having performed as Melchior in Amahl and the Night Visitors, David in A Hand of Bridge, and ensemble in Orpheus in the Underworld, and The Pirates of Penzance. He has performed and covered baritone solos in masterworks with the Furman Symphony Orchestra and Chamber Choir, including “For Behold…The People That Walked in Darkness” in Handel’s Messiah, as well as the baritone solos in Aaron Copland’s The Promise of Living and John Ireland’s Greater Love Hath No Man. With Furman’s choral department, Charles has performed in such places as the Salzburg Cathedral, the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, and St. Peter’s Church in Vienna, Austria. 

This past summer, Charles attended the Seagle Festival in Schroon Lake, NY, where he performed in all the mainstage shows, including Carmen, Anything Goes, The Pirates of Penzance, and Mayo Buckner, including roles such as the Purser (Anything Goes) and Leader of the Indigent Marchers (Mayo Buckner). At the same time, Charles was performing the roles of Monkey King, Crocodile, and Lady Tiger in Kamala Sankaram’s Monkey and Francine in the City of Tigers, which toured the North Country for a total of eight performances across community venues and schools. 

Charles is currently serving as a Recording Engineer and Teaching Assistant in Music Theory on campus. In his free time, he volunteers at church on the production and worship teams, reads, plays his viola, and plays with his dog, Eleanor Rigby.