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“An elegant, mellifluous and expressive baritone” (New York Times), Charles Wesley Evans has been applauded by The Miami Herald as “the peak of the night’s solo work” and “a warm, strong baritone” by the Washington Post. This Georgia-born baritone began singing professionally at the age of 11 as a chorister at The American Boychoir School in Princeton, New Jersey where he performed nationally and internationally under the baton of notable conductors, Zubin Mehta, Lorin Maazel, James Levine, John Williams and Vladimir Spivakov. With a versatility that ranges from the Baroque to Gospel and African-American Spirituals, he has engaged a myriad of audiences across the globe.
His solo work has offered opportunities across the US with the Cleveland Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, New Jersey Symphony, Austin Symphony, Fort Worth Symphony, Delaware Philharmonic, Berkshire Baroque, the Dryden Ensemble, and the Masterworks Chorus and orchestra in Carnegie Hall, among others. He is a passionate supporter and performer of professional choral practices and is a proud member of Apollo’s Fire, The Thirteen, Carmel Bach Festival Chorale, The Choir of Trinity Church Wall Street and a former member of Seraphic Fire and Grammy-award winning ensemble Conspirare. His singing has been broadcast on New York Public Radio, South Florida Public Radio, California Public Radio and Classical MPR (Minnesota).
He has served on the voice faculties of the University of South Florida, University of Tampa, Aspen Music Festival, Lawrence University and is the former Head of Choral and Vocal Studies at Choate Rosemary Hall in Wallingford, Connecticut. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Music from Brewton-Parker College in Mt. Vernon, GA with further study at the Boston Conservatory of Music and Westminster Choir College of Rider University (Princeton, NJ).