Charles Wesley Evans, baritone

“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 eleven 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 with performances of song.

His solo work has offered opportunities across the U.S. with the Cleveland Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Austin Symphony, Fort Worth Symphony, Delaware Philharmonic Orchestra, Berkshire Baroque, the Dryden Ensemble, Princeton Pro Musica, Music in Somerset Hills, and the Masterworks Chorus and orchestra in Carnegie Hall. He is a passionate supporter and performer of professional choral practices and is a proud member of the Carmel Bach Festival Chorale (Carmel, CA), Grammy-nominated Seraphic Fire (Miami, FL), The Choir of Trinity Wall Street and the Grammy-award winning ensemble Conspirare (Austin, TX). His singing has been broadcast on New York Public Radio, South Florida Public Radio, California Public Radio and Classical MPR(MN).

This season he continues a busy concert schedule with Seraphic Fire, Conspirare, and The Rose Ensemble, as well as guest artist for the 40th Anniversary Celebration KMFA Texas Public Radio, Austin Symphony Orchestra, Baldwin Wallace Bach Festival, and two performances of Leonard Bernstein’s Mass at the Long Center for the Performing Arts. He has served on the voice faculties of the University of South Florida and the University of Tampa and is currently Coaching Artist Faculty for Seraphic Fire’s Professional Choral Institute in association with UCLA and the Aspen Music Festival. He holds a B.A. 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. Currently, he is a Doctor of Musical Arts candidate at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, IA.