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Tom Stoppard
About Encore
Encore has eleven chorales in Northern Virginia, Maryland, and Washington, DC. The Laurel Lake Encore Chorale in Hudson Ohio and the Indiana Encore Chorale in Indiana, Pennsylvania joined as our first National Affiliate Organizations in 2009. Watch for new sites and programs in the coming year, as we seek to expand across the country. All Encore programs are conducted by professional artists who will know how to get the most from their members. So come join the excitement, either as a beginner or at an advanced level. This is an excellent way to learn how to develop or improve your musical abilities, meet new friends, and look forward to an exciting performance schedule. You’re never too old to try something new—and have the time of your life! |
Louisiana-born artist CHARLES WILLIAMS has won international acclaim since his opera debut at the Festival of Two Worlds in Spoleto, Italy. He has performed in theaters and opera houses, and for radio and television in Munich, Berlin, Hamburg, Zurich and Vienna. He made his Metropolitan Opera debut as Sportin' Life in Porgy and Bess. He has also performed at Carnegie Hall, The Barns at Wolf Trap, The Smithsonian Institution, and The Kennedy Center. In the summer of 2004 he toured Europe as a cast member and vocal coach of The Temptation of St. Anthony directed by Robert Wilson with music and book by Bernice Johnson Reagon. The production performed at the Paris Opera (l'Opera Garnier) in Nov-Dec 2005. He is currently developing a one-man cabaret show with composer / lyricist Dan Sticco. Mr. Williams is on the faculty of the Levine School of Music in Washington, DC where he teaches voice and music theater. He serves as vocal consultant for Sweet Honey In The Rock and was a vocal panelist for the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts for three years. He has taught vocal and musical theater workshops in Salzburg, Austria, and was Guest Instructor at the Hochschule der Küenste in Berlin. He has also conducted workshops in Music Theater, voice and opera at the Muse Machine in Dayton, Ohio. He has released a CD of Spirituals and selections from the American Musical Theater. He performs with percussionist Tom Teasley as part of the duo Word-Beat.
