CHARLES JOSEPH SMITH
1710 West 106th Street, Chicago, Illinois 60643-2712
(773)233-0356--h (773)621-5275--m
charlessmith702210@sbcglobal.net
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EDUCATION
D.M.A. in Piano Performance and Literature (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2002)
M.M. in Piano Performance (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1995)
B.M. in Piano Performance, cum laude (Roosevelt University--Chicago, 1994)
FUTURE ACCOMPANYING ENGAGEMENTS
Pilgrim Baptist Church (Chicago, IL)--July 2011
Will perform 2 selections with the Hartzell UM Sanctuary Choir in the Thomas A. Dorsey Annual Summer Commemoration Concert
Hartzell United Methodist Church (Chicago, IL)--July 2011
Will perform in the Sanctuary Choir Summer Concert
MOST RECENT ACCOMPANYING ENGAGEMENTS
Fine Arts Building (Chicago, IL)--January 2011-April 2011
Was rehearsal accompanist for the Medieval Project--Play Against Claudianus
and Play On Samson of Adam de la Bassée, curated by Andrew Schultze
Alliance Française (Chicago, IL)--December 2010
Principal Accompanist for the French Christmas Celebration Concert
Sherwood School of Music--Columbia College--April 2010
Performed in a full-length recital with graduate student, Keanon Kyles (baritone)
Rockefeller Chapel at U. of Chicago (Chicago, IL) and St. Mark's UM Church
(Evanston, IL)---November 2009
Appointed as pianist in an small music ensemble in "St. Nick and Beezeldub: A Mummers Play" by Chicago Syntagma Musicum
First musical appearance in "The Mummers Play"
Fine Arts Building (Chicago, IL)--November 2009
Performed as concerto accompanist in a movement from Alexander Tcherepnin's Piano Concerto no. 4 with soloist Manigirdas Motekaitis at the William Browning Memorial Concert
Hartzell United Methodist Church (Chicago, IL)--July 2009
Performed as accompanist in first major Sanctuary Choir concert
Shrine of Our Lady of Pompeii (Chicago, IL)--May 2009
Performed as regular accompanist with the McKenna Ensemble in the performance of Joseph McKenna's 2007 chamber work, "Wreck of the Deutschland"
Gallery Cabaret (Chicago, IL), Classical Music Revolution Open Mic---January 2008
Performed 2nd movement of Poulenc's Flute Sonata with flutist Eliza Bangert
Hartzell United Methodist Church (Chicago, IL)---October 2008
Performed with soprano Joy Denise Moore in a concert of Negro Spirituals
Morgan Park United Methodist Church (Chicago, IL)---August 2008
Performed with soprano Joy Denise Moore in a concert of Negro Spirituals