Above: Dr. Bryson Mortensen leading the 2016 Young Singers Project in performance at Norfolk's Ohef Sholom Temple.
2020 YOUNG SINGERS PROJECT
IN CONCERT
SUNDAY, JANUARY 26, 2020 | 4PM
Susan S. Goode Fine and Performing Arts Center
Virginia Wesleyan University
The Young Singers Project is the Chorale's flagship educational outreach program: high school singers from across Hampton Roads audition in November 2019 and an elite ensemble is selected to work alongside professional singers from the Chorale throughout January 2020, culminating in a special concert event.
CONDUCTOR
Known in the Hampton Roads community as a choral conductor and pianist, Charles Woodward has served as the Artistic Director of the Virginia Chorale since 2011. He is the Music Director of Ohef Sholom Temple, Norfolk and of Saint Paul's Episcopal Church, Norfolk, and formerly, the choral director at the Governor's School for the Arts. As a pianist, Mr. Woodward is a frequent collaborator in both vocal and instrumental chamber concerts, and has performed with the Virginia Arts Festival, Virginia Symphony Orchestra, Norfolk Chamber Consort and Art Song of Williamsburg, at The Phillips Collection (Washington, D.C.), Jordan Hall (Boston) and the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, and in Germany and Italy. He served as Principal Coach for the premiere of Ricky Ian Gordon's RAPPAHANNOCK COUNTY and as Associate Conductor for the premiere of Kristin Kuster’s opera KEPT: A GHOST STORY, both for the Virginia Arts Festival. Mr. Woodward's performances have been heard on American Public Media's Performance Today. A graduate of Northwestern University, he has served on the adjunct music faculties of the College of William and Mary, Old Dominion University, and Christopher Newport University.
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