Dear Search Committee
Thank you for the opportunity to apply. Please accept the submission of the following selected examples of my work as part of my application. For more information, please see my resume or my "About" page.
"i carry your heart" music by Kate McGarry poem by e e cummings Lowell Ringel, bass Jake Shapiro, piano Alex Brandenburg, voice Logan Smith, voice Here's a c...
Charlie Christenson Standards Trio (CC, Graydon Peterson and Matt Edlund) perform "Stars Fell on Alabama" at Jazz Central Studios in Minneapolis, MN.
Vocal Ensemble Arrangements
University of Miami's Jazz Vocal 2
Song by Justin Vernon (Bon Iver)
Arrangement by Charlie Christenson
Recording and Video by Charlie Christenson
Vocal Ensemble Direction
The following two videos are from my work last year with Frost’s Jazz Vocal II ensemble—which is primarily a freshman group of jazz vocal majors. “Silence of Time” from the Spring and “My Romance” from the Fall.
University of Miami's Jazz Vocal 2
Directed by Charlie Christenson
Song by Caprice Fox
Arrangement by Darmon Meader
University of Miami's Jazz Vocal 2 Directed by Charlie Christenson Music by Richard Rogers Lyrics by Lorenz Hart Arrangement by Gene Puerling
From the Foray Music Channel
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