INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS

Mexico City

In 2017, Charlie worked with Coro Gay Ciudad De México, when they appeared as guest stars with NYCGMC in New York City. The two ensembles made a powerful and moving artistic statement for LGBTQ rights internationally. Since then, he has returned to Mexico City three times, with the goal of supporting them, as they have grown exponentially to become a new and exciting hub for LGBTQ singing in the region.

NYCGMC toured with them in Summer 2018 in Mexico in Summer 2018, and clinician work since then has included a session on Vision, Mission and Impact, a workshop on vocal jazz improvisation, and mentoring and support around managing a fast expansion from initially 35 to now around 125 singers.

Hobart, Tasmania; Brisbane, Australia

At the 2013 'Out and Loud' Festival in Hobart Tasmania, Charlie worked with an all-Australia LGBT chorus for 5 days as part of their annual ‘Festival of Voices’. He conducted the 200 strong group in two sell-out concerts, at Hobart Town Hall and MONA, the museum of new art.

In the same tour, he also made a guest appearance in 2013 for Oxford University Press at the Maryborough Music Educators conference near Brisbane, and created a chorus of elementary teachers.

Trafalgar Square, London

Big Gay Sings are a signature project of Charlie’s, and have occurred in the US, London and with a variety of other choruses around the world. Perhaps most excitingly, Charlie was Music Director of the open-air ‘Big Gay Sing Trafalgar Square’ for the 2012 London Olympics. Contact him if you’d like to put on a Big Gay Sing yourself.

He is also currently an active Practitioner member of the Association of British Choral Directors, for whom he has done several clinics and presentations over the years, most recently in Leeds in August 2012.

Denver, Charlotte, New York, USA

As Chair of the External Relations Committee of GALA Choruses, I also lead a team of LGBTQ choral singing leaders from around the world, including representatives from the US, Legato in Europe, Proud Voices Asia, and leaders from the Australia/Oceania regions. Together, we build relationships, facilitate and schedule festivals, tackle common issues, identify best practices, and build networks with other LGBTQ and straight ally organizations.

At the 2012 GALA Festival of LGBTQ choirs, I conducted a chorus of 300 in ‘Big Gay Sing Denver’, to a sell-out audience of over 5000.

Recent workshops have included multiple appearances at GALA conferences, and day-long events guesting for choirs in the US, including the Gay Men's Chorus of Charlotte.

In 2004, Charlie also conducted the Heartlands Men’s Chorus in Kansas City, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington DC, and the MeloMen in Paris.

In New York region schools, Charlie has worked with the children’s choirs of the Brooklyn Waldorf School in Bedford Stuyvesant, NY, the Third Street Music School Settlement in Manhattan, and with the big band of Saddlebrook High School, NJ.

South East Asia

Charlie did several clinic tours of Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore in the early 2000s. I was working with large groups of up to 150 piano, woodwind and brass teachers, and designed 3 day courses that enabled them to improvise, play and later teach jazz to their beginner students.