Here we are exploring Columbus, Ohio, and your intrepid tour guide needs an introduction!
Hi, My name is Charlene Grant. I live with my family in Clintonville and I sing and teach (see my teaching resume below a recent headshot) for a living as well as administrate a local massage center (go to Pranamyra dot com where I also teach). I live with two teenagers two cats and two birds. My home was built in the 1940's, so there are always a lot of potential projects there. And don't even talk to me about gardening! I love finding plants that are allowed to flourish when the local deer population come for a late night snack haha!
I look forward to many wonderful Journeys as the city of Columbus becomes more vivid, day by day. Drop me a line at grantcharlene201@gmail.com. Photo credit from Jamie
Charlene Grant
Grantcharlene201@gmail.com • 614-634-2572
420 Mimring Road, Columbus, Ohio 43202
Education
· Artist Diploma in opera, Cincinnati Conservatory of Music (CCM), 2004
· Master of Music in voice performance, CCM, 2003
· Bachelor of Music in voice performance, University of Michigan (UM), 1998
· Yoga Teacher Training, Center for Wholeness, current
· Nonviolent Communication (NVC), Compassionate-Communication Central Ohio, current
Training Programs
· Cincinnati Opera soprano artist in residence, 2002 & 2003
· CCM in Lucca, Italy, 2001
· Austrian-American Mozart Academy, University of Texas (UT) in Salzburg, Austria, 1998
· Aspen Opera Theatre, summers 1995 & 1996
Teaching Experience
In teaching students I used my background, education, performance experience and values to: create a friendly and focused environment; assess background, skill level and learning styles; establish/refine diaphragm breathing and physical alignment (using Alexander principles); introduce and model appropriate vocalises; prepare on a variety of levels (mentally, physically, dramatically etc.) for the vocal line; explore and refine resonance; enhance and adjust articulation; prepare for regular auditions, recitals and performances in opera, musical theatre and song repertoire; support innovation and artistic insight.
· Private voice studio, 2000-2005 (Cincinnati) and November 2004-current (Columbus)
Two of my students recently won roles in their high school musical and with an advanced group in the Columbus Children’s Choir.
· Musical Enrichment, 2000 - current
I have worked with a 90 year old musician who was stroke victim on enjoying music again, “tone-deaf” adults and children at overcoming their inhibition and fears around ear training and pitch-matching skills, and helping timid children, teens and adults at opening up their throat and letting their natural resonance flow..
Voice instructor, Seven Hills Academy, Cincinnati: private students and group lessons 2004-2005
Voice instructor, Lindner Home School program, Cincinnati: small group vocal instruction 2002-2004
Vocal instruction and coaching, Enjoy Theatre’s production of Robin Hood, December- March 2005
Musical Editor and Director
· Enjoy Theatre: Robin Hood (I adapted operetta music for community theatre and conducted choral and orchestral rehearsals) March 2005
· Lindner Program: Musical Reviews (I wrote and compiled with some original
composition): East meets West (‘04), In the Belly of the Whale (‘05)
· Martha Cook Christmas Program (UM): conductor and director 1995-1997
Recitals
· The Healing Touch of Music: Columbus Bach Ensemble, August 2005
· German and Italian celebrations: Cincinnati Art Museum, November/March 2004
· St. Maarten Arts Club: St. Maarten, Caribbean, January 2003
· Hyde Park Baptist Recital Series: Cincinnati, April 2001
· September 11 Fund Raiser: Cincinnati, November 2001
· Fourth of July Celebration: American Consol in Florence, Italy, 2001
· CCM: Master of Music recital, November 2000
· Habitat for Humanity Fund Raiser: Farmington Hills, MI, August, 1999
· Glacier Hills Retirement Home: Ann Arbor, MI, September/August 1995 & 1999
· Cranbrook Recital Series: Burmingham, MI, October 1998
· UM: Bachelor of Music recital, April 1998
Staged Productions
Maid Marian Robin Hood, Enjoy Theatre – Columbus 2005
Medusa, (c) The Medusa, Cincinnati Opera 2003
Woman, (c) La Voix Humaine, Cincinnati Opera 2003
Clotilda Norma, Cincinnati Opera 2003
Lola Gebirtig The Memory Game, CCM 2003
Mrs. Charlton Dead Man Walking, Cincinnati Opera 2002
Confidante Elektra, Cincinnati Opera 2002
Ann Putnam The Crucible, CCM 2002
Donna Anna Don Giovanni, CCM (Lucca, Italy) 2001
Female Chorus The Rape of Lucretia, CCM 2001
Foreign Princess Rusalka, CCM 2001
Silbertönen Der Schauspieldirektor, UT (Salzburg) 1998
Serpetta Die Gärtnerin Aus Liebe, UT (Salzburg) 1998
Mimì La Bohème, Illinois Symphony 1998
In Addition: Susanna, Countess and Barbarina (Figaro), Phyllis (Iolanthe), Cuisinier (Le Rossignol)
Orchestral Appearances
Magnificat Bach, Springfield Symphony 2006
Coronation Mass Mozart, Trinity Lutheran Seminary 2006
Exultate, jubilate, K165 Mozart, Springfield Chamber Orchestra 2006
Elijah Mendelssohn, Mansfield Symphony 2006
Exultate, jubilate, K165 Mozart, Triune Concert Orchestra 2006
Water Music Handel, Columbus Bach Ensemble 2006
Holiday spectacular Various, Mansfield Symphony 2005
Messiah Handel, Triune Concert Orchestra 2005
Mass in G Schubert, Choral Arts, Springfield 2005
Concert Arien, cover Handel, Columbus Bach Ensemble 2005
Pierrot Lunaire Schoenberg, Eighth Blackbird Ensemble 2004
Mass In C Beethoven, St. Thomas Episcopal 2004
Pierrot Lunaire Schoenberg, Cincinnati Chamber Symphony 2004
Stabat Mater, cover Dvorak, CCM 2003
As In A Dream Chen Yi, Grandin Festival 2002
Bachianas Brasileiras Villa-Lobos, CCM 2001
Romanzen-Suite Shostakovich, Grandin Festival 2001
Das Klagende Lied Mahler, CCM 2001
What’s That Spell Dougherty, N. Kentucky Symphony 2000
Ariel Ned Rorem, Grandin Festival 2000
Time Cycle Lukas Foss, CCM 1999
Pulcinella Stravinsky, Illinois Chamber Symphony 1998
Other performances with orchestra: Handel’s Messiah, Haydn’s Creation, Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater, Poulenc’s Gloria and Britten’s A Ceremony Of Carols.
Here's a photo of me all dolled up (far left) with some great gals that are also featured in the ballroom dancing video below.
a little fun: this video (where I dance the second to the end in the back row, far right) was made last year with some lovely ladies and fellow dancers at the Crystal Ballroom (crystalballroomcolumbus dot com) on Wilson Bridge Road in Worthington, Ohio:
Comments