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Birth Place: Wilmington, NC, USA

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Tony Awards - 2003 - Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre

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Early Music Vancouver's 2024 Summer Festival Blends Bach Masterpieces with World Music Traditions With BACH UNTAMED

Early Music Vancouver will invite audiences to revisit some of the most acclaimed works of beloved baroque composer J.S. Bach, presented with bold, new interpretations and incorporating world music traditions, in its 2024 summer festival, BACH UNTAMED.
La Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional Estrenará La Obra Calmly Borne By Celestial Waters Del Mexicano Charles Daniels

La Secretaría de Cultura del Gobierno de México y el Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura (Inbal), a través de la Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional (OSN), ofrecerán al público el concierto Expediente Brahms – Primera Sinfonía, de la primera temporada de conciertos 2024 los próximos viernes 21 y domingo 23 de junio, a las 20:00 y 12:15 h, respectivamente, en la Sala Principal del Palacio de Bellas Artes.
Lineup Set For Toronto Bach Festival 2024

 Toronto Bach Festival Artistic Director John Abberger has announced the full artistic line-up for the 2024 Toronto Bach Festival, with four concerts set to grace Toronto stages with the incomparable works of baroque composer Johann Sebastian Bach.
Mozart and More Set for Tafelmusik 2024/25 Season

Tafelmusik has revealed the details of its 2024/25 season. Learn what to expect from the programs and see how to purchase tickets.
2024 Toronto Bach Festival Set For May

Toronto Bach Festival Artistic Director John Abberger has announced the launch of the 2024 Toronto Bach Festival lineup, with four concerts set to grace Toronto stages with the incomparable works of baroque composer Johann Sebastian Bach. Learn more about the lineup here!
Tafelmusik Announces 2020/21 Season

Music Director Elisa Citterio unveiled Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra's 2020/21 season, Passions of the Soul, inviting audiences to experience the range of feelings music can inspire. For her third season, Citterio has curated a selection of music that spans more than four centuries a?" from early baroque to contemporary composers a?" with the ultimate goal of touching the heart of the listener.
Tafelmusik Will Illuminate Bach's ST JOHN PASSION at Koerner Hall

One of the highlights of Tafelmusik's 2019/20 season is sure to be Bach's St John Passion, a profound work based on text from the gospel according to St John, March 26 to 29, 2020 at Koerner Hall, TELUS Centre for Performance and Learning. Ivars Taurins directs Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra and Chamber Choir, along with guest soloists Jana Miller, soprano; Krisztina Szabó, mezzo-soprano; Charles Daniels, tenor; William Sharp, baritone; and Andrew Mahon, bass-baritone. For full program details, visit tafelmusik.org.
BWW Review: SCHÜTZ'S CHRISTMAS STORY Breathes Life into Baroque Music for the Holidays

Within the Trinity-St. Paul Centre's high ceilings and warm wooden walls, audiences can experience a telling of the nativity unlike anything created today. SCH?oeTZ'S CHRISTMAS STORY, produced by The Toronto Consort, is a seasonal program centred on Schütz's works, featuring a few other German composers from his era, with his Christmas Story centred as the main event.
The Toronto Consort Celebrates Spirit Of Holiday Season With SCHUTZ's CHRISTMAS STORY

The Toronto Consort celebrates the magic of the holiday season with Schütz's Christmas Story, December 13 & 14 at 8pm and December 15 at 3:30pm at Trinity-St. Paul Centre. This gloriously colourful concert features the 17th-century German composer Heinrich Schütz's masterful musical telling of the Nativity story, alongside exquisite compositions by Schein, Scheidt, and Hassler. Internationally acclaimed English tenor and baroque specialist Charles Daniels returns to The Toronto Consort to perform the lead narrative role of the Evangelist, alongside conductor David Fallis, The Toronto Consort's Artistic Associates, and an ensemble of guest players and singers.
Old Meets New As Tafelmusik Unveils 2019/20 Season

Today Music Director Elisa Citterio unveiled Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra's 2019/20 season, which highlights the freshness and vigour at the heart of everything Tafelmusik undertakes. Old meets new in unprecedented ways, including Tafelmusik's first-ever foray into the music of the late Romantic composer Tchaikovsky, a new multimedia program by Alison Mackay, the return of Vesuvius Ensemble, six world premieres by living composers, and Tafelmusik premieres of Lotti's Missa Sapientiae and of Citterio's own orchestral arrangement of Bach's Goldberg Variations. Citterio's debut Tafelmusik recording, Vivaldi con amore, will be released in September 2019, and a live recording of A Handel Celebration takes place at Koerner Hall in May 2020. In November 2019 Tafelmusik returns to Europe for the first time in a decade, with soprano Karina Gauvin, and the critically acclaimed Safe Haven multimedia program will travel across Ontario in 2020.
Tafelmusik Presents Handel MESSIAH And Sing-Along MESSIAH

Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra and Chamber Choir performs Handel's beloved baroque masterpiece, Messiah, on December 18, 19, 20, and 21 at 7:30 pm in the stunning setting of Koerner Hall, TELUS Centre. A cherished Toronto holiday tradition since 1981, Tafelmusik's Messiah is conducted by Ivars Taurins.
Tafelmusik Presents Handel MESSIAH And Sing-Along MESSIAH

Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra and Chamber Choir performs Handel's beloved baroque masterpiece, Messiah, on December 18, 19, 20, and 21 at 7:30 pm in the stunning setting of Koerner Hall, TELUS Centre. A cherished Toronto holiday tradition since 1981, Tafelmusik's Messiah is conducted by Ivars Taurins.
ASPECT Foundation Presents Fretwork Ensemble In Bach's THE ART OF FUGUE At Italian Academy

The ASPECT Foundation for Music & Arts presents J.S. Bach: The Art of Fugue on Thursday, April 12, 2018 at 7:30 p.m. at The Italian Academy, part of the foundation's second New York City season of illuminating performances featuring many of the most prominent performers and musical scholars of today.
Jose Mateo Ballet Theatre to Host Free Dance Festival Next Month

José Mateo Ballet Theatre presents the 9th Annual Dance for World Community Festival, Saturday June 10, 12-6:00 pm, FREE and open to the public, a celebration in Harvard Square, Cambridge showcasing dance as a positive force to better our world.
Early Music Vancouver Announces 2017-18 Season

Early Music Vancouver (EMV) announces its 2017 Vancouver Bach Festival and 2017/18 Main Season, bringing a staggering list of events to venues in and around Vancouver.
Early Music Vancouver Presents the Celestial Sounds and Angelic Voices of Globally Celebrated Choir of King's College, Cambridge

 Early Music Vancouver (EMV), proudly presents one of the world's most respected and recognized choral ensembles,The Choir of King's College, Cambridge at the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts, March 26, 2017 at 2pm in the Chan Shun Concert Hall. In a rare Vancouver appearance, revered Director of Music, Dr. Stephen Cleobury, will lead the iconic choir of Men and Boys in a mixed programme of repertoire from across the centuries. 
Early Music Vancouver's Bach Festival to Present MASS IN B MINOR This August

Early Music Vancouver (EMV) announces the headline event of its 2016 Vancouver Bach Festival: the Mass in B Minor on August 5, 7:30pm at the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts. Esteemed conductor Alexander Weimann leads an ensemble of eight internationally-renowned soloists, a professional chorus comprising of some of the finest singers in the region, and Montreal's Arion Baroque Orchestra on period instruments.
Early Music Vancouver's Bach Festival to Present MASS IN B MINOR This August

Early Music Vancouver (EMV) announces the headline event of its 2016 Vancouver Bach Festival: the Mass in B Minor on August 5, 7:30pm at the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts. Esteemed conductor Alexander Weimann leads an ensemble of eight internationally-renowned soloists, a professional chorus comprising of some of the finest singers in the region, and Montreal's Arion Baroque Orchestra on period instruments.
EMV, Vancouver Chamber Choir & Pacific MusicWorks to Present 'Monteverdi Vespers of 1610'

Early Music Vancouver (EMV), Vancouver Chamber Choir, and Pacific MusicWorks co-present the monumental Monteverdi Vespers of 1610 at the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts, October 23, 2015 at 7:30pm.
EMV to Present DIDO AND AENEAS as Part of Summer Festival

Early Music Vancouver (EMV) announces its first ever presentation of Henry Purcell's iconic Baroque masterpiece, and England's first and most beloved opera Dido and Aeneas on Thursday, July 30, 2015, 7:30pm at the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts at UBC as part of the EMV 2015 Summer Festival. 

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

How many shows has Charles Daniels written?

Charles Daniels has written 2 shows including Urban Cowboy (Composer/Lyricist), All Shook Up (Composer).

What awards has Charles Daniels been nominated for?

and Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre (Tony Awards) for Urban Cowboy The Musical.

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