Professor of Music
Office: Fine Arts Center 205
(616) 526-6823
csawyer@calvin.edu
Charsie Randolph Sawyer is a professor of voice at Calvin. Dr. Sawyer holds Vocal Performance degrees from Dana School of Music, Youngstown State University, BMA, and the University of Michigan, MM, DMA. Dr. Sawyer is an active soloist and conducts the Calvin College Gospel Choir. She has sung with companies such as the Charlotte Opera Company and its touring arm, the North Carolina Opera Company, Michigan Opera Company, Opera Grand Rapids, Calvin Oratorio Society, San Francisco Opera Merola Program. United States Air-Force Heartland of America Band, and has performed recitals internationally and with a host of regional organizations. Dr. Sawyer is active in the ongoing research on the music of African-American composers. She has a special interest in the music of women composers from within this group. She was awarded a McGregor Fellowship Grant (2005) to continue work on a book she is compiling of African-American Women Classical Composers. She has been bringing this music to national and international audiences through her recording and performance activities.
