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VOICE TEACHER AND MUSICAL THEATRE COACH
 
CHARLES FORNARA
HE IS DELIGHTED TO JOINÂ THE MUSICAL FAMILY AT MILLER'S SHEET MUSIC. AFTER A SUCCESSFUL NEARLY 20-YEAR CAREER AS A SINGER AND ACTOR (IN SUCH MUSICAL AS CATS AND LES MISERABLES PLUS OPERASÂ "THE MAGIC FLUTE" AND "LA BOHEME," AS WELL AS A SOLOIST IN BEETHOVEN'S 9TH AND CARMINA BURANA) HE HAS TURNED HIS FOCUS TO MUSIC DIRECTION. HE IS RESIDENT MUSICAL DIRECTOR OF THE NAPELS PLAYERS, HE CONDUCTS MANY SHOWS AT THE SUGDEN THEATRE, PLUS PRODUCTIONS WITH KidzAct AND TheatreZone.
AS A VOICE TEACHER AND VOCAL COACH, HE HAS OPERATED PRIVATE STUDIOS IN NYC, NAPLES AND STUTTGART, GERMANY. CHAS IS COMFORTABLE WORKING WITH ALL AGE GROUPS, HE IS AN INSTRUCTOR WITH KidzAct AND HAS DIRECTED MANY MUSICAL PRODUCTIONS AT THE COMMUNITY SCHOOL OF NAPLES. HE TEACHES THE TRADITIONAL "BEL CANTO" TECHNIQUE, APPLYING IT TO BOTH THE CLASSICAL AND MUSICAL THEATRE STYLES. FLUENT IN GERMAN, HE WAS A FACULTY MEMBER OF THE STELLA MUSICAL ACADEMY IN HAMBURG. A GRADUATE OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY AND A MEMBER OF THE ACTORS' EQUITY ASSOCIATION, CHAS LIVES IN NAPLES WITH HIS WIFE, ACTRESS AND CHOREOGRAPHER DAWN LEBRECHT FORNARA.
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