Friends of Music Guest Artist Concert: Charis Duke

Composer and pianist Charis Bean Duke finds inspiration in the music of Palestrina, George Crumb, Stephen Sondheim, and Mozart. Her love for all things drama manifests itself in her chamber operas and children’s operas. Her music has found its way into schools across the country and has been performed in concert halls from New Mexico to Hong Kong. She is currently on staff at the University of the Arts, teaching songwriting and piano and coaching theater students. When she’s not busy composing or music directing for university theater programs in the Philadelphia area, she can be found looking for signs of extraterrestrial life with Special Agents Mulder and Scully.