Presenter, Speaker & Guest Lecturer

An experienced speaker, presenter and guest lecturer, Charity has presented at over 30 conferences, symposia, festivals and schools in Canada, the United States and Europe. With a research background in interdisciplinary artistic creation, global improvisation, social aesthetics and the ecology of arts practice and pedagogy, she has spoken at both academic and non-academic institutions.

As a guest lecturer, she has lectured on cross-cultural improvisation practices, critical theory and ethics in musical practice, multi-arts creation, arts pedagogy, the intersections of gender and race in music, and provided professional development workshops on artistic production and administration for both undergraduate and graduate students.

Her presentations have included work at the following, selected, institutions:

• Northwestern University;

• Columbia University;

• New York University;

• McGill University;

• Guelph Jazz Festival;

• Vancouver Jazz Festival;

• International Society for Improvised Music;

• Harvard University;

• University of Kansas;

• University of California, Santa Cruz;

• Wilfrid Laurier University;

• Humber College; and

• University of Colorado, Denver.