Charles Baldwin
About
Charles Baldwin serves as assistant professor of music and director of orchestral activities at Luther College. He conducts the Luther College Symphony Orchestra and Chamber Orchestra and teaches courses in conducting. Prior to his appointment at Luther, Baldwin served as artistic director and conductor of the Carolina Youth Symphony (Greenville, South Carolina), artist affiliate and chamber orchestra conductor at Emory University (Atlanta, Georgia), and assistant conductor of the DeKalb Symphony Orchestra (Decatur, Georgia).
Baldwin earned master of music and doctor of musical arts (orchestral conducting) degrees from the University of North Texas (Denton), where he served as graduate conductor of the university orchestras and opera program, teaching fellow of Fundamentals of Conducting (MUAG 3800), and orchestra librarian. Baldwin also served as music director and orchestra conductor at the Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science (Denton) and assistant conductor of the Lewisville Lake Symphony (Lewisville, Texas). He studied conducting with David Itkin and Clay Couturiaux and piano performance, his related field of study, with Adam Wodnicki.
Baldwin earned the bachelor of music (piano performance) degree from Furman University (Greenville). His principal teacher was Derek Parsons. Baldwin has served on the piano faculty at the Decatur Fine Arts Academy (Decatur, Georgia) and Piano for Young People at Furman University and served as a collaborative pianist and vocal coach at the Lovett Conservatory of Music (Atlanta).
Baldwin has considerable experience in the theater, having conducted numerous performances of opera and musical theater at the University of North Texas, Emory University, Furman University, The Lovett School (Atlanta), and New Minowa Players (Decorah).
Baldwin has been engaged as a guest lecturer at Kennesaw State University (Kennesaw and Marietta, Georgia) and as guest conductor of the Emory University Symphony Orchestra, the Emory Wind Ensemble, the Emory Youth Symphony Orchestra, the 2025 South Carolina Advanced Cello Choir (Greenville), the Youth Symphony of Southern Oregon (Medford), and the Las Colinas Symphony Orchestra (Irving, Texas). He has participated in conducting and piano contests, festivals, institutes, and workshops around the country.