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Charles Prewitt, cellist, has been a member of the Austin Symphony since 1997. At age 13 he was a member of the Baylor Symphony at Baylor University. In 1981 he was accepted into the studio of Janos Starker at I. U. in Bloomington, IN. He earned a B.M. in Cello Performance from U. of Illinois – Urbana in 1996 studying with Nathaniel Rosen.
In 2005 Charles was awarded a Performer’s Certificate at Purchase College, S.U.N.Y. A former student of Paul Ross and the Portland String Quartet he went on to appear as a Guest Artist on their Concert Series, and has served as Acting Cellist of the P.S.Q. He has appeared as soloist with University of Southern Maine Chamber Orchestra, University of Illinois Chamber Symphony and the Waco Symphony. In 1985 he was featured on a Maine Public Radio broadcast performing Bach’s Suite No. 1 at “St. Luke’s Celebration of Bach’s 300th Birthday” in Portland, Maine. In May of 1985 a consortium of investors led by Joel Martin, past President of the Portland Symphony Board of Directors, helped acquire the “Prague Cello” (circa 1850).
They began a corporation he directs through annual solo recitals and public performances. A member of Strings Attached for two seasons, he recorded on a song with Willie Nelson written by Sara Hickman. He is a co-founder the Austin Global Orchestra and free-lances around Austin jamming with Blues musicians, World Music groups and sometimes "Jazz Outside" at Kenny Dorham's Backyard. In the 2021-2022 season he performed with M.O.S.A.S. , currently San Antonio Philharmonic, and he appeared with songwriter "Ila Minori' at the Luminaria Festival. In 2010 he released his first CD "J.S. Bach to the Future", Vol. I of Bach’s “Six Suites for Solo Cello” Vol. II released September of 2022 digitally on Bandcamp.com, and he will tour promoting the CD J. S. Bach to the Future: Six Suites for Solo Cello, Charles Prewitt, Cello.
