CHARLOTTE BLAKE ALSTON

 
 
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Greetings and welcome. Looking forward to the 2023-2024 season

While the world is back to in-person concerts, virtual presentations are still an option if that works best for your school or organization.

A new CD or two is in the works. One will feature the inspiring story of the Six Triple-Eight, the first all Black WAC Battalion ever assigned to military duty in Europe during WWII. Their contributions to the country went unacknowledged until recent years. The surviving members - now centenarians - were recently awarded the Congressional Gold Medal. I received a standing ovation when I told the story at the National Storytelling Festival last year (2022).

2023-2024 marks my 33rd season working The Philadelphia Orchestra, my third as the orchestra’s Official Storyteller, Narrator and Host. This season also marks my 30th as the original Host of Sound All Around, the orchestra’s concert series for our youngest listeners.

My thanks to all of you who have continued to support storytelling and performing arts in the virtual world over the last 3 challenging years. You can visit Siegel Artist Management at siegelartist.com or contact Jennifer@siegelartist.com for bookings. Check my Artist Toolkit when you visit. My contact information can be found on the Contacts Page.

Presenters, you are welcome to use the information here – including bio and photos – to promote upcoming appearances at your venue.

Be sure to visit the store. You may purchase recordings with your PayPal account. If you don’t have a PayPal account, you can download and print out this order form and mail it to me.

Also take a moment to visit the Global Health Media website and click on the Maternal, Newborn Care and Family Planning Video series. I have narrated well over 100 health- training videos that are used in rural areas in Africa, South America, India and Haiti. The videos have several hundred million views. I am proud to be a part of nurse Deborah VanDyke’s genius, life-saving project.

Again, thanks for visiting the site and I hope to see you – in-person or virtually - at your school, university, museum, theater, festival or concert hall in the near future.