Dr. Charles du Preez

Charles du Preez is a (bass) clarinetist hailing from rural Nebraska, and currently serves as Assistant Professor of Clarinet and Creative Technologies at the University of Evansville in Indiana. After earning his BA in English at Nebraska Wesleyan University, he attended The California Institute of the Arts, where he received his MFA in Music Performance under the tutelage of William Powell. Charles received his DMA from the University of Arizona, where he studied with Dr. Jackie Glazier. His DMA lecture recital and accompanying 222-page document “Listener-Based Analysis of Electroacoustic Music” includes a select chronology of analytical methods of electroacoustic music and the analyses of two pieces for electroacoustic bass clarinet.

He has performed as part of the Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra, Evansville Symphonic Band, Tucson Symphony, New Mexico Philharmonic, the Southern Arizona Symphony Orchestra, and the Arizona Symphonic Winds. He has also competed as a finalist in the International Clarinet Association Orchestral Audition Competition, and performed at the Festival de Opera Zapopan (Mexico), San Luis Potosi Opera Festival (Mexico), FLIPSA Festival (Medellin, Colombia), the American Single Reed Summit, and the Pierre Monteux Festival. Non-classical activities include playing in Evansville-based groups The Ratskeller Band (a German polka band), The Dixielanders, Red Bank Civil War ReUnion Band, and as alto sax in The Temple Aires Jazz Band. 

When not engaged in music, he spends his time training for Ironman triathlons, doing yoga and qi gong, exploring the outdoors, and is a certified ACSM Personal Trainer.