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Vernon Charter

Faculty - Performing Arts & Worship
Mr. Vernon Charter
Associate Professor of Music and Worship Arts
Email: Vernon.Charter@prairie.edu
Phone: 403.443.5511
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Education
Diploma, Prairie Bible College
B.A. English Honors (magna cum laude), University of Alberta
B. Mus. in Music History and Literature (with distinction), University of Alberta
M. Mus., in Historical Musicology, University of Alberta
D.W.S. (in process), Institute for Worship Studies
Background
Vernon was born in China and spent his childhood in Three Hills. After
pursuing studies in English literature and music at the University of
Alberta, he joined the Prairie Fine Arts faculty where he has been since
1986. Vernon has a passion to see cultures throughout the world express
their worship of God with their own music. He plays the piano and has
built his own harpsichord and harp which he plays in Prairie and community music
productions.
Involvement at Prairie
Vernon is active in the worship life of his church as well as in the
chapels at Prairie. He has recruited and trained musicians for cross-cultural ministry in various parts of the world. In particular he
has helped musicians in West Africa and Ethiopia to develop indigenous
church music. He
teaches a variety of worship-related courses in the B.A. in Performing
Arts & Worship program.
2007/2008 Courses
MU 120/HI 153 History of Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque Music
MU 224/HI 254 History of Classical and Romantic Music
MU 335/HI 355 History of Modern and Postmodern Music
MU 217 Music Theory & Aural Skills III
MU 219 Music Theory & Aural Skill IV
WO 220 Forms of Worship
WO 341 The Drama of Worship
TH 357 Theology of Worship
WO 381 The Arts & Contemporary Culture
Other Performing Arts & Worship Faculty
Connie Canfield
Craig Learmont
Dan Callaway
Edward Yourk
Ingrid Thornton
James Janzen
Jamie Hillman
Kathy Covert
Raymond Olson
Van D.C. Williams
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