About Charles:

Charles D. Carson is Associate Professor of Musicology/Ethnomusicology at the University of Texas at Austin, where he teaches courses on contemporary art music, popular music, hip hop, and jazz. His research interests include African-American expressive cultures, American musics, and music and tourism. He is a founding member of the international research collective, the Center for Research in Artistic Citizenship (CReArC), based at the Rhythmic Music Conservatory in Copenhagen, Denmark. He currently serves as the Mike and Patty Erspamer Scholar-in-Residence for the Austin Opera.

He has presented and published on a variety of topics ranging from smooth jazz to theme park music.