Resume March, 2005
Charles D. (Charlie) Matkin
6404 Beauregard Avenue Phone: 283-2892 (Home)
New Orleans, LA 70124 FAX: (504) 282-6404
Recently retired after 21 years as an Innkeeper and received designation as "Competent ToastMaster"
South Highland Presbyterian Church""The Elijah" Birmingham, AL
JPAS: "H.M.S. Pinafore" (Captain)
Salem Church: Recital (Sacred, Opera, Broadway, etc.)
New Orleans Symphony Chorus: Charter President and Soloist
"Evening of Rodgers & Hammerstein"
1st Methodist Church: "The Messiah" & "Testament of Freedom"
St. Charles Baptist Church: "The Messiah"
University of South Alabama, Mobile: Brahms' German Requiem
Dominican College: South Pacific and Funny Girl
Gallery Circle Theater: Man of La Mancha
Summer Stock: Oklahoma, Guys & Dolls, Camelot (featured role)
University of Alabama: Trial By Jury, Carousel
Trinity Episcopal Church, Touro Synagogue, Civic Symphony: Soloist:
Mobile Opera Workshop: Amahl & the Night Visitors, Sunday Excursion
Tulane University: The Marriage (Martinu)
New Orleans Opera Chorus: Chorister
Don Cossacks Russian Chorus, Karlsrud Chorale and Showfolk Vocal Trio
(Tours of US & Canada)
Vocal coaches: Dr. Knud Andersson, Mike & Florence Presti, Gordon Brown,
Dr. Larry Wyatt & Stephen Edwards
Education: University of Alabama (Speech & Drama) 2 years
Loyola University (Courses in TV production, News &
Feature writing)
Broadcasting (20 years): Announcer, Production Manager, Copy
Writer, News Director (network reports), Program Director, TV news,
booth & voice-overs plus on-camera commercials.
Traveled extensively both on vacations and touring as a singer
with various groups and in Summer Stock (U.S. & Canada, Europe,
Mexico, & Cuba (before & after Castro), Bermuda, Scandinavia, and Russia.
Hobbies: Singing, producing and acting in re-creations of oldtime
radio shows (mostly from original scripts) which are broadcast on
Radio for the Blind, WRNO Worldwide shortwave plus other area
radio stations.
Owner/Operator of Old World Inn, 1330 Prytania Street (1982-2003)
