Australian Stage Composer
Charlie Chan has composed many peices for stage / theatre productions over her near-thirty year career, including the acclaimed Sydney Theatre Company play Gift of the Gorgon.
As a composer for feature films, TV series, documentaries, dance and theatre productions, Charlie has myriad screen and stage musical credits.
These include:
- Soundtracks for Killing Time (2011’s most anticipated Australian drama series starring David Wenham),
- Me Myself I (feature film starring Rachel Griffiths),
- high rating Australian television staples McLeod’s Daughters and Australian Story,
- acclaimed Sydney Theatre Company play Gift of the Gorgon
- and numerous free-to-air, National Geographic and Discovery Channel documentaries including Addiction, The Last Warriors, Persons of Interest and many more.
Select Media Quotes
“Charlie Chan is a refreshing change. She composes and she improvises (with) fluency and simplicity… the wide appeal of her music is attested to by the amount of work (she is) commissioned to write and perform.”
Soundscapes Magazine
“Defies all boundaries, shatters musical categories and constantly takes the listener by surprise. Intelligent, sensuous music for the open minded.”
Sydney Morning Herald
“A harmonic meeting of classical music and high-tech soundscapes… ambient yet energetic.”
The Sunday Telegraph