Charles Jordan (singer)

Charles Jordan (aka Jack Wiseman ; born April 3, 1915 in Montreal ; † June 27, 1986 in Toronto ) was a Canadian singer (baritone) and singing teacher.

Live and act

Jordan made his debut in 1937 under the name Charles Jourdan with the radio singer CKAC in Montreal with French songs and appeared from 1937 to 1940 with the CBC radio orchestra under Lucio Agostini and Allan McIver . During this time he took singing lessons from Adrienne Bourassa . In 1940 he moved to Toronto and appeared on the radio on the CFRB's CBC . At the Toronto Conservatory of Music he studied singing with Albert Whitehead from 1941 to 1943 , and with Louis Waizman he took private lessons in music theory from 1942 to 1943 .

In 1944 he went to New York for a time, where he sang on the radio programs Sweetwood Serenade and Sunday Night Serenade . In 1948 he sang Handel's Messiah with the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir in Toronto , and from 1948 to 1953 he was a regular guest at the CBC's CGE Showtime . On CBC television he participated in the production The Dybbuk , for which he also composed and conducted religious songs. From 1967 he was second cantor at the Holy Blossom Temple in Toronto.

Jordan recorded songs by John Beckwith and Maurice Blackburn (1951, with Leo Barkin ) and Folk Songs of Canada (1956, with singer Joyce Sullivan, pianist Gordon Kushner and guitarist Stan Wilson ) and worked on the album Canadian Folk Songs: A Centennial Collection with. From 1950 he devoted himself increasingly to teaching in Toronto; among others he taught the actors Susan Clark , Lorne Greene and William Shatner . After his death, the University of Toronto, under the auspices of the Institute of Canadian Music, established the Charles Jordan Memorial Trust Fund , which awards an annual award for the performance and research of Canadian music. His son Marc Jordan became known as a singer-songwriter.

Web links

• Charles Jordan ( English, French ) In: Encyclopedia of Music in Canada . published by The Canadian Encyclopedia .