As a little girl, Charity Meyer was obsessed with stories – in books, in music, in art, and in words. Her dad told stories after Sunday dinners, her older sister told stories at bedtime, and her mother told stories through music. One of Charity’s earliest memories is her mother playing “The Bird” from Peter and the Wolf on the flute.

Ms. Meyer chose music as her form of storytelling. Her favorite moments as a musician come when she feels the audience’s investment in the story she is telling through performance. Charity uses her voice and her harp in performance, though her undergraduate degree is a Bachelor of Music in performance from Shepherd University.

At Shepherd University, Ms. Meyer performed with nearly every ensemble at least once. She sang and played with the community choir and orchestra group called Masterworks and was a soloist for the group’s performances of Handel’s Messiah and Karl Jenkin’s A Mass for Peace. She sang with the student groups Camarata and Chamber Choir as a first and second soprano.

On the instrumental side of things, Charity played with the Wind Band, Orchestra, and even the Jazz Band. In December of 2023, she performed Tchaikovsky’s “Waltz of the Flowers” with the Wind Band at the Holiday Gala, and in December of 2024, she performed the same piece, as well as Tchaikovsky’s “Pas de Deux” with the Orchestra.

Ms. Meyer has been privileged to work with Emma Harbour, a flutist, to perform as a duo at the Holiday Gala, Musical Showcase for Scholarships, and the Small Ensembles concert at Shepherd University. Their repertoire together includes Bernard Andres’ Algués, Donizetti’s “Larghetto and Allegretto,” and various carols and Celtic arrangements.

One of Charity’s most fulfilling musical storytelling moments was her recent five-day tour with the Shenendoah Christian Music Camp’s Chamber Choir. The group rehearsed together for a week before the tour, and performed Jacob Naverund’s “A Joyful Noise,” Palestrina’s “Sicut Cervus,” and Charles Standford’s “The Blue Bird,” along with other repertoire, and performed at venues in Maryland, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Virginia.