40 Under Forty 2024: Christon Carney, singer teaching the next generation
Photo I Jaime Flores
Christon Carney
Photo | Jaime Flores
The 40 Under Forty winners and alumni who visited the Westerman Props movie warehouse in Worcester were Christon Carney (Class of 2024), Lindiana Flores Semidei (Class of 2017), Denis Brown (Class of 2024), and Sonia Sharma (Class of 2019). The globe made of keys in the center of the table was used in the Denzel Washington movie "The Equalizer 3". (Special thanks to Dan Diaz)
- Title and company Education and outreach manager, Mechanics Hall, in Worcester
- Title and company Managing director, Many Voices Mechanics Hall Youth Singers, in Worcester
- Residence Shrewsbury
- Birthplace Nashville, Tennessee
- Colleges New England Conservatory of Music and Lipscomb University
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Originally from Nashville, Carney earned a master’s degree in vocal performance from the New England Conservatory of Music.
Carney headed west to Worcester following graduation, finding a city with a culture that reminded him of his hometown before it was changed by gentrification. He quickly immersed himself in the local community, participating in the stART on the Street Festival and assisting with the painting of the Black Lives Matter mural on Major Taylor Boulevard. Having performed with groups like the Massachusetts Symphony Orchestra, the Nashville Symphony Chorus, the Nashville Opera, and the Rhode Island Civic Chorale and Orchestra, Carney was a natural fit to helm Mechanics Hall’s youth singers program. Since joining the organization, more than 100 young singers have registered. Carney is a musical instructor for Worcester’s Black Excellence Academy and has collaborated with other local artists, including for a Juneteenth concert at the First Unitarian Church. A professional singer, in 2023 he debuted as a principal artist in “Omar,” an opera that has since won a Pulitzer Prize.
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