Charis Postmus

Charis Postmus is a 22-year-old Perth soprano with a bachelor’s degree in Classical Voice.

She began her vocal training at WAAPA in 2018 – since then, she has undergone a major learning curve as a soprano – studying under the tutelage of Emma Matthews in 2018, and with mezzo-soprano Nicole Youl since 2020. Whilst at university, Charis explored many avenues of musical expression and styles - resulting in a diverse and versatile resume.

Some of her musical highlights from the past two years include:

- Winner of the 2021 Royal Overseas League’s Young Singers competition / - Soprano soloist for D. Buxtehude’s ‘Membra Jesu Nostri’ [2021]/

- Featured soloist as ‘Eliza’ in the Warana Prize Concert’s performance of Elena Kats-Chernin’s Wild Swan Suite [2021]/

- Role of ‘Ruth’ in the 2021 WAAPA production of The Pirates of Penzance / - Soloist for WAAPA’s Italian Baroque Concert [2021] /

- Featured soloist in WAAPA’s Indian Ocean concerts [2020 + 2021]/ - Finalist in the Royal Overseas League Bach Prize [2020 + 2021]/

- Lead cast and marketing manager of the award-winning 2021 FRINGE show The Cloak and Dagger [feat. cabaret and Puccini’s Il Tabarro] /

-Role of ‘Cupid’ in WAAPA’s 2020 opera production of Orpheus in the Underworld / -Featured soloist in Pavan Kumar Hari’s Hanuman + ‘WAAPA Live at the Rechabite’/

- Soloist in Defying Gravity’s performances of Drumming by Steve Reich [2020]/ - Finalist in the Royal Overseas League Art Song Competition [2020]/

- Finalist in the 2020 Julie Michael’s Cabaret Awards with the original work; ‘The Extra-Ordinary Victor Borg... and friends’.

In addition to being a performer - Charis has also recently founded a music collective.

The collective made their debut at the 2022 FRINGE festival with their original double-bill production; ‘Wheatfield with Crows + Nuit D’Étoile’ combining Vincent Van Gogh and his artwork, with physicalised theatre and French art-song. The production proved to be a hit – with three sold-out shows and FRINGE weekly-award for ‘Best Musical + Theatre Production’. “‘The Motif Collective’ is a collaboration of musicians, performers, producers, and workers in the Perth art-industry looking to blur the lines between genres.

Its’ members share the same vision – or motif, if you will – to encourage creative ambition and adventurism within the Perth art-scene and to share original, emotive stories as real as the people telling them.”