Char Butler Char's appreciation for the fine arts began through the influence of her father's artistic talents. She was identified as having a gift of voice and started singing at local church services by the age of six. She started private vocal training and playing clarinet at an early age. Her first live radio singing broadcast was at the age of eleven on a local channel in Oklahoma. She broadened her classical training by studying opera, singing as a colatura soprano at the age of thirteen. Formal music competitions were second nature for Char, singing favorite aria s Die Fledermaus, and Je veux vivre. Char decided to change genre s in her late teens and bought her first guitar at the age of seventeen. She started performing folk songs as a self taught guitarist for local entertainment, following the style of Joan Baez and Carol King. She sang with the Christian Dimensions who made one recording Oh Happy Day. The group consisted of individuals who sang Christian music and made a couple of summer tours in the United States. After attaining her Masters degree in counseling from Oklahoma State University, she began in depth study on guitar at Phillips University. In 1989 she started t eaching as an adjunct guitar instructor in the Fine Arts Department at Phillips University. While living in Enid, Oklahoma she was the music director for Christian Church of the Covenant, a vocal judge for the Tri-State Music Festival and also taught guitar in a private studio. She sang in the Enid Symphonic Choir performances, The Messiah, Carmina Burana, and Christmas Pops which were accompanied by the Enid Symphony. Over the years she has worked with many children s programs in Oklahoma and Arizona. She feels that the Lord has blessed her with the gift of music. Char feels that the quote, Be Still and Know God is very significant in her own life.