Meet Our Team
Carter Sligh
Director of Concerts
As the Director of Concerts, Carter serves as the operational base of Dumbarton Arts and Education. He is the director of the Dumbarton Concerts series, as well as the chief administrative support for the organization at large, including Inspired Child. Carter comes to Dumbarton with a background in arts operations and logistics, working for seven years in the concert touring industry. He planned and led dozens of tours ranging from children’s choirs to symphony orchestras, at home in Washington, DC and around the world.
Carter is also an active professional musician, and as a working singer and pianist, he brings his love of music and lifetime of experience to work every day. He is a bass in the professional choir of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, DC, and is collaborative pianist for the Cantate Concert Choir, in addition to other piano and singing engagements locally and nationally. He has worked as a private piano and voice instructor, as well as a high school choir and voice teacher, and has an educational background in stage directing and production.
A native of central Florida, Carter is a proud graduate of Oberlin College, with a BA in Theater, and of the University of York (UK), with an Masters in Ensemble Singing.