Charles Dimmick is Concertmaster and frequent soloist with the Portland Symphony Orchestra. In addition to his position with the PSO, Charles can be heard as Concertmaster of the Boston Modern Orchestra Project, and as a member of the Rhode Island Philharmonic. Charles has also performed as a soloist with the Dayton Philharmonic, University of Southern Maine Symphony Orchestra, Maine Mid-Coast Orchestra, and the Miami Valley Symphony. This season includes performances as a featured soloist with the Portland Symphony Orchestra and the North Shore Philharmonic Orchestra. Charles is an active recitalist, soloist and teacher in the New England region and can be heard in recording on the Naxos, New World, Artisie 4 and Arsis labels. 

Charles' primary teachers include Joseph Silverstein, renowned soloist and former Concertmaster of the Boston Symphony Orchestra; Victor Romanul of the Boston Symphony Orchestra; and Stacey Woolley of the Cincinnati Symphony. Charles has attended both the prestigious Tangelwood Music Center and the UBS Verbier Festival Orchestra in Verbier, Switzerland. He has performed under the leadership of Seiji Ozawa, Robert Spano, Claudio Abbado, Andre Previn, James Levine, Yuri Temirkinov, Zubin Mehta, Paavo Jarvi, Kent Nagano and Wolfgang Sawallisch. Notable chamber music highlights include working with both the Tokyo and Juilliard String Quartets.