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Performances

 

Upcoming Performances

 

2026–27 Season

October 14, 2026

8:00 PM

Piano Duo Recital

Carswell Hall, Meredith College   |   Raleigh, NC

Lara Saldanha

Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op. 56b; Rachmaninoff: Suite No. 2, Op. 17; Bolcom: The Garden of Eden (Four Rags for Two Pianos)

October 23, 2026

7:30 PM

Piano Duo Recital

Fourth Friday Concert Series, Ruggero Piano   |   Raleigh, NC

Lara Saldanha, piano

Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op. 56b; Rachmaninoff: Suite No. 2, Op. 17; Bolcom: The Garden of Eden (Four Rags for Two Pianos)

October 25, 2026

4:00 PM

NCCMI IMPACT I

   Christ the King Lutheran Church |  Cary, NC

Aurora Musicalis- Elizabeth Beilman, Jimmy Gilmore, Emily Glover

Glinka: Trio Pathetique, Brahms: C Major Piano Trio, Ricker: Intergalactic Suite

November 13–14, 2026

7:30 PM (Nov 13); 3:00 PM (Nov 14)

How to Train Your Dragon in Concert

Meymandi Concert Hall   |   Raleigh, NC

North Carolina Symphony

Keyboard

December 2, 2026

7:30 PM

Cello and Piano Recital

Carol Woods (Private venue) |   Chapel Hill, NC

Nate Leyland, cello

Debussy: Cello Sonata in D minor, L. 135; Nadia Boulanger: Three Pieces for Cello and Piano; Amy Beach: Four Sketches, Op. 15 (solo piano)

January 9, 2027

5:00–6:00 PM

Piano Duo Recital

Steinway Piano Gallery   |   Greensboro, NC

Lara Saldanha, piano

Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op. 56b; Rachmaninoff: Suite No. 2, Op. 17; Bolcom: The Garden of Eden (Four Rags for Two Pianos)

January 21, 2027

Time TBA

Piano Duo Recital

Campbell University   |   Buies Creek, NC

Lara Saldanha, piano

Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op. 56b; Rachmaninoff: Suite No. 2, Op. 17; Bolcom: The Garden of Eden (Four Rags for Two Pianos)

February 19–20, 2027

8:00 PM

Beethoven Symphony No. 5

Meymandi Concert Hall   |   Raleigh, NC

North Carolina Symphony

Revueltas: Homenaje a Federico García Lorca (piano)

February 28, 2027

2:00 PM

Ciompi Quartet and Friends: Appalachian Spring

Baldwin Auditorium, Duke University   |   Durham, NC

Copland: Appalachian Spring, 13-instrument version (piano)

March 9, 2027

7:00 PM

Chamber Music Concert

Forest at Duke (Private venue) |   Durham, NC

Aurora Musicalis- Elizabeth Beilman, Jimmy Gilmore, Emily Glover

Glinka: Trio Pathetique, Brahms: C Major Piano Trio, Ricker: Intergalactic Suite

March 31, 2027

7:30 PM

Chamber Music Concert

Carol Woods (Private venue)   |   Chapel Hill, NC 

Aurora Musicalis- Elizabeth Beilman, Jimmy Gilmore, Emily Glover

Glinka: Trio Pathetique, Brahms: C Major Piano Trio, Ricker: Intergalactic Suite

April 14, 2027

7:30 PM

Ardora Trio

Carol Woods (Private venue)  |   Chapel Hill, NC

Program TBA

April 30–May 1, 2027

8:00 PM

Rachmaninoff Symphonic Dances

Meymandi Concert Hall   |   Raleigh, NC

North Carolina Symphony

Bartók: Suite from The Miraculous Mandarin, Op. 19 (piano)

May 8, 2027

1:00 PM & 4:00 PM

Carnival of the Animals

Meymandi Concert Hall   |   Raleigh, NC

North Carolina Symphony

Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the Animals (piano)

Performance Archive

 

2026–27 Season

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2025–26 Season

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May 20 & 28, 2026

Ardora Trio — Kaleidoscope: Ravel Piano Trio and More!

Carol Woods (Private venue)(May 20); Cypress of Raleigh (May 28)   |   Chapel Hill, NC; Raleigh, NC

Schubert: Piano Trio No. 2 in E-flat major, D. 929, mvt. II; Schubert: Impromptu in G-flat major, Op. 90, No. 3; Monti: Csárdás; Dvořák: Silent Woods, Op. 68, No. 5; Ravel: Piano Trio in A minor, M. 67

February 20–21, 2026

Tchaikovsky 1812 and Violin Concerto

Meymandi Concert Hall   |   Raleigh, NC

North Carolina Symphony

Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé (celesta)

February 8 & 11, 2026

Ardora Trio — From Court to Café

North Raleigh United Methodist Church (Feb 8); Carol Woods (Feb 11)   |   Raleigh, NC; Chapel Hill, NC

Bonis: Soir et Matin; Haydn: Piano Trio No. 41 in E-flat minor, Hob. XV:31; Schumann: Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 63; Schoenfield: Café Music, mvt. I

January 18, 2026

The Classical Concerts Series: Second Classical Concert — Ardora Trio

Saint Francis United Methodist Church   |   Cary, NC

Bonis: Matin; Haydn: Piano Trio No. 41 in E-flat minor, Hob. XV:31; Monti: Csárdás; Dvořák: Silent Woods; Prokofiev: Toccata; Schumann: Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 63, mvts. III–IV; Schoenfield: Café Music, mvt. I

December 12–13, 2025

Holiday Pops

Meymandi Concert Hall   |   Raleigh, NC

North Carolina Symphony

Piano, celesta, and keyboard

November 15, 2025

Tunes of Glory Concert Series: Piano Duet Recital

Swift Creek Baptist Church   |   Raleigh, NC

Jae Kim, piano

Four-hand hymn selections; Bach: “Sheep May Safely Graze,” “Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring,” and “Wachet auf” (“Sleepers, Wake!”); Rachmaninoff: Vocalise (piano four hands); Schubert: Fantasy in F minor, D. 940; Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker March (piano four hands); Mendelssohn/arr. Scott Meek: Wedding March Variations

October 16, 2025

Sabrina Clarke Composition Recital

Carswell Concert Hall, Meredith College   |   Raleigh, NC

Jeanie Wozencraft-Ornellas, voice; Kim Bentley, voice; Kent Lyman, piano

Clarke: Microchimerism; Clarke: Love Songs for Ada; Clarke: Three Seagull Songs

September 26, 2025

Fourth Friday Concert

Bösendorfer Hall at Ruggero Piano   |   Raleigh, NC

Anthony Lee, piano

Liszt/Bellini: Réminiscences de Norma for two pianos

September 19–20, 2025

Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 4 and Dvořák New World Symphony

Meymandi Concert Hall   |   Raleigh, NC

North Carolina Symphony

Barber: Overture to The School for Scandal, Op. 5 (celesta)

2024–25 Season

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April 25–26, 2025

Saint-Saëns Organ Symphony

Meymandi Concert Hall   |   Raleigh, NC

North Carolina Symphony

Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 78, “Organ Symphony” (piano)

April 23; May 4 & 17, 2025

Ardora Trio — Drama in D minor: Arensky and Mendelssohn

Carol Woods (Private venue) (Apr 23); North Raleigh United Methodist Church (May 4); Cypress of Raleigh (May 17)   |   Chapel Hill, NC; Raleigh, NC

Arensky: Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 32; Mendelssohn: Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 49

March 6, 2025

Piano Ensemble Music by Korean Composers

Carswell Concert Hall, Meredith College   |   Raleigh, NC

Moon Choi and Kent Lyman, piano

Yea-kyung Chung: Pops Fantasia (two pianos, four hands); Young Nan Park: Ah Rhee Rang (two pianos, six hands); Juri Seo: Pianori for Children (piano four hands); BTS/arr. Bella & Lucas: Butter (piano four hands)

February 28, 2025

Solo Recital — Around the World in 88 Keys: Piano Music from Six Continents

Cary Arts Center   |   Cary, NC

Chopin–Liszt: Six Polish Songs; Rachmaninoff–Wild: Floods of Spring; Zhou Long: Wu Kui; Fred Onovwerosuoke: selections from Twenty-Four Studies in African Rhythms — I. “Okoye,” VI. “Iroro,” and XII. “Agbadza”; Radamés Gnattali: Carinhosa and Negaceando; Amy Beach: By the Still Waters, Op. 114; Carl Vine: Five Bagatelles

February 23, 2025

Solo Recital

Ashe School of Music   |   Holly Springs, NC

Chopin–Liszt: Six Polish Songs; Carl Vine: Five Bagatelles; Rachmaninoff–Wild: Floods of Spring

November 14–17, 2024

Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 3

Owens Auditorium at Bradshaw Performing Arts Center; Meymandi Concert Hall; Wilson Center   |   Pinehurst, NC; Raleigh, NC; Wilmington, NC

North Carolina Symphony

Sarah Gibson: Warp & Weft (piano)

November 9 & 24, 2024

Ardora Trio — Autumnal Melodies: Schubert and Arensky

Brookdale Senior Living (Nov 9); Sounds on Oberlin Concert Series, White Memorial Presbyterian Church (Nov 24)   |   Raleigh, NC

Schubert: Piano Trio No. 2 in E-flat major, D. 929; Arensky: Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 32, mvt. I

September 11, 2024

Recital

Carol Woods (Private venue)  |   Chapel Hill, NC

Qi Cao, violin

He Zhanhao and Chen Gang: The Butterfly Lovers’ Violin Concerto; Wieniawski: Fantaisie brillante sur des motifs de l’opéra Faust de Gounod, Op. 20; John Williams: Schindler’s List

2023–24 Season

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May 21; June 2 & 9, 2024

Ardora Trio — Brahms and Dvořák

Cypress of Raleigh (May 21); North Raleigh United Methodist Church (June 2); Preston Pointe (June 9)   |   Raleigh, NC; Cary, NC

Brahms: Piano Trio No. 1; Dvořák: Piano Trio No. 4

April 21, 2024

Piano Recital

Bethany United Methodist Church   |   Durham, NC

Anthony Lee, piano

Rachmaninoff–Wild: Three Song Transcriptions; Schubert: Lebensstürme; Mozart: Sonata in D major, K. 381

April 6, 2024

Peter and the Wolf

Meymandi Concert Hall   |   Raleigh, NC

North Carolina Symphony

Saint-Saëns: “Fossils” from Carnival of the Animals (Piano I); Respighi: “The Cuckoo” (celesta)

February 23–24, 2024

Carlos, Thibaudet, and Pines of Rome

Meymandi Concert Hall   |   Raleigh, NC

North Carolina Symphony

Respighi: Pini di Roma (The Pines of Rome), P. 141 (celesta); Respighi: Feste romane (Roman Festivals) (piano)

December 22–23, 2023

A Candlelight Christmas

Meymandi Concert Hall   |   Raleigh, NC

North Carolina Symphony

Keyboard

November 21, 2023

Holiday Pops

Paramount Theatre   |   Goldsboro, NC

North Carolina Symphony

Keyboard

Earlier Seasons

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May 5, 2023

Piano Recital

Tuesday Musical Club   |   San Antonio, TX

Daniel Anastasio and Geraldine Ong, piano

Ravel: La valse for two pianos; Prokofiev: Toccata, solo; Rachmaninoff: Suite No. 2 for two pianos, mvts. I–II

April 14 & 16, 2023

Climb Every Mountain, A Revue of Rodgers and Hammerstein Musicals

Bennack Concert Hall, University of the Incarnate Word   |   San Antonio, TX

Pianist for the full production

February 17, 2023

Sacred Art Song Recital

St. Francis of Assisi   |   San Antonio, TX

Julian Vera, baritone

Mendelssohn: Elijah, Part I; Dvořák: Biblical Songs, Op. 99, Nos. 1–4; Bach: St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Nos. 65–66; Brahms: Vier ernste Gesänge, Op. 121, Nos. 1–4; Malotte: The Lord’s Prayer

November 18 & 20, 2022

Amahl and the Night Visitors

Bennack Concert Hall, University of the Incarnate Word   |   San Antonio, TX

Pianist for the full production

November 4, 2022

Ribas-Dominicci Opera by Nathan Felix

Texas Public Radio   |   San Antonio, TX

Pianist for the full opera

October 28–29, 2022

Pierrot lunaire with Preludes

Diane Bennack Concert Hall, University of the Incarnate Word   |   San Antonio, TX

Stephanie Hulsey, flute/piccolo; Nicholas Councilor, clarinet/bass clarinet; Yuri Noh, violin

Paolo Geminiani: A Pale Night Music (solo); Anne McAninch: 1947 R No. 2; Hao Zhen: Moon Swim; William Jae: Pierrot Watches Us Laugh and Clap

October 27, 2022

Faculty Recital

McAllister Auditorium, San Antonio College   |   San Antonio, TX

Daniel Anastasio and Geraldine Ong, piano

Debussy/arr. Ravel: Nocturnes, Nos. 1–3 (two pianos); Glinka–Balakirev: The Lark (solo)

May 4, 2022

Faculty Recital

McAllister Auditorium, San Antonio College   |   San Antonio, TX

Daniel Anastasio, piano

Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op. 56b (two pianos); Chopin–Liszt: Six Polish Songs (solo)

April 5 & 7, 2022

Piano Duet Recital

Laurel Heights United Methodist Church, presented by the Texas Hill Country Consortium (Apr 5); Bennack Concert Hall, University of the Incarnate Word (Apr 7)   |   San Antonio, TX

Wayne Ching, piano

Röntgen: Waltzes for Piano Four Hands; Debussy: Six Épigraphes antiques; Bernstein/arr. Harmon: Overture to Candide; Schubert: Fantasy in F minor, D. 940; Ravel/arr. Garban: La valse

January 7 & 21, 2022

Ariosa Piano Trio — Beethoven and Brahms

Winston Churchill High School (Jan 7); Yvonne Cosgrove Concert Series, St. Mark the Evangelist Catholic Church (Jan 21)   |   San Antonio, TX

Beethoven: Piano Trio No. 1; Brahms: Piano Trio No. 1

November 12, 2021

“The Four Harpsichord Concert” with Nathan Felix

San Antonio Museum of Art   |   San Antonio, TX

Nathan Felix: Black Neon Rose

February 12, 2020

10 Sacred Songs of John Ness Beck

Seddon Recital Hall, University of the Incarnate Word   |   San Antonio, TX

Wayne Davis, voice

John Ness Beck: 10 Sacred Songs

February 6, 2020

SCI Region VI Spring 2020 Conference — Concert 1

Parker Chapel, Trinity University   |   San Antonio, TX

Jason Bahr: Piano Preludes, Nos. 7, 9, 11, 12, and 15

October 6 & 10, 2019

Piano Trio Recital

Seddon Recital Hall, University of the Incarnate Word (Oct 6); McAllister Auditorium, San Antonio College (Oct 10)   |   San Antonio, TX

Bassam Nashawati, violin; Benjamin Westney, cello

Beethoven: Piano Trio in D major, Op. 70, No. 1 (“Ghost”); Ravel: Piano Trio in A minor

September 27, 2019

NACUSA Concert

Seddon Recital Hall, University of the Incarnate Word   |   San Antonio, TX

Chiawei Lee, voice; Ara Koh, piano

Greg A. Steinke: Random Blackouts I

June 21, 2019

360° View: Women in Music

Radius Center   |   San Antonio, TX

Daniel Anastasio, piano

Joan Trimble: The Humours of Carrick; Joan Trimble: The Green Bough; Joan Trimble: Buttermilk Point; Amy Beach: Prelude from Suite for Two Pianos

February 20, 2019

Solo Faculty Recital

McAllister Auditorium, San Antonio College   |   San Antonio, TX

Geraldine Ong, piano

Bach: Fantasy and Fugue in C minor, BWV 906; Haydn: Piano Sonata No. 47 in B minor, Hob. XVI:32; Chopin: Ballade No. 4 in F minor, Op. 52; Dutilleux: Piano Sonata, III. Choral et variations; Schubert: Fantasy in F minor, D. 940 (four hands)

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