Upcoming Performances
2026–27 Season
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October 23, 2026, 7:30 PM
Two-Piano Recital with Lara Saldanha
Lara Saldanha, piano
Fourth Friday Concert Series, Ruggero Piano
Raleigh, NC
Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op. 56b; Rachmaninoff: Suite No. 2, Op. 17; Bolcom: Four Rags from The Garden of Eden
November 13–14, 2026, 7:30 PM (Nov 13); 3:00 PM (Nov 14)
How to Train Your Dragon in Concert
North Carolina Symphony
Meymandi Concert Hall
Raleigh, NC
Keyboard
December 2, 2026, 7:30 PM
Cello and Piano Recital with Nate Leyland
Nate Leyland, cello
Carol Woods
Chapel Hill, NC
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
Two-Piano Recital with Lara Saldanha
Lara Saldanha, piano
Steinway Piano Gallery
Greensboro, NC
Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op. 56b; Rachmaninoff: Suite No. 2, Op. 17; Bolcom: Four Rags from The Garden of Eden
January 21, 2027
Two-Piano Recital with Lara Saldanha
Lara Saldanha, piano
Campbell University
Buies Creek, NC
Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op. 56b; Rachmaninoff: Suite No. 2, Op. 17; Bolcom: Four Rags from The Garden of Eden
February 19–20, 2027, 8:00 PM
Beethoven Symphony No. 5
North Carolina Symphony
Meymandi Concert Hall
Raleigh, NC
Revueltas: Homenaje a Federico García Lorca (piano)
February 28, 2027, 2:00 PM
Ciompi Quartet and Friends: Appalachian Spring
Ciompi Quartet and Friends
Baldwin Auditorium, Duke University
Durham, NC
Copland: Appalachian Spring, 13-instrument version (piano)
April 14, 2027, 7:30 PM
Ardora Trio
Ardora Trio
Carol Woods
Chapel Hill, NC
April 30–May 1, 2027, 8:00 PM
Rachmaninoff Symphonic Dances
North Carolina Symphony
Meymandi Concert Hall
Raleigh, NC
Bartók: Suite from The Miraculous Mandarin, Op. 19 (piano)
May 8, 2027, 1:00 PM & 4:00 PM
Carnival of the Animals
North Carolina Symphony
Meymandi Concert Hall
Raleigh, NC
Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the Animals (piano)
Performance Archive
2025–26 Season
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May 20 & 28, 2026
Ardora Trio — Kaleidoscope: Ravel Piano Trio and More!
Carol Woods (May 20); Cypress of Raleigh (May 28)
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
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)
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
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
Piano, celesta, and keyboard
November 15, 2025
Tunes of Glory Concert Series: Piano Duet Recital with Jae Kim
Swift Creek Baptist Church
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
Clarke: Microchimerism; Clarke: Love Songs for Ada; Clarke: Three Seagull Songs
September 26, 2025
Fourth Friday Concert
Bösendorfer Hall at Ruggero 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
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
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 (Apr 23); North Raleigh United Methodist Church (May 4); Cypress of Raleigh (May 17)
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
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
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
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
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)
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 with Qi Cao, violin
Carol Woods
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)
Brahms: Piano Trio No. 1; Dvořák: Piano Trio No. 4
April 21, 2024
Piano Recital with Anthony Lee
Bethany United Methodist Church
Rachmaninoff–Wild: Three Song Transcriptions; Schubert: Lebensstürme; Mozart: Sonata in D major, K. 381
April 6, 2024
Peter and the Wolf
Meymandi Concert Hall
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
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
Keyboard
November 21, 2023
Holiday Pops
Paramount Theatre
Keyboard
Earlier Seasons
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May 5, 2023
Piano Recital with Daniel Anastasio and Geraldine Ong
Tuesday Musical Club
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
Pianist for the full production
February 17, 2023
Sacred Art Song Recital with Julian Vera, baritone
St. Francis of Assisi
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
Pianist for the full production
November 4, 2022
Ribas-Dominicci Opera by Nathan Felix
Texas Public Radio
Pianist for the full opera
October 28–29, 2022
Preludes and Pierrot Lunaire
Diane Bennack Concert Hall, University of the Incarnate Word
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 with Daniel Anastasio and Geraldine Ong
McAllister Auditorium, San Antonio College
Debussy/arr. Ravel: Nocturnes, Nos. 1–3 (two pianos); Glinka–Balakirev: The Lark (solo)
May 4, 2022
Faculty Recital with Daniel Anastasio
McAllister Auditorium, San Antonio College
Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op. 56b (two pianos); Chopin–Liszt: Six Polish Songs (solo)
April 5 & 7, 2022
Piano Duet Recital with Wayne Ching
Laurel Heights United Methodist Church, presented by the Texas Hill Country Consortium (Apr 5); Bennack Concert Hall, University of the Incarnate Word (Apr 7)
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)
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
Nathan Felix: Black Neon Rose
February 12, 2020
10 Sacred Songs of John Ness Beck with Wayne Davis
Seddon Recital Hall, University of the Incarnate Word
February 6, 2020
SCI Region VI Spring 2020 Conference — Concert 1
Parker Chapel, Trinity University
Jason Bahr: Piano Preludes, Nos. 7, 9, 11, 12, and 15
October 6 & 10, 2019
Piano Trio Recital with Bassam Nashawati and Benjamin Westney
Seddon Recital Hall, University of the Incarnate Word (Oct 6); McAllister Auditorium, San Antonio College (Oct 10)
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
Greg A. Steinke: Random Blackouts I
June 21, 2019
360° View: Women in Music
Radius Center
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, with Geraldine Ong (four hands)
McAllister Auditorium, San Antonio College
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)