Raleigh Civic Symphony Spring 2024 Concert
April 7 │ 4 p.m.
Stewart Theatre
The NC State Department of
Performing Arts and Technology
IN CONJUNCTION WITH
Raleigh Civic Symphony Association
PRESENTS
Raleigh Civic Symphony
David Glover, conductor
Kurt Tseng, Viola
PROGRAM
Petite Suite de Concert, Op. 77
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912)
- Le Caprice de Nannette
- Demande et Réponse
- Un Sonnet d’Amour
- La Tarantelle Fretillante
Harold in Italy, Symphony with Viola, Op. 16
Hector Berlioz (1803-1869)
- Harold in the mountains: Scenes of melancholy, happiness, and joy
- Procession of pilgrims singing the evening hymn
- Serenade of an Abruzzi-mountaineer to his sweetheart
- The brigand’s orgies. Reminiscences of the preceding scenes.
Kurt Tseng, Viola
MEET THE PERFORMERS
Raleigh Civic Symphony
Flute
Victoria T. Lombardi
Anna Lee
Taylor James
Oboe
Jarrett Glass
Cameron Kellner
David Reiner
Clarinet
Shirley Violand-Jones
Aaron Finkel
Claire Siegel
Lesley Chao
Bassoon
Ryan Gibson
Bill Coye
Horn
Vince Waters
Lyric Kinard
Dietmar Szymanowski
Matthew Clayton
Trumpet
Joshua Aycock
Nathaniel Possel
Jacob Simon
Margarita Gina
Trombone
Michael Thomas
Brian Coley
Ed Vlazny
Tuba
Tyler Smith
Timpani and Percussion
Jacob Barnhill
Vadin Ha
Gillian Foster
Harp
Amy Ims
Violin 1
Lindi Wang, Concertmaster
Lindi Wang
Andy Brewster
Ethan Huang
Nicole Alcano
Harrison Evans
Jenny Greer
Amy Whitley
Joshua Ijaola
Mia Olgine
Violin 2
Kathryn Landry, Principal
Johnathan Nguyễn
Nimet Betul Karatas
Molly Puente
Yamini Ramadurai
Emily Flynn
Josie Braddy
Olivia Kingman
Lydia Ball
Caroline Byrne
Eeshayu Shelke
Viola
Brant Johnson, Principal
Steven Berger
Sydney Felton
Joanna Gulley
Max Yates
Andrew Hammock
John Holley
Karl Peterson
Max Owen
Caitlyn Harvey
Vinisha Thakur
Cello
Paul Spears, Principal
Denise Ferguson
Matti Snyder
Sophie Miller
Maddie Strickland
Bass
Luke Harbour, Principal
Kenneth Parker Cates
Kalyani Chandrashekaran
Noah Bailey
Soloist
Kurt Tseng
About Kurt Tseng
Originally from Michigan, Kurt Tseng joined the North Carolina Symphony in 2020 as Associate Principal Viola. Before moving to the Raleigh-Durham area, he was a member of the Alabama Symphony Orchestra.
Tseng has participated in many music festivals, including the Tanglewood Music Center, Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival, and the Pacific Music Festival. As an avid chamber musician, Tseng has played music in many chambers. Recent appearances include recitals at the Carol Woods community in Chapel Hill and pre-concert performances in Meymandi Concert Hall. In particular, he has performed with the group Sodam and the All-Stars, of which he is a founding member. He also spent two years in Miami Beach as a fellow with the New World Symphony.
Tseng began his musical studies at age 5 on the piano and was a student of the Piano Pedagogy Laboratory Program at the University of Michigan, where he worked with Kelley Benson. He later pursued viola under the instruction of Patricia Pats Gurin. Tseng completed his undergraduate studies in the Boston area as part of the dual degree program between Tufts University and New England Conservatory. There he studied with Martha Katz and received a Bachelor of Music and a Bachelor of Arts in Biology with a minor in Mathematics. He subsequently earned his master’s degree from the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, where he studied with Edward Gazouleas, and served as an Associate Instructor in music theory.
When not playing the viola, Tseng enjoys attempting to cook, bake, make drinks, and spending time with his husband Kevin Fitzgerald and their two dogs, Chipper and Bennie, who can be a real handful.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
This program is funded in part by the City of Raleigh, based on recommendations of the Raleigh Arts Commission, and by the North Carolina Arts Council, a division of the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources, with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts.
NCArts.org
Raleigh Civic Symphony Association Donors
$1000 and above
Clouds Brewing
The Alkek and Williams Foundation
$500-1000
Peter Askim
James Board
Brant Johnson
John and Nancy Lambert
Molly Puente
$200-500
Sandra Cyr
Jenny Greer
David Reiner
Catherine Williams
$100-200
Sara Lawrence Calvin
Cindy Chastang
Cayla Cooke
Levi McLaughlin
Jennie Braziel Rambo
Jennie Rambo
Home Selling Business
Mara Shea
Kathy Silbiger
Jeffrey Scott
Guy Story
Liliya Ugay
Up to $100
Stephanie Anderberg
Kim Andersen
Derek Bermel
Elizabeth Beilman
Peter Boyle
Michael Castelo
Stephanie Collins
Ellen Cooper
Jenny Davis
Bethany Edstrom
Julie Gorka
Veni Guditi
Bobb Head
Andrea Edith Moore Healy
Francine Hunter
Phillip Irwin
Jonathan Jensen
Goh Yong Jun
Evan Kane
Olga Kleiankina
Jane Knisely
Meredith Laing
Anatoly Larkin
Louis Lessard
Clare Longendyke
Mara Lowry
Teresa Earley Luckman
Glenna MacGregor
Margot Holloman Art
Dee Latrice
Allen Murabayashi
Chris Nash
Trevor New
Kathleen Overman
Jill Paulik
Emily Puente
Suzanna Rousso
Mansi Shah
Lily Smith
Teala Spitzbart
Emily Stout
Shirley Violand-Jones
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