Administrative Staff
Sue
Wheldon, Executive Director
Affiliated with Carolina Voices since 1986, Sue became the Executive Director in 2004. She oversees the day-to-day business operations and functions of the organization and works closely with the organization’s
Board of Directors and Artistic Staff to establish strategic goals and objectives. A graduate of the College of William and Mary in Virginia,
Sue’s background includes education, sales and marketing, and music.
Beverly Seitz, Associate Executive Director
Beverly joined Carolina Voices in 2006 and oversees the marketing
and promotional aspects of the organization. With more than 25 years of
experience in advertising and public relations, Beverly has worked in a variety of industries
including financial, travel, healthcare, hospitality and over 13 years in
the arts. Beverly graduated with a degree from the College
of Communications at Florida State University.
Music Staff
David J. Tang, Artistic Director of Carolina Voices
Director of MainStage, VOX, Impromptu
After serving as Interim Artistic Director of Carolina Voices in 2008-09, David J. Tang asssumed full artistic directorship of the organization with the 2009-2010 season. He oversees the artistic activities of the four choirs operating under the Carolina Voices' umbrella and directs the MainStage Choir, Impromptu and VOX.
Aside from his duties with Carolina Voices, Mr. Tang serves as the Director of the Firebird Arts Alliance, a non-profit arts organization committed to building community by fostering artistic collaborations throughout the Charlotte-Mecklenburg region. He is also an instructor at Central Piedmont Community College.
Before his current associations, Mr. Tang directed the Oratorio Singers of Charlotte, the Choral Arts Society of Philadelphia, the orchestras at West Virginia University and Davidson College, and has conducted the Charlotte, Charleston and Wheeling Symphony Orchestras, members of the Philadelphia Orchestra, Philadelphia Singers and Tanglewood Festival Chorus.
He has been seen on public television conducting the U.S. premiere of British tenor, Russell Watson, and as a host on New South Crossings, a collaborative TV series produced by Firebird and WTVI. Mr. Tang recently won both a Telly and Emmy Award as a TV producer.
Donna Hill, Director of the Festival Singers
Now in her sixth season as director of the Festival Singers, Donna has successfully led the group in inspiring concert seasons including the premiere of two new works — Beatitude Mass by Henry Mollicone and Psalm 138 (text from the Dead Sea Scrolls exhibit and commissioned by Carolina Voices) by David Crowe. As the director, Donna looks for opportunities to program music that is new, sometimes untraditional and most especially music that touches and inspires the heart. She also serves as the Choir Director for Central United Methodist Church in Concord, North Carolina. In the Charlotte music community, she served as the Associate Conductor and singer for the Oratorio Singers and serves as the conductor for the annual Hospice Light Up a Life service. Donna received her Bachelors of Music Education in Choral Conducting from Winthrop University where she studied choral conducting with Dr. Robert Edgerton. She also studied with the former Oratorio Director, the late, Dr. Mary Nell Saunders. Donna feels deeply that music has the power to heal and transport the Spirit. Music is the universal language.
Kristin Hinds, Assistant Director, Impromptu/Performance Coach and Choreographer
Kristin Hinds directs and is the assistant conductor of Impromptu and serves Carolina Voices as a regular soloist,dancer, choreographer and stage director. Besides her duties with CarolinaVoices, Ms. Hinds teaches music at Stallings Elementary School in Union County, NC.A graduate of Ball State University with a bachelor's degree in music education, with an emphasis on piano and voice, Kristin has taught at the elementary, middle and high school
levels and was previously the Director of Carolina Voices' Notability from 2005-2009.
Diann Clark, Staff Accompanist, Festival Singers and Mainstage Choir
Diann Clark moved to Charlotte in September, 2007 from the Washington DC metro area where she frequently performed with Chamber groups, large vocal ensembles and soloists. She has held church organist positions in Oklahoma, Kansas, and Virginia. Currently a member of the American Guild of Organists, and the Charlotte Piano Teachers Forum, she is a nationally certified teacher of the Music Teachers National Association. In 1992, 1996, and 2001, she was recognized as an Outstanding Teacher by the Governor’s School of Virginia. She serves as music associate/organist at Providence Baptist Church.
David
Barnaba, Rehearsal Assistant
Dave Barnaba is currently a Music teacher at Pitts School Road Elementary
School in Concord, NC. Dave holds the Bachelor of Music degree in Music
Education from the Crane School of Music in Potsdam, New York. He is a member of the National Education Association and the North Carolina
Association of Educators. Dave’s also enjoys writing music and playing
hockey.
