CAROLINA VOICES' STAFF

Administrative Staff 

Sue Wheldon - Executive Director
Affiliated with Carolina Voices since 1986, Sue became the Executive Director in 2004.  Sue works closely with the organization’s Board of Directors to establish strategic goals and objectives, oversees staff to realize Carolina Voices mission “to enrich, educate and entertain our diverse community through quality choral music,” and handles the day-to-day business operations.  With a degree from The College of William and Mary, Sue also has a background in education as well as sales and marketing.
 

Beverly Seitz – Associate Executive Director
Bev joined Carolina Voices in 2006 and oversees the marketing, development and promotional aspects of the organization.  With more than 25 years of experience in communications, Bev has worked in a variety of industries including  financial, travel, healthcare, hospitality and over 10 years in the arts.   Bev graduated with a degree from the School of Communications at Florida State University.

Music Staff

David J. Tang, Interim Artistic Director

As Interim Artistic Director of Carolina Voices, David Tang oversees all artistic aspects of Carolina Voices’ four choirs and will direct the Mainstage Choir during the 2008-09 season.   Mr. Tang is also the Artistic and acting Executive Director of the Firebird Arts Alliance, an organization that he co-founded in 2007.  The alliance builds community by bringing together artists and artistic institutions from all artistic disciplines, socio-economic, religious and ethnic backgrounds, to collaborate in innovative and mutually beneficial endeavors.  Since founding Firebird, Mr. Tang has won a Telly Award, produced a TV series with WTVI and the Levine Museum of the New South, and facilitated collaborations between over 20 other organizations and hundreds of independent artists from all races, religions and walks of life.  

Before founding Firebird, Mr. Tang focused on symphonic and orchestral conducting.  From 1996-2004 he was the Director of the Oratorio Singers of Charlotte, the combined choruses of the Charlotte Symphony.  He also served as the Charlotte Symphony’s Associate Conductor from 1998-2003, leading many of the orchestra’s most popular concerts including itsholiday and children’s performances.  During his tenure with the Charlotte Symphony, David Tang also served as the Artistic Director of the award-winning Choral Arts Society of Philadelphia, one of the most prestigious semi-professional choirs in the United States, from 2002-2004.  

He has conducted the Wheeling, Quad City, Charleston and Windsor Symphony orchestras, led acclaimed ballet performances for the North Carolina Dance and Charleston Ballet Theatres, and conducted operas at Central Piedmont Community College and the University of Michigan.  In 2001, Mr. Tang led members of the Philadelphia Orchestra and the Philadelphia Singers in the nationally broadcast American debut of British tenor Russell Watson for PBS.   David Tang has served on the faculties of Davidson College, West Virginia University and Central Piedmont Community College, where he currently leads its elite chamber choir – VOX.

 

Donna Hill, Director of the Festival Singers
Now in her fifth season as director of the Festival Singers, Donna Hill has recently premiered two new works for Carolina Voices -- Beatitude Mass by Henry Mollicone and Psalm 138 (text from the Dead Sea Scrolls exhibit) by David Crowe.  Donna also serves as the Choir Director for Central United Methodist Church in Concord, North Carolina. A familiar face in the Charlotte music community, she has served as the Associate Conductor and singer for the Oratorio Singers of Charlotte and directs the Good Friends Choir during their annual holiday luncheon.  Donna received her Bachelors of Music Education in Choral Conducting from Winthrop University. She has studiedchoral conducting with Dr. Robert Edgerton and former Oratorio Director, the late, Dr. Mary Nell Saunders.  Donna currently resides in Charlotte and is employed full time by Wachovia Corporation.

Kristin Hinds, Director of NoteAbility
Kristin Hinds, director of NoteAbility, graduated from Ball State University in 2002 with a bachelor of science degree in music education. She joined Carolina Voices in the spring of 2003, and began directing NoteAbility in 2005. In addition to NoteAbility, Ms. Hinds sings in the Mainstage Choir, and maintains a small private piano studio. She is employed full time as a general music teacher at Porter Ridge Elementary School in Union County, North Carolina.

Mark Burleson , Staff Accompanist, MainStage Choir

Mark is originally from Albemarle, NC and has been playing piano and organ for more than thirty years.  In addition to his  duties with Carolina Voices, Mark is the organist/pianist at Paw Creek Presbyterian Church and also an accompanist for the Charlotte Children's Choir Neighborhood Choir Club.  He works full-time at Southpark Mall's Belk DepartmentStore where he is a visual merchandiser. 

  

Diann Clark, Staff Accompanist, Festival Singers

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, Staff Accompanist, NoteAbility
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.