Sandra Schwarcz
Sandra Schwarcz began her musical studies at the age of nine in Pittsburgh, PA. At 14, she joined the Pittsburgh Youth Symphony Orchestra, and later studied with Jerry Horner, former principal viola with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Schwarcz attended Indiana University where she earned her bachelor’s degree in performance, studying with the late Georges Janzer […]
Daniel Moore
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Amy Mason
Amy Mason has been a violist in the North Carolina Symphony since January 2012. A native of Dearborn, Michigan, she received her bachelor’s degree in music from the University of Michigan and her master’s degree from Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music. Before joining NCS, she performed with ensembles including the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra, the […]
Paul Malcolm
Paul Malcolm began studying viola at the age of nine in his hometown of Wichita, Kansas. He attended Wichita State University, where he received a bachelor’s degree in music. Two weeks after graduating he was playing in the North Carolina Symphony. Besides playing viola in the North Carolina Symphony, Malcolm has been a member of […]
Petra Berényi
The versatile Hungarian musician Petra Berényi enjoys a dual career as a violist and cimbalom player, having taken degrees in both instruments from the Franz Liszt Academy of Music. Before moving to the United States, she performed in several contemporary music festivals in Hungary both as a chamber musician and as a participant at the […]
Brian Sherwood
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Samuel Gold
North Carolina Symphony Principal Viola Samuel Gold began studying the viola at the age of four with Sherida Josephson of the Des Moines Symphony. He is a graduate of the New England Conservatory, where he studied primarily with Martha Strongin Katz and Roger Tapping, and the University of Iowa, where he studied with Christine Rutledge […]
Kurt Tseng
Originally from Michigan, Kurt Tseng joined the North Carolina Symphony in 2020 as Associate Principal Viola. During the summers, he is also a member of the Des Moines Metro Opera Festival Orchestra. Before moving to the Raleigh-Durham area, he was a member of the Alabama Symphony Orchestra. Tseng has participated in music festivals including the […]