The concert will take place on May 22nd @ 3:00.
Angela Massey’s debut album, “The Elements,”has been described as “beautiful and enchanting, the performances on this CD are magical!” by Jeanne Baxtresser, former principal flute of the New York Philharmonic. As a soloist, she has been a featured guest artist with the Tryon Concert Association, Kosciuszko Foundation in New York City, RiverCenter for the Performing Arts, and the National Flute Association. Outside of the United States, she has performed in England, France, Germany, Italy, Romania, and Switzerland. In regard to chamber music, she serves as Artistic Director and founder of the Astralis Chamber Ensemble arranging and performing numerous recitals each year. She holds a flute/piccolo position with the Southwest Florida Symphony and performs regularly with the Sarasota Orchestra. She was awarded prizes in the Alexander and Buono Competition, Frank Bowen Competition, Myrna Brown Competition, and certificate in the Gheorghe Dima International Competition in Romania. Working to expand the repertoirefor flute, she has commissioned many new works and been selected for the dedicationof compositions by Daniel Dorff, Andrey Rubtsov, Jim Stephenson, Pierre Jalbert, and Grigor Arakelian.Her instructors have been JeanneBaxtresser, Alberto Almarza, Jack Wellbaum, Martha Kitterman, and Brooks de Wetter-Smith. She received degrees in flute performance from Carnegie Mellon University, Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Chee-Hang Seeis a prize-winning pianist who has been called "a cool and confident performer" by the Charleston City Paper. He has soloed with the Montevido Philharmonic (Uruguay), Charleston Symphony, Toa Payoh West Chinese Orchestra (Singapore), Bela Bartok Orchestra (Italy), and theCleveland Institute of Music Chamber Orchestra. He has performed in concert series and festivals such as the Festival Internacional deColonia, Hilton Head Symphony Orchestra Musicale, South Carolina Chamber Music Festival, Chicago Duo Piano Festival, Hawaii International Cultural Arts Festival, Piccolo Spoleto Festival, and has been broadcast on South Carolina Public Radio. He remains in high demand as a soloist, chamber pianist, and composer in his native Singapore and all over the U.S. Chee-Hang is faculty at the Charleston Academy of Music and music director atthe Midtown Theaterwhere he directs a chamber music series. He plays regularly with the Charleston Symphony, Chamber Music Charleston, Astralis Chamber Ensemble, Holy City Arts and Lyric Opera, and his duo,Tan and See Piano Duo.His debut album “Violin Transcriptions,” featuring works by Rachmaninoff and Muczynski, was released in 2014. He is a graduate ofthe Cleveland Institute of MusicandCollege of Charlestonwhere his teachers include Sandra Shapiroand Enrique Graf
Also, here is a piece she learned especially for our 100 Year Anniversary called Odelette by Saint-Saens. https://youtu.be/Xmu9AQtysv4