Symphony Orchestra

Angela Moretti is currently in her first year of study for the Doctor of Musical Arts degree at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. She holds a Master’s degree from the University of Central Florida and a Bachelor of Music Education degree from Florida State University. Prior to her time at UNCG, Ms. Moretti was the Adjunct Lecturer of Bassoon at Texas Lutheran University and served in the U.S. Army as a member of the 8th Army Band in South Korea and the 323d Army Band in Texas. While serving as an Army musician, she performed in hundreds of concerts, festivals, and clinics in South Korea and the United States. Prior to her Army service, Angela was a music teacher at Lakewood Park Elementary School in Florida and held positions with several regional orchestras across Florida and Texas. Her small business, Laughing Crow Bassoon Reeds, specializes in handmade bassoon reeds and supplies for amateur and professional bassoonists. In her spare time, Angela enjoys hiking, nature photography, freelance graphic design, and spending time with her rescued greyhound, Sarge.

Ms. Daisy Schön, she/her, is a classical soprano pursuing her Masters at UNCG. She studies with Dr. Robert Wells and is in the Vocal Pedagogy track. Daisy graduated from Indiana University with a BM degree in Vocal Performance where she studied with Dr. Brian Gill. While at IU, Daisy sang in numerous opera choruses, oratorios, and premiered contemporary vocal solo works. Last summer, Ms. Schön sang at the Collaborative Piano Institute at Louisiana State University, where she sang in masterclasses with master teachers of collaborative piano and premiered a set of music written for her and Mengyao Zhao by Steven Naylor. Daisy also teaches a vibrant studio and maintains an interest and focus on trauma-informed teaching practices. She strives for a compassionate, joyful, and mindful approach to her musicianship and facilitating.

Franck Fontcouberte is the artistic director of the Contrepoint instrumental ensemble, the «MusicaSète» festival, the «Rencontres Gigeantesques», the Ensemble Vocal et Instrumental de Montpellier and the Chorale de Sète, Conductor of the United Strings of Europe in London.

After working as conductor with David Robertson, Zoltan Pesko, Armin Jordan and Pierre Boulez, he gives numerous concerts in France and abroad with his own orchestras and as guest conductor in Florence, Rome, Riga, Athens, Istanbul, Barcelona, Prague, Salzburg, Johannesburg, Belgrade, Kotor, Novisad, London, Geneva, Lausanne, Beirut and Merida.

Alongside his career as Music Director and Conductor, Franck Fontcouberte is a professor of instrumental ensembles at the Regional Conservatory of Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole. He founded the International Academy of Conducting, which provides opportunities for young conductors from around the world to develop under his guidance. He was invited by the Université Notre Dame de Beyrouth to give master classes between 2016 and 2020.

Franck Fontcouberte has recorded many instrumental and lyrical works, including: La Belle Hélène by Jacques Offenbach, the Coronation Mass by Franz Liszt, the Requiem by Giuseppe Verdi, Norma by Vincenzo Bellini, Valses et Polkas by Johann Strauss, Sacred and Profane Dances by Claude Debussy, Music for strings, percussion and celesta by Béla Bartók, Serenade for strings by Tchaikosvki, by Dvorak, by Elgar, the Chamber Symphony by Shostakovitch, the Concert for violin and percussion on Balkan themes in world premiere by Mateja Marinkovic. His latest album «In motion» under the Swedish label Bis was released in November 2020. It presents the work «Maralinga» by the Australian composer Matthew Hindson with the New Zealand virtuoso violinist Amalia Hall.

The vibrant UNCG Orchestra program has long been recognized for performance excellence, adventurous programming, and high artistic standards. A diversity of offerings allow students the opportunity to perform repertoire for ensembles ranging from the largest cornerstone and contemporary works for full orchestra, to intimate pieces for chamber orchestra, to string orchestra.

Students in the UNCG Orchestra program are dedicated to the performance, study and cultivation of orchestral music of the highest quality. The UNCG Orchestras offer outstanding performances throughout the year and enhance the institutional spirit and community of UNCG. We seek to promote music education in the state of North Carolina and in our region by supporting secondary school orchestra programs and other organizations through our outreach activities and other annual events on campus.