Ladies Musical Club: Märchenerzählungen for Clarinet, Viola, & Piano

• Diana Gao, piano
• Carolyn Wyman, viola
• Eliza Siracusan, clarinet

Established in 1891, the Ladies Musical Club (LMC) fosters classical music in the Seattle community through education, performance, and awards. LMC's Public Concerts program presents over 50 FREE concerts at Seattle-area partner venues and online on LMC's YouTube channel.

About Ladies Musical Club of Seattle

http://www.lmcseattle.org/

About Diana Gao, piano

Diana Gao began studying piano at age 4. She moved to the U.S. from China in 2013 to pursue her MBA at the University of Washington (UW), and is currently a Senior Marketing Manager at Microsoft. Although she has pursued a career outside of music, the piano has remained a significant mainstay in her life. She has consistently cultivated her passion through regular lessons and performances. She’s been studying with Dr. Robin McCabe from UW and is a prizewinner in many competitions, including Gold Medalist of the Seattle International Competition and First Prize of the "Golden Classical Music Awards" International Competition. She also performed at the prestigious Piano Texas International Festival. Since 2020, she has presented annual fundraising recitals through the Microsoft Give campaign, raising thousands of dollars in support of local organizations. Those events reinforced her belief that music has the power to inspire change and make the world a better place.

About Carolyn Wyman, viola

Carolyn Wyman studied viola at the Cornish College of the Arts, UW, the Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria, and finally in Oxford, England where she received her diploma L.G.S.M. (Licentiate of the Guildhall School of Music) in London. She has performed internationally in Europe and Canada as well as locally. She plays professionally with the Lake Washington Symphony Orchestra and performs with the Ambrosia String Quartet. Before becoming the director of the Beaux Arts Suzuki Academy of Music, she was a faculty member of the University of Puget Sound Community Music Program. She has been a performing member of LMC since 1989.

About Eliza Siracusan, clarinet

Clarinetist Eliza Siracusan received her Bachelor's degree in performance from the Cleveland Institute of Music in 2005. Her primary teachers were Kim Fay, Richard Hawkins, Linnea Nereim, and Franklin Cohen. Eliza plays as much chamber music as she possibly can and especially enjoys collaborating with strings and piano. She performs with the Seattle Collaborative Orchestra and as principal clarinet with Octava Chamber Orchestra. Eliza also performs with the Harmonia Orchestra, Philharmonia NW, and Saratoga Orchestra of Whidbey Island.