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 The
Long Island Youth Orchestra was founded by its present director,
Martin Dreiwitz 50 years ago. The orchestra held its first rehearsal
in the cafeteria of the Willets Road School in Roslyn Heights in
September of 1962. The formation of this 57 member ensemble, then
known as the North Shore Youth Orchestra, was both an innovation and
an experiment. The New York area had no permanent youth orchestras
at that time and indeed there were but a handful in the entire
nation. Today the nation boasts of over 150. Certainly no one could
have predicted then that LIYO membership would have grown to over
100 members - that the orchestra would have made 40 concert tours to
the far corners of the globe - that it would have nearly 3,500
alumni, many whom play in some of the nation's finest orchestras or
teach in schools throughout the area and country - or indeed that it
would still be serving the talented musical youth of Long Island on
a regular basis 50 years later. Today's Long Island Youth Orchestra
has been in residence at Long Island University for the past 28
years.
The Long Island Youth Orchestra
is now scheduling auditions for the 2013-14 Season |
For information on how
to audition for the Long Island Youth Orchestra, Please
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CONCERT
51 ST
SEASON
Ninety of Long Island’s Most Talented
Young Musicians in Residence at LIU Post
MARTIN DREIWITZ,
Founder and Music
Director Emeritus
SUSAN DEAVER, Principal
Guest Conductor
SCOTT DUNN, Music
Director & Conductor
Featuring Selected LIYO
Graduating Seniors as soloists
Patricia Luecken, trumpet
James Kim, violin
JiaJun Shan, oboe
Sunday Afternoon, June 9, 2013 at 2:00 PM
Elwood Middle School - East Northport, NY
Tickets:
Adults $15 &
Students &Seniors $10
Tickets on sale one hour
prior to the concert
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